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The Shape of Things to Come: The Ultimate Revolution
by H.G. Wells
- Used
- very good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
-
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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About This Item
London: Hutchinson & Co. (Publishers), Ltd, 1933. Very Good/Good. London: Hutchinson & Co. (Publishers), Ltd., 1933. First Edition. Octavo. 432 pp. + publisher's advertisements. Printed dust jacket. Blue boards stamped in gilt. Dust jacket heavily chipped and creased; fading to edges and spine; heavy unsightly spotting to rear panel and front fold. Edgewear with some fading to boards with brief exposure to top edge. Binding is sound. Spotting along top edge of text block, previous owner's bookplate to front free endpaper, and interior otherwise unmarked. A Very Good copy in a Good only dust jacket. Basis for the 1936 black and white science fiction film "Things to Come" directed by William Cameron Menzies.
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
- Bookseller
- Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 28102
- Title
- The Shape of Things to Come: The Ultimate Revolution
- Author
- H.G. Wells
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Hutchinson & Co. (Publishers), Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1933
Terms of Sale
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2019
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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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- First Edition
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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