LOOKING FORWARD: The Phenomenal Progress of Electricity in 1912.
by Hillman, H. W
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair condition only in blue cloth with white lettering - lettering is totally rubbed off the spine, and significantly rubbed on
- Seller
-
Ione, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Northhampton, MA:: Valley View Publishing Co.,, 1906.. Hardcover first edition -. Fair condition only in blue cloth with white lettering - lettering is totally rubbed off the spine, and significantly rubbed on front cover, stain to bottom edge of textblock, but despite the flaws this is still quite sturdy and readable. . First edition. Dedicated to Edward Bellamy, this is somewhat of a sequel to his "Looking Backward" (the "1912" in the title is based on 25 years after Looking Backward was published). While written as a novel, the story only very thinly overlays the discussion of how cheap and clean electricity (mostly from hydropower) can transform the world. Includes an interesting chapter on rebuilding San Francisco after the earthquake. However, despite the fact that this is only set a few years into the future, it was far too optimistic - more than 100 years later, we are still dependent on dirty fossil fuels. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 5 glossy plates by W. L. Greene. 320 pp.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Bookfever.com, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 72942
- Title
- LOOKING FORWARD: The Phenomenal Progress of Electricity in 1912.
- Author
- Hillman, H. W
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover first edition -
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair condition only in blue cloth with white lettering - lettering is totally rubbed off the spine, and significantly rubbed on
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Valley View Publishing Co.,
- Place of Publication
- Northhampton, MA:
- Date Published
- 1906.
- Keywords
- utopia, san francisco,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science Fiction and Fantasy;
Terms of Sale
Bookfever.com, IOBA
Free media mail shipping in US included; priority is $7.50 and international at cost. Books are packed carefully, shipped promptly with delivery confirmation and insurance at our expense. It is important for our customers to be totally satisfied with their purchase and guarantee all of our books to be as described. Want lists welcomed.
About the Seller
Bookfever.com, IOBA
Biblio member since 2003
Ione, California
About Bookfever.com, IOBA
Celebrating our 30th year in business. We started selling books in the CompuServe Book Collecting forum in 1993, a few years before there was any commercial Internet. In 1998 we relocated our main business from Sacramento to the Sierra foothills of Amador County.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...