H. G. Wells. Anticipations of the reaction of mechanical and scientific progress upon human life and thought. Harper & Brothers New York, 1902.

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Description: Texte en anglais / text in english ! 14,5x23 cm. 343 p. Fort in-8° Bon état. Papier légèrement bruni Jaquette en état correct (décolorée, infimes déchirures) Reliure éditeur. Tranche de tête dorée

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WELLS, H.G.. Anticipations of the Reaction of Mechanical and Scientific Progress Upon Human Life and Thought. Harper & Brothers, New York and London, 1902.

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Description: First edition, American issue. Octavo. 348pp. Green paper-covered boards with publisher's printed paper label on spine. Owner's early pencil name on title page. A fine copy in publisher's dark green linen dust jacket with publisher's paper spine label. The label is a bit nicked and toned, else near fine.

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Wells, H. G.. ANTICIPATIONS OF THE REACTION OF MECHANICAL AND SCIENTIFIC PROGRESS UPON HUMAN LIFE AND THOUGHT. Harpers, 1902.

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Description: ANTICIPATIONS OF THE REACTION OF MECHANICAL AND SCIENTIFIC PROGRESS UPON HUMAN LIFE & THOUGHT, Harpers, 1902, first edition, just about fine in like cloth dust-wrapper. An important work in the Wells canon.

Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.

WELLS, H. G.. Anticipations of the Reactions of Mechanical and Scientific Progress upon Human Life and Thought.. Harper & Brothers, New York & London, 1902.

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Description: First American edition. Octavo. [iv], 342-[343], [1], [4, publisher's ads], [4, blanks] pp. Publisher's gray-green boards with printed paper spine label, patterned endpapers, top edge gilt. In the original cloth dust jacket with the label repeated (slight wear to this label). A very fresh and clean copy.Frank L. Dyer's copy with his bookplate. Dyer was Edison's right-hand man and had an enormous influence of American cinema-"For Edison, Dyer greatly expanded film production in Summer 1908 to increase the company's market share; personally screened and approved all film releases; and reorganized the film department again in January 1909 introducing a director/unit system. He may have been the first American film executive to replace an experienced filmmaker with a sales-oriented employee when he demoted Edwin S. Porter as a manager of film production in February 1909 and replaced him first with salesman John Pelzer and then with carpet dealer Horace G. Plimpton. In October 1914 he formed the Dyreda Art Film Corporation with J. Parker Read, Jr., and J. Searle Dawley but the company lasted only a year before being sold to a division of Metro Pictures" (D. Rossell)

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Wells, H.G.. Anticipations of the Reactions of Mechanical and Scientific Progress upon Human Life and Thought. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1902.

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Description: First American edition. [1 f., blank], Pp. [i-vi], [1-2], 3-342, [343], [344, blank] [4, ads], [2 ff., blank]. 1 vols. 8vo. Cornerstone of Wells' Later Career, In Original Dust Jacket. "Originally I intended Anticipations to be my sole digression from my art or trade (or what you will) of an imaginative writer." Remarkable collection of essays that prefigures most of the concerns of Wells' later writings and intellectual activities. Sage grey boards, paper label, t.e.g. Fine in original green cloth dust jacket with printed paper label [1 f., blank], Pp. [i-vi], [1-2], 3-342, [343], [344, blank] [4, ads], [2 ff., blank]. 1 vols. 8vo

Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.