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H G Wells. The Discovery of the Future. T Fisher Unwin, London, 1902.
Price: US$38.48 + shipping
Condition: Poor
Description: 1st Edition, T Fisher Unwin 1902. Ownership inscription to torn front free endpaper, both hinges cracked with webbing exposed at browned endpapers, torn to first halftitle at hinge, still attached to centre, hinge tender to pp445, remains of yellow label to front pastedown. Bound in gilt lettered blue cloth, rolled, worn and bumped to corners, chipped to spine, remains of paper label to upper. The Discovery of the Future is a 1902 philosophical lecture by H. G. Wells that argues for the knowability of the future. It was originally delivered to the Royal Institution on January 24, 1902. Before appearing in book form, it was published by Richard Gregory in Nature on February 6, 1902, and was also published as part of the Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution. An increasingly uncommon title, in not good condition honestly described
Seller: Richard Booth's Bookshop, Hereford, United Kingdom
Price: US$128.28 + shipping
Description: T Fisher Unwin. London. 1902. First edition. Original green limp boards, worn. Lacks small portion to tail of spine, front joint partially split with signs of repair, pages browned, small neat annotations to pages 9, 14, 19 and 56. A generally sound copy of a very scarce item.
Seller: Addyman Books, Hay-on-Wye, United Kingdom
Price: US$134.69 + shipping
Description: Binding a little rubbed and somewhat soiled, indentation to spine, end-papers foxed and text somewhat browned, a very good copy H.G. Wells Society Bibliography 20 First Edition, First Issue with "Anticipation" on upper cover.
Seller: Bertram Rota Ltd, Kintbury, United Kingdom
Wells, H G. The Discovery of the Future. T Fisher Unwin, UK, 1902.
Price: US$160.35 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A UK first edition, first impression. No wrapper. Original red boards. A bright, tight and solid copy. The boards are bright and clean. The corners are sharp. The spine is slightly faded. The pages are clean - the pastedowns show ghosting and the text block and closed page edges are tanned. There are no loose or dog-eared pages. The binding is solid. Uncommon. Paypal accepted.
Seller: Cheltenham Rare Books, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
H.G.Wells. THE DISCOVERY OF THE FUTURE. T.Fisher Unwin, London, 1902.
Price: US$340.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Red cloth covers with black titles to spine and front cover.Cloth good,and bright,minor marks on boards,ink marks at top of spine.Block is clean and tight,front internal hinge is split,half way.Nice copy overall.
Seller: THE BOOK SHOP, HASTINGS, HBN, New Zealand
Wells, H. G.. The Discovery of the Future *** ASSOCIATION COPY ***. T. Fisher Unwin, 1902.
Price: US$2687.50 + shipping
Description: *** ASSOCIATION COPY ***THE DISCOVERY OF THE FUTURE, T. Fisher Unwin, 1902, first edition, issued simultaneously in wrappers and red cloth, this, the paperbound issue is quite scarce and has been bound (with the front wrapper preserved) in an early twentieth century binding of three quarter brown leather and tan cloth which is rubbed at the edges, but still a very good copy. INSCRIBED by the author to his friend, Sidney Bowkett, his model for Chitterlow in KIPPS. A nice association copy thus.
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.