The Shape of Things to Come: The Ultimate Revolution
by H. G. Wells
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Bristol, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Hutchinson, London, 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Size: 8vo <9 3/4". 432 pp. Rebound with titles to spine, new boards and end papers fitted. Spine cocked. Foxing front/rear pages, but body of book mostly clean and unfoxed. Previous owner's signature in ink. Edges browned, foxed and marked. Ex-library, with minimal stamps and markings. Corners slightly bumped. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; Politics & Government. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 51574. . This book is extra heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries.
Synopsis
The Shape of Things to Come tells of an intellectual who dies and leaves behind a "dream book" inspired by visions that are remarkably prescient.
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Details
- Seller
- Dreadnought Books (GB)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 51574
- Title
- The Shape of Things to Come: The Ultimate Revolution
- Author
- H. G. Wells
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Hutchinson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1933
- Keywords
- BZDB243 utopia, sci-fi Science Fiction & Fantasy; Politics & Government. Unbranded H. G. Wells The Shape of Things to Come: The Ultimate Revolution
- Bookseller catalogs
- Politics & Government; Science Fiction & Fantasy;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Dreadnought Books
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Bristol
About Dreadnought Books
Founded in 2010, Dreadnought Books is a second-hand and out of print book dealer specialising in history, with a particular focus on military, social and labour history.
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- New
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- Edges
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- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- Foxed
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- First Edition
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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....
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...