Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Price: US$9.12 + shipping
Description: First edition octavo hardcover (VG) this volume only; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Description: Stated First Edition. VERY GOOD. LIGHT SPOTTING TO BOARDS, GILT SPINE LETTERING BRIGHT, SLIGHT BUMPEED CORNERS, TIGHT BINDING, CLEAN INTERIOR. NO DUST JACKET. OWNER NAME.
Seller: MARK POST, BOOKSELLER, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
H. G. Wells. The Science of Life Vol. 3. Doubleday, Doran, 1931.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Doubleday, Doran, 1931. 1st Fair, Hardcover, Volume Three, Books 5-8. Pages numbered 773-1146. Black cloth with orange decorations and title. Color frontis of Neanderthal man. Patchy fading to cover. Bump to cover corners. Inside hinges taped - tape has yellowed. Former owner's name on endpaper. No dust jacket. B&w illustrations. Out-of-print and antiquarian booksellers since 1933. We pack and ship with care.
Seller: Lincbook, Foster, RI, U.S.A.
Price: US$17.23 + shipping
Description: Wells, H.G.; Julian S. Huxley y G.P. Wells. The science of life. Volume III. New York, Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1931. Características: Buen estado general pero con problemas de desgaste en el lomo, está raspado. Pasta dura en tela editorial. Titulo sobre lomo. Diseño a color sobre la portada. Lomo está raspado pero sin afectar el interior. Guardas limpias con un texto del propietario anterior escrito con tinta. Cantos limpios. En las primeras páginas tiene una ilustración a color. Incluye ilustraciones blanco y negro. 1146 p. (24 x 16 cm) Peso: 1.000 g.
Seller: Librería "Franz Kafka" México., Cuernavaca, MOREL, Mexico
Price: US$22.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 1514 pages with index in rear; Nine major sections. Pages tight; yellowed; moderate page wear; no markings;; page edges slightly darkened and foxed. Faded blue hard covers with gild lettering on spine. Several discoloration spots, rubbing, and smudges; corners slightly bumped. Section headings include: The History and Adventures of Life; The Spectacle of Life; Health and Disease; Behaviour, Feeling, and Thought; Biology of the Human Race. RARE VINTAGE COPY
Seller: Attic Treasures Book Shop, Mt. Carmel, IL, U.S.A.
Wells, H. G.. The Work Wealth and Happiness of Mankind. Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1931.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Doubleday, 1931. 2 volumes. First edition, good+ bright copies in acceptable dramatic gold and black unclipped jackets, worn, torn and chipped at edges. Orange decorated endpapers. Front hinge of volume 1 is shaken, binding remains sound. Bumping to corners. No former owner marks (from the collection of Melvin McCosh, 19602-70s Dinkytown bookseller) This is the last in a trilogy or works, of which the first is The Outline of History (1919 1920) and the second, The Science of Life (1929). Wells conceived of these as, respectively, "a survey of history, of the science of life, and of existing conditions." He intended the completed trilogy as an unprecedented "picture of all mankind to-day" in all its manifold activities". He hoped the volumes would contribute to establishing a progressive world government that he had been promoting since the mid-1920s. Not available for priority/expedited shipping. Due to the size/weight of this set extra charges may apply for international shipping. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Seller: Book House in Dinkytown, IOBA, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Description: First American edition. 1514 pp. 2 vols. Royal 8vo. Blue cloth, stamped in blind and gilt. Spines faded, else Fine
Seller: The Old Mill Bookshop, HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: ; Blue cloth cover is worn at extremities, scuffed, and toned but in good+ condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Split to paste down near gutter reglued. Former owner's name and date of "Xmas 1930" on front end sheet. A few pencil underlines on first few pages otherwise pages are clean and very good. ; 773 pages
Seller: Sage Rare & Collectible Books, IOBA, Livonia, MI, U.S.A.
Wells, H.G.. The Science of Life (4 Volume set). Doubleday, Doran and Co., Garden City, NY, 1931.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: cloth, no DW, tops of spines show wear, slight shelfwear, anticipate extrra shipping, VG
Seller: Juniper Point Books, Round Lake, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A few marks here and there from mild shelf/reader wear, though overall in very nice shape for the age. Black covers, binding tight, no interior marks. Additional shipping may be required due to the weight.
Seller: Salamander Books, Lebanon, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First edition. (1931.) Publisher's/Salesman Hardcover Dummy Edition without dust jacket as issued. 8vo with 114 pages. All title pages and front endpapers are bound in. Facsimile of the signed limited page is shown. The spine of the forthcoming book is laid in the rear, The book is in good condition with some shelf wear to bottom of binding and corners. Interior is clean and tight. All four frontispieces are reporoduced in this salesman's copy. Facsimile of Binding for the signed limited edition is bound to rear paste down. These specimen books were used by the agents of subscription publishers to entice customers to purchase a copy of a work in advance of delivery especially used for sets of books as "The Science of Life" was. Blue spine/no text. #032269 Size: 8vo
Seller: JERO BOOKS AND TEMPLET CO., SANTA MONICA, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$600.00 + shipping
Description: Four volumes, no jackets, quite good with slight shelf wear, toning, mottling and foxing to cloth spines, , slight foxing in text, especially preliminaries, binding square and strong. Number 304 of only 750 sets of the Signed Limited Edition, Signed by H.G. Wells, Julian Huxley and C.P. Wells.
Seller: Winged Monkey Books, Arlington, VA, U.S.A.
Price: US$2268.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Bound in publisher's original dark-blue cloth with blue stripe on either side of spine and gilded top edges. H. G. Wells' signature is stamped in gilt on the cover of each volume. One of 750 numbered sets. Volume One is signed in ink by each of the three authors. The frontispiece of each volume contains a colorful illustration in a theme related to the subject matter of the work. Many detailed black-and-white illustrations of biota throughout, including photographs. Hardcover
Seller: James & Mary Laurie, Booksellers A.B.A.A, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.