Books: The Future in America: A Search After Realities, New Plymouth in New Plymouth, Taranaki for sale

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Boards rubbed and stained. Chips to head of spine. Hinges broken (front hinge completely broken, with text block separated from front board.) One text leaf detached, with small tears to margins. Some foxing. Overall a rough but complete copy, suitable as a reading or working copy of the first edition. ; ix, [1], 359, [1] pages + 12 plates. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Page dimensions: 210 x 142mm. Non-fiction, society, politics, economics. Contents: The Prophetic Habit of Mind; En Route; Growth Invincible; The Economic Process; Some Aspects of American Wealth; Certain Workers; Corruption; The Immigrant; State-Blindness; Two Studies in Disappointment; The Tragedy of Colour; The Mind of a Modern State; Culture; At Washington; The Envoy. The illustrations include: Fifth Avenue, New York; State Street, Chicago; Interior of a New York Office Building; Harvard Hall and the Johnson Gate, Cambridge; A Bit of Princetown University; In the Congressional Library. [Seller Ref: KnightCol]; 8vo
Author
H. G. Wells
Title
The Future in America: A Search After Realities
Publisher name
Chapman&Hall, London
Shipping time
2 - 5 days
Publication year
1906
Edition
First edition
Binding type
Hard cover
Listing condition
Used
Item condition
Fair
Vendor name
Renaissance Books
Vendor rating
Abebof326d