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The Dream
by WELLS, H.G. [Herbert George]
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- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Macmillan, 1924. First American Edition. First printing. Small octavo (19.5cm). Publisher's red ribbed cloth, titled in gilt on spine and front cover; dustjacket; top edge gilt; 318pp. Tight, clean and Near Fine. In the original dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $2.50 at base of front flap), somewhat aged with shallow chips along top edge, just Very Good.
"The present seen as a dystopia from the perspective of a future eutopia" (Sargent), set two thousand years in the future but with most of the action taking place, through the device of an extended dream, in Victorian and Edwardian England. SARGENT p.90. CURREY (1979) p.518 (the London edition). BLEILER (1979) p.205.
"The present seen as a dystopia from the perspective of a future eutopia" (Sargent), set two thousand years in the future but with most of the action taking place, through the device of an extended dream, in Victorian and Edwardian England. SARGENT p.90. CURREY (1979) p.518 (the London edition). BLEILER (1979) p.205.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 56525
- Title
- The Dream
- Author
- WELLS, H.G. [Herbert George]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1924
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Fiction; Fantasy - Lost Race - Science Fiction; Utopian Literature;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books
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Winchester, Virginia
About Lorne Bair Rare Books
Lorne Bair Rare Books specializes in books, mansuscripts, and printed ephemera relating to American Social History, with an emphasis on radical and utopian movements of the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. We are available in our showroom by appointment, at shows, and on-line through various booksellers' sites or at our website www.lornebair.com.
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Octavo
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- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- 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....
- Device
- Especially for older books, a printer's device refers to an identifying mark, also sometimes called a printer's mark, on the...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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