The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind, 2 Vols
by H. G. Wells
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Berkeley, California, United States
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About This Item
Volume 1 is worn, lightly scuffed, with traces of blue stains on the front cover. Spine is shaken, but binding is secure. Textblock is foxed and yellowed with pencil markings on the inside cover. Inside is otherwise clean and unmarked.
Volume 2 is worn, lightly scuffed, with traces of blue stains on the front cover, slightly worse than volume 1. Spine is shaken, but binding is secure. Textblock is foxed and yellowed with pencil markings on the inside cover. Inside is otherwise clean and unmarked.
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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- Bookseller
- Moe's Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2046198
- Title
- The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind, 2 Vols
- Author
- H. G. Wells
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- George Newnes Limited
- Date Published
- 1919
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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....
- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...