Search Results: mankind in the making by hg wells

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2015-10-04. Paperback. Used:Good.

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2015-10-04. Paperback. Used: Good.

Chapman & Hall, 1914. Hardcover. Good. 1914. 396 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and tanning.

Chapman & Hall, 1914. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,350grams, ISBN:

London: Chapman & Hall, 1911. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 427 pages, indexed. Fifth and cheaper edition. Olive boards, gilt title and gilt decorations on spine. The head of the spine strip has a small remnant of brown paper at the head and a small ink stain towards the tail; there is a bookplate on both the front and back end paper; the blank page is discoloured around the edges; the fore-edge foxed and the head of the back paste down is lightly damaged, possibly from the removal of a label. Overall an attractive copy, clean and solid. "Deeply interested in the development of mankind, Wells wrote Mankind in the Making to present his general theory of social development and of social and political conduct. In the mind of the British public, this novel established Wells as a leading advocate for social progress."

London: Chapman & Hall, Ld., 1903. Blank before half-title, blank at end; pp.[2]+[x]+429+[iii]; blue rough buckram blocked and lettered gilt on front cover and spine; t.e.g., fore-edges uncut, lower-edges rough-trimmed. Very slight spotting to back cover; end-papers embrowned; slight foxing to half-title, title, and uncut fore-edges; otherwise a fine copy of a difficult title. The probable first issue, some copies having the fore-edges rough-trimmed and the lower-edges fully so.

All books listed by Robert Temple are first editions unless otherwise stated.

Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1903. Softcover. Near Fine. First Continental edition. Two volumes. 16mo. Printed buff wrappers. Pencil name on cover of front wrap, foxing and a little soiling on the wrappers, near fine better copy. Volumes 3698 and 3699 in the publisher's "Collection of British Authors" series.