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The Discovery of the Future
by Wells, H. G
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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About This Item
London: A. C. Fifield, 1913. 60[+4 ads.]pp. 12mo. Buff coloured boards with brown lettering stamped to the front and spine. Bottom and fore edge of text block are untrimmed. Head and tail of spine lightly bumped, as are the corners. Internally clean. The original dust jacket has some wear and chipping along the edges, most notably to the bottom edge, with the tail of the spine and bottom front corner missing. Overall, a clean copy. From the same root lecture as Wells Society #20: "Two attitudes of mind are compared: that which bases all its actions and thoughts on the past, and that which looks to the future". 1913
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Details
- Bookseller
- Aquila Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 141938
- Title
- The Discovery of the Future
- Author
- Wells, H. G
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- A. C. Fifield
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1913
- Keywords
- English Author|English Lit|H. G. Wells|Lecture|Wells, H.G.
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About the Seller
Aquila Books
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Calgary, Alberta
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Glossary
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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...
- 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....
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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...
- 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....
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
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