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The Shape of Things to Come: The Ultimate Revolution
by H. G. Wells
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Bristol, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Hutchinson, London, 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Size: 8vo <9 3/4". 432 pp. Rebound with titles to spine, new boards and end papers fitted. Spine cocked. Foxing front/rear pages, but body of book mostly clean and unfoxed. Previous owner's signature in ink. Edges browned, foxed and marked. Ex-library, with minimal stamps and markings. Corners slightly bumped. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; Politics & Government. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 51574. . This book is extra heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries.
Synopsis
The Shape of Things to Come tells of an intellectual who dies and leaves behind a "dream book" inspired by visions that are remarkably prescient.
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Details
- Seller
- Dreadnought Books
(GB)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 51574
- Title
- The Shape of Things to Come: The Ultimate Revolution
- Author
- H. G. Wells
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Hutchinson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1933
- Keywords
- BZDB243 utopia, sci-fi Science Fiction & Fantasy; Politics & Government. Unbranded H. G. Wells The Shape of Things to Come: The Ultimate Revolution
- Bookseller catalogs
- Politics & Government; Science Fiction & Fantasy;
Terms of Sale
Dreadnought Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Dreadnought Books
Biblio member since 2013
Bristol
About Dreadnought Books
Founded in 2010, Dreadnought Books is a second-hand and out of print book dealer specialising in history, with a particular focus on military, social and labour history.
Glossary
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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....
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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