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H.G. Wells; His Turbulent Life and Times
by Lovat Dickson
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: Atheneum, 1969 Atheneum, New York. 1969. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good +; two small spots on textblock bottom; scratch on front board; scant shelfwear. DJ: Good; NOT Price Clipped ($10.00); 2" boxcutter cut to front panel; chipping at head; two small closed tears on spine; light edge bumps. Black cloth boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. Tinted textblock top. 330 pp 8vo. Wells was a futurist and “visionary” who foresaw the advent of aircraft, tanks, space travel, nuclear weapons, satellite television and something resembling the World Wide Web.Wells in the late 19th century Wells “saw the coming century clearer than anyone else. He anticipated wars in the air, the sexual revolution, motorized transport causing the growth of suburbs and a proto-Wikipedia he called the "world brain". In his novel The World Set Free, he imagined an “atomic bomb” of terrifying power that would be dropped from airplanes. His mind was dominated by sex, religion, and science and his body dominated by his many affairs with much younger women which were scandalous at the time. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009652
- Title
- H.G. Wells; His Turbulent Life and Times
- Author
- Lovat Dickson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Atheneum
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1969
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- H.G. Wells, writer, science fiction novels, futuristic, League of nations, Declaration of the Rights of Man, Free-Love, Free-er love, affairs, new liberties, The Time Machine, Russia, World Brain, Utopia, World War I, World War II, Stalin,
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- Biographies;
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Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- Brodart
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- First Edition
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- Tight
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- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- 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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