About this title: When Dr Philip Raven, an intellectual working for the League of Nations, dies in 1930 he leaves behind a powerful legacy an unpublished dream book'. Inspired by visions he has experienced for many years, it appears to be a book written far into the future: a history of humanity from the date of his death up to 2105. The Shape of Things to Come provides this history of the future', an account that was in some ways remarkably prescient predicting climatic disaster and sweeping cultural changes, including a Second World War, the rise of chemical warfare, and political instabilities in the ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Corgi Books (Transworld Publishers Ltd. ), London, England
Date Published: 1974
ISBN-13:9780552095327ISBN:055209532X
Description: Good. Corgi edition reprinted 1974. Inside pages are very age-browned but tight and intact. Covers have edgewear and creasing. Some foxing on page edges. Spine has multiple vertical creases and chipping to spine edges. Inside front cover has a small surface tear and what looks like either price sticker or library plate residue--something was stuck there and is not longer. Small bottom corners bent/folded under from pages 329-336. Top corner of last inside page has been folded down with a 1/4" ... read more
Edition: 1st us ed
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Macmillan, NY
Date Published: 1933
Description: g+/no dj. Edges worn and beginning to fray, spine and boards are soiled and rubbed, fo bookplate on inside front board, foxing to pages. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: MacMillan, New York
Date Published: 1933
Description: Very Good Hardback. No Dustjacket. 6 x 8" Blue cloth with gilt lettering; previous hospital copy with bookplate inside front cover and hospital pocket inside back cover; browning to inside of covers; ----------SATISFACTION GUARANTEED---------FAST, COURTEOUS SERVICE------ALL DUSTJACKETS ARE COVERED WITH NEW CLEAR MYLAR PROTECTOR----- read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: The Macmillan Co, New York
Date Published: 1945
Description: Very Good in Fair jacket. Dust jacket is worn along edges with multiple tears; blue cloth boards are in good shape; slight wear to ends of spine; markings on free front endpaper, otherwise interior is clean and unmarked; 431 pages. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Corgi
Date Published: 1979
ISBN-13:9780552111065ISBN:0552111066
Description: Acceptable. A little used. shelfware to cover. suitable as a reading copy only Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Date Published: 2006-04-25
ISBN-13:9780141441047ISBN:0141441046
Description: NEW. Softcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9780141441047. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780141441047ISBN:0141441046
Description: New. Brand New! Buy with confidence-your satisfaction is guaranteed at B-Logistics! Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. Please note that Expedited shipping is not available at this time. read more
Edition: Third Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: MACMILLAN CO
Date Published: 1933
Description: Good+ with no dust jacket; Good reading copy. Moderate wear. Hinges darkened and split. Brown spots on fore edge. Overweight, oversized, 3 lbs. 8vo 8"-9" tall. read more
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Red Cloth
Publisher: Hutchinson, London
Date Published: 1935
Description: Fair. No Jacket. Hardback. Octavo. 330 pp. The spine has faded, the covers are soiled, the front free endpaper is missing and there is foxing on the opening and closing pages. However, the binding is firm and the hinges are sound. This is an opportunity to acquire an inexpensive hardback reading/rererence copy. read more
Edition: Reissued 1936
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: The Macmillan Company, New York
Date Published: 1936
Description: Very Good. No Jacket. Originally published in 1933, reissued in the Modern Readers' Series in February, 1936. 431 pp. Binding is TIGHT. Pages are CLEAN AND UNMARKED. There is an owner's bookplate inside front cover. Cover is good and solid with just a touch of wear at top and bottom of spine. A very good readable copy. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: PENGUIN BOOKS LTD Country = UNITED KINGDOM
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780141441047ISBN:0141441046
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 576 pages. (576 pages) when dr philip raven, an intellectual working for the league of nations, dies in 1930 he leaves behind a powerful legacy an unpublished dream book'. inspired by visions he has experienced for many years, it appears to be a book written far into the future: a history of humanity from the date of his death up to 2105. (Paperback) read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Hutchinson, London
Date Published: 1933
Description: Good. Good solid blue cloth binding, with gilt titling, minor age-bumping, small tear to the cloth at rear, and a couple of light marks, internally good plus, with clean pages, prev owner inscription. read more
Edition: Edition Not Stated
Binding: HC
Publisher: Macmillan, Toronto, ON, Canada
Date Published: 1933
Description: Good in Fair jacket. Dj price clipped, folding, top layer peeling (largest 3/4" x 1 1/4"), torn (largest 2 1/4"), taped, small pieces missing (largest 1/2" x 1/4") but in protective Mylar wrap. read more
Edition: First American Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Macmillan Publishing Company, New York
Date Published: 1933
Description: Good Condition. No Dustjacket. 6x9 Inches. This is H.G. Wells sweeping vision of the future of mankind, a stunning panorama of the centuries before us in vivid and often frightening detail. This hardcover First American Edition from 1933 is in Good Condition and does not have a dustjacket. read more
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