1939: The Lost World of the Fair (Advance Excerpt) by Gelernter, David - 1995

Free Press, 1995-04-30. hardcover. Very Good. 5x1x8. US Hard Cover Very Good Edition. Book is in great condition! Little to no damage present on cover, pages, spine, or corners. Dustcover is included if applicable. An amazing buy!

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Free Press, 1995-05-01. Hardcover. Good.

Generally good condition for paperback, pages are clean with no marking other than name on title page, binding is tight with no cracks.

Free Press. Used - Good. Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. With remainder mark. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Free Press, May 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair/Fair. Pages are clean and bright with no markings. Binding is fine. Moderate roughing to the edges and corners of the DJ. Moderate soiling to the surface of the DJ. DJ doesnt fit snug on the coverboards.

New York: Free Press. Fine copy in fine dust jacket. 1995. 1st. hardcover. 8vo, 418 pp., Remainder mark lower edge. .

Avon. 1st printing, May 1996. Wraps, thick trade paperback. NF..

New York, etc: The Free Press, 1995. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st printing. 418pp. Remainder. Sl shelfwear, very good+ in sl worn dust jacket

New York: Avon Books, 1996. xiv, 418 pages, [16] pages of plates, illustrations, map; 21 cm. Tight, clean copy. Browning. First paperback edition. "In 1939, exhausted by a decade-long depression, Americans faced a brewing European conflict that would prove to be the most destructive war in history. At this dark juncture, a World's Fair was held in New York City that evoked such acute hope in its promise of a glorious future that a whole generation was drawn to it and transformed by its vision. People came from all over the world to see the fair, and it was not uncommon for many to attend ten, twenty, even thirty times. There, the awed spectators gazed at a utopian world of superhighways, spacious suburbs and other technological wonders. As David Gelernter brilliantly recounts in 1939, it was a future that has largely come to pass, but one that, in its realization, has drained us of the very pride and hope that were so palpable at the fair itself. In 1939, Gelernter gives us a virtual reality… Read More