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Ultimo
by Vassos, Ruth and John
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: E. P. Dutton, 1930. Dystopian futurism, of a frozen Earth whose inhabitants have drilled underground to survive, their discontent, and a plan to escape; illustrated with fantastic art deco greyscale drawings, nicely printed in the 'Knudsen Process', apparently a very fine-screened half-tone lithograph. Vassos was also an important industrial designer, responsible for a popular turnstile and many TV and radio designs for RCA; he trained spies for the OSS during World War Two. Hardcover, full blue cloth, black titling & decoration. Shows light wear, neat ink name; scarce jacket rubbed and lightly chipped with a long tear to rear panel, crossing the spine & running up the front panel, with associated creasing, another short tear to upper front panel; spine tanned. Text clean; 96 pages of which 22 are b/w plates.. Later Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Illus. by John Vassos. 7¾" by 10½".
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- t1008
- Title
- Ultimo
- Author
- Vassos, Ruth and John
- Illustrator
- John Vassos
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- Later Printing
- Publisher
- E. P. Dutton
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1930
- Keywords
- Science Fiction, Catastrophe, Dystopia, Illustrated Books, Art Deco
- Size
- 7¾" by 10½"
Terms of Sale
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
All books are subject to prior sale, though we make every effort to keep our inventory current. Books are returnable within ten days with prior notification. We will request extra shipping for large books and sets going to addresses outside the United States.
About the Seller
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Biblio member since 2006
Beloit, Wisconsin
About Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Most of our stock is on-line only, though we have many books in three booths at Angela's Attic Antique Mall, 1020 Gardner Street in South Beloit, Illinois; a booth across the street at the Best of Beloit; and a large booth at the Lake Geneva Antique Mall, 829 Williams Street, Lake Geneva, WI. You may request to see any of our on-line inventory at any location with a few days' notice.
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