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Star-Begotten: A Biological Fantasia
by H.G. Wells
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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St. Louis, Missouri, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Viking Press, 1937. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. 5.25 x 8.5in. 217pp. Publisher's cloth boards. VERY GOOD in Good dust jacket protected in a removable archival cover. The book itself shows a slight slant, paste-downs toned, otherwise the binding is strong and tight, the text is clean and unmarked, and the boards remain bright and distinct. The dust jacket with the spine faded, some chipping and creasing along the extremities, price-clipped, otherwise remains colorful, and distinct. As pictured.
Reviews
On Apr 16 2021, a reader said:
Published first in 1937, this story is about the spread of a fantastic idea that Martians are bombarding us with cosmic rays to change our genetics. This is an idea that serves to let Wells explore a thought experiment of how people can be swept up by ideas that have little or no basis in fact, making this novel still relevant today.
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Details
- Bookseller
- North Books: Used & Rare
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 30392
- Title
- Star-Begotten: A Biological Fantasia
- Author
- H.G. Wells
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1937
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Glossary
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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....
- Publisher's cloth
- A hardcover book comprised of cloth over hard pasteboard boards. ...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
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