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H. G. Wells: Prophet of Our Day
by Vallentin, Antonina [translated from the French by Daphne Woodward]
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Good dust jacket
- Seller
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North Providence, Rhode Island, United States
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About This Item
New York: The John Day Company. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1950. First American Edition. Hardcover. VG+ or better copy in edge torn and chipped Dust Wrapper. ; "A lively biography, in Gallic vein, of a great man of letters and life, whose time is not long past, whose spirit moves among us now, whose amazing prophecies keep coming true one by one". Red cloth with gold gilt spine lettering and a portrait of the subject stamped in blind to the front board, black-and-white frontispiece portrait, bibliography, index. Oswald Train's bookplate affixed to the front paste-down. Edge wear, dust soiling to page edges, in dust jacket with numerous tears and chipping bx46
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- Bookseller
- biblioboy
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 70592
- Title
- H. G. Wells: Prophet of Our Day
- Author
- Vallentin, Antonina [translated from the French by Daphne Woodward]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Good dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- The John Day Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1950
- Pages
- 338
- Size
- 8vo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- WELLS, BIOGRAPHY, AUTHORS, WRITERS, PROPHECY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Bibliography/Literary;
Terms of Sale
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Scans of any item on request.
Returns within14 days of receipt of the book for any reason. We do not refund postage, unless other arrangements have already been made. USA insurance is $1.75 for books with a value up to $50.00.
About the Seller
biblioboy
Biblio member since 2003
North Providence, Rhode Island
About biblioboy
We are biblioboybiblioboy dealers in Books, Stamps, Ephemera, Victorian Trade cards, Magazines, Postcards, Sheet Music, Engravings, and much more. I started out as a book collector and soon progressed to owning a book store with over 80,000 books and more than 10,000 pieces of ephemera, postcards, and other items. I exhibited my stock for years at book and paper shows around the eastern United States. As the book and paper business has changed over the years, I have changed the way I do business to evolve with the times. I now offer my items for sale on the web only, through my various listing services and web sites. Being a a collector, as well as a dealer, I understand the importance of condition, as well as rarity of an item, and the desire to own scarce and one of a kind items.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- 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...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
Frequently asked questions
A Brief History of the Dust Jacket
When did dust jackets first appear, and what exactly are they for? Learn about this often-important detail as it applies to book collecting. More...
