Wells, H.G.. World Brain. Doubleday, Doran & co., Garden City, NY, 1938.

Price: US$125.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Stated First Edition. Hardcover in Good+ condition, no dust jacket, small 8vo, pages: xx,194; Blue cloth, blind-stamped author's initials on front board, spine titles in gilt, top edge tinted blue, fore-edge untrimmed; Front board and spine faded, lower tips lightly bumped, tanning of end-papers, binding tight, contents clean. Bookseller accession no.: 13396. Essays and speeches by Wells; discussion of the World Encyclopedia, free and universal access to information - some view his thoughts as predicting the development of super computers and the World Wide Web.

Seller: Ulysses Books, Michael L. Muilenberg, Bookseller, Trumansburg, NY, U.S.A.

Wells, H. G.. World Brain. Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc, Garden City, NY, 1938.

Price: US$175.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Wells' outline for a an encyclopedia, available to all within a short distance of their home, that would provide the knowledge needed, at no cost, to build an educated and informed populace. xx, 194 pp. 8vo. Light wear and scuffing to dust jacket, small chipping and minor losses at edges, now in mylar cover. Blue cloth boards with gold embossed titling to spine. Top edge of text block dyed dark blue, other edges deckled. Age toning to endpapers, clean within.

Seller: Craig Olson Books, ABAA/ILAB, Belfast, ME, U.S.A.