The Man Who Invented Tomorrow by Hughes, David - 1968

Constable, London, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Black coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the back strip. Photographic / illustrated dustwrapper with black and red coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. Mainstream novel centring on the production of a film of the life of H. G. Wells, not to be confused with a biography of the same name by Teeter which is about Jules Verne. Rubbing of the lower book edges and a little bumping to the top corners of the book. Age toning of the text block edges with a few foxing spots also present. Rubbing of the dustwrapper edges and panels with the white coloured background becoming yellowed. Fading to the back strip. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [6], 191, [3] pages.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; Inventory No: 0206435. .

Constable, 1968. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Near fine book and jacket. .

London: Constable & Company Ltd.. Near Fine in Near Fine dj. 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. [a couple of tiny spots on top of text block, no other significant blemishes; jacket similarly nice, with just a touch of surface handling wear]. Curious novel about a British TV director who's assigned to produce a "prestige half-hour" program about H.G. Wells for a commercial channel, and faces the vexing problem of "how to extract the esence of a great man and present him to a mass audience, how to make sense of yesterday?" Among the myriad challenges faced by the director and his production team is the fact that the nondescript actor who's tapped to portray Wells REALLY gets into his part -- to the point where Wells himself "ends up not quite as dead as today expected" -- and becomes a character in the book itself. The author (1930-2005), who was a teacher and critic in addition to being a novelist, was married to Swedish actress-director Mai… Read More

London, Constable, 1968.. 191pp. 8vo. Original cloth in dustwrapper, faded on backstrip. A very good copy.. First edition. Novel dealing with HG Wells.

London: Constable, 1968. Book. Very Good +. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. 1st Edition. VG+, Shelfwear, mild spine lean, light browning/VG+, Price-clipped, mild wear, indentations. Tragicomic drama. Photo on request..

London: Constable, 1968. 1st edition. Nice copy. small octavo. hardback with dust jacket 191pp., A very nice crisp copy in crisp black boards with a very nice unclipped dust jacket

London: Constable, 1968. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Corners bumped, near fine in a very good price-clipped dustwrapper, spine sunned. Inscribed to fellow author Nicholas Delbanco and his wife Elena by the author.