Looking Backward, 2000-1887

Hollywood, CA: : The Limited Editions Club,, 1941.. SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Very near fine, in yellow cloth boards with red design, lacking the scarce slipcase.. Limited, signed edition. A classic of Utopian fiction, in an edition designed and printed By Merle Armitage; .illustrated with monochrome print in blue, red, green, gray, black or purple by Elise.… Read more about this item

Looking Backward 2000-1887, Bellamy, Edward, The Musson Book Company Ltd. Toronto, 1934. 12mo up to 7½" tall. 245 pages. Red cloth boards, black spine titles. Unclipped art deco dustjacket illustrated by Peacock. Small chips and closed tears to dustjacket; volume has prior owner's name to free endpaper otherwise text block is clean without marks, tears or folds. Binding is firm… Read more about this item

1926 Houghton Mifflin reprint, under their Riverside Library imprint. Condition of the book is Good. The binding is straight and sound. Inside pages are complete. The main condition issues are short ink notations made by prior owner to the front and back free endpapers, and unfortunately also to the title page (see the listing photo of the title page). Condition of the… Read more about this item

Boston: Ticknor and Company, 1888. First edition, first issue with "J. J. Arakelyan" imprint on verso of title leaf of this classic utopian novel. Octavo, original cloth. In fine condition. An exceptional example.

New York: Vanguard Press, 1927. Hardcover. Very Good. Second printing thus. 12mo. 337pp. Yellow cloth soiled, spine head nicked, else very good.

A nearly fine copy with light wear at spine ends and corner tips. Memorial edition, stated four hundred and twenty-fourth thousand, of Edward Bellamy's classic utopian, socialist science fiction novel. This copy is signed on its front page not by the author, but by two other famous people. Exlibris and signature of Cyril G. Wates (1883-1946)- an author, mountain climber, and amateur astronomer.… Read more about this item

Ohio: World Publishing Company. 1888. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust jacket. 1 inch open tear at spine heel. .

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1926. Hardcover. xvii, 337p., original red cloth binding, spine lettering dulled, minor soiling on the spine, previous owner's name penned on free front endpaper. No dj. First published in 1887 The Riverside Library.

London: Frederick Warne and Co.. Good with no dust jacket. [c1890?]. Cloth. No date [1890?]. 192 pages. Rebound in textured maroon cloth covers. Owner's signature on half-title page. Stains on endpapers. Cloth water damaged on rear board. Internally . ; 12mo .

Houghton Mifflin, 1898. Hardcover. Near Very Good. Early Issue, originally published in 1889 by Houghton Mifflin. This is a Near Very Good Nineteenth Century issue. No jacket, bound in green cloth, which has moderate soiling and spotting; a frayed crown and foot of spine cloth. Interior is clean, no markings. A classic early edition of a nineteenth-century Time… Read more about this item

New York: Regent Press, 1898. Book. Good+. Hardcover. Purple cloth boards with deep red decoration, black lettering on cover and spine. Light soiling, some fading to purple background on spine. Light surface wear to corners, no fraying. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Previous owner name neatly penned on front free endpaper. Pages and edges… Read more about this item

Boston: Ticknor & Company. Very Good+. 1888. First Edition. Softcover; Second Printing. Boards with light rubbing to extremities. Front board detached but present. ; A look 'back' at the year 2000, from the vantage point of a gent who fell asleep in 1887 to waken 113 years later. Ticknor's Paper Series of Choice Reading, Number 38 Extra.… Read more about this item

New York: Limited Editions Club, (1941). limited edition. hardcover. Very good. Quarto (approx. 6 3/4" wide by 9" tall) Edges dyed red, yellow cloth covers with title and decorations in red. Drawings by Elise. Designed and printed for members of the Limited Editons Club by Merle Armitage in Hollywood. Introduction by Irwin Edman. Pages a to q, [1[, 1-388 +… Read more about this item

Dover Publications Inc.. Paperback. Used; Good. Simply Brit – welcome to our online used book store, where affordability meets great quality. Dive into a world of captivating reads without breaking the bank. We take pride in offering a wide selection of used books, from classics to hidden gems, ensuring there’s something for every literary palate. All orders are… Read more about this item

London : Routledge , no date . Reprint . Very Good . 8VO . Quite an attractive little reprint. Has library numbers on lower spine and numbers on several interior pages but no other library markings or identification. Bound in decorated blue cloth with gilt titling on spine. Light wear.

New York: Modern Library, 1951. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Clean hardcover book in original unclipped dust jacket. Toledano binding no. 8. Blue cloth boards with red title box, gold lettering on cover and spine. No fraying or wear; binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Clean Kent style endpapers - no names, writing or marks.… Read more about this item

Boston, Massachusetts: Ticknor and Company, 1888. 5th or later Edition . Hardcover. Fair. A classic of utopian literature, wildly popular in its day & never out of print since its initial publication in 1888. By the same publishers as the First Edition (not the later reprints with the new publisher), this is the Sixth Edition, also c.1888, a… Read more about this item

Broadview Press Inc, 2003. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Broadview Literary Texts, 2003. Trade paperback. Fine. Broadview Literary Texts, c2003. 288pp. 8vo. Uncreased spine, fine trade paperback.

Boston, MA: Houghton, Mifflin and Company. Used-Very Good/NO DUSTJACKET. 1889. Later Edition. Hardcover. Sm 8vo., 337 pp., Former owner's inscription dated 1889. .