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The Outline of History: Being A Plain History of Life and Mankind
by H. G. Wells
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+
- Seller
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GAHANNA, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
Garden City Publishing Co., Inc., Garden City, New York, 1929. Hardcover cloth. Condition: Very Good+. J. F. Horrabin (illustrator). First edition, 28th printing. 1171 pp containing all maps, charts, b/w illustrations, and diagrams. Text tanned slightly typical of age, clean and unmarked except for owner attribution and gift presentation in pencil on front free endpaper. Top edge tinted red. Spine headband and tail lightly bumped. Cover corners crisp. The Outline of History, subtitled either "Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind" or "The Whole Story of Man" chronicles the history of the world from the origin of the Earth to the First World War. Remarkable condition for its age.
Synopsis
The Outline of History, subtitled either "The Whole Story of Man" or "Being A Plain History of Life and Mankind," is a book by H. G. Wells published in 1919. Wells was very dissatisfied with the quality of history textbooks at the end of World War I, and so, between 1918 and 1919, produced a 1,324-page work which was published in serial softcover form in 1919, with the first hardcover edition appearing in 1920. The book met with popular acclaim and massive sales.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Select Tomes
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 100208
- Title
- The Outline of History
- Author
- H. G. Wells
- Illustrator
- J. F. Horrabin
- Format/Binding
- Black cloth over boards with red title on cover and spine. Front hinge cracked.
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition, 28th printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Garden City Publishing Company, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, New York
- Date Published
- 1929
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- History
- Size
- 5 3/4 X 8 1/4
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About the Seller
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GAHANNA, Ohio
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I am making available selections from my collection of eclectic, historical and sometimes rare books. My collection includes historical novels, cookbooks, textbooks and children's books along with other ephemera.
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- 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....
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Headband
- A strip of colored material attached to the text block at the top of the spine of a hard cover book. The same treatment applied...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- First Edition
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- New
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