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A Modern Utopia
by H.G. Wells
- Used
- Very Good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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About This Item
London: Chapman & Hall Ltd, 1905. Very Good. London: Chapman & Hall Ltd., 1905. First Edition. Octavo. 392, [1] pp. Seven plates. Bound in red cloth stamped in gilt; top edge gilt. No dust jacket. Boards worn along edges with a few short tears and minor fraying at spine ends; front board a bit bowed, with cloth faded along top edge. Hinges starting but binding sound. Toning to endpapers with light to occasionally moderate foxing throughout, but text is legible and pages unmarked.
[Wells 25; Wells Society 25].
[Wells 25; Wells Society 25].
Synopsis
In A Modern Utopia , two travelers fall into a space-warp and suddenly find themselves upon a Utopian Earth controlled by a single World Government.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 29682
- Title
- A Modern Utopia
- Author
- H.G. Wells
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Chapman & Hall Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1905
Terms of Sale
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
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About the Seller
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
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Washington, District of Columbia
About Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
Capitol Hill Books is a used bookstore in the Eastern Market neighborhood of Washington, DC. We have three floors of quality used books, first editions, and rare books.
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- 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...
- Top Edge Gilt
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- 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....
- Octavo
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Jacket
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