Beyond the Gaslight: Science in Popular Fiction 1985-1905
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Seller: Novel Ideas Books & Gifts, Decatur, IL, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First American Edition. Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 160 pages. Seller Inventory # 252555
Seller: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.
Condition: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. Seller Inventory # 2524281-6
Seller: Space Age Books LLC, Conroe, TX, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. On its copyright page: ISBN, "First published in Great Britain 1976" and "U.S.A. edition, 1977". This book is in near fine condition, marred only by some light wear on its spine ends. Its binding is sound and square, with no spine crease. Covers are unmarked and otherwise unworn, with bright silver titles on its spine. Pages are unmarked and unworn. Its dust jacket, now protected by a removable mylar cover, is also in near fine condition: bright, whole, and unmarked, with traces of wear on the ends of its spine and flap folds, but otherwise unworn. I will ship this book in a moisture proof zip-loc bag, padded in bubble wrap, inside a sturdy box to assure it reaches its new owner in the same condition as my description. Seller Inventory # 005164
Seller: Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, U.S.A.
Condition: Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Seller Inventory # K04OS-00488
Seller: Basement Seller 101, Cincinnati, OH, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: As New. Seller Inventory # 130316059
Seller: Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABAA, ILAB), Bordentown, NJ, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: near fine. First American edition. Oversized hardcover in black cloth. First American edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. Illustrated endpapers. 160 pp. Illustrated throughout with reproductions of period illustrations. A survey of how the world of science, past, present , and future, appeared in popular fiction in the decade surrounding the turn of the 20th century. This was the heyday of Wells, Verne, Conan Doyle and namy other imaginative writings who gave their stories scientific twists. Seller Inventory # E23262
Seller: Abstract Books, Edinburgh, IN, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good -. First American Edition. Ex lib. 160 pages, numerous b/w illustrations from the Mary Evans Picture Library; 4to, black boards. Tape marks cover, a few library stamps including withdrawn, illustrated back endpaper removed, good; contents near fine; Dust jacket very good-, label spine; light edgewear. Book. Seller Inventory # 022082
Seller: Saucony Book Shop, Kutztown, PA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Black cloth-effect boards, lettered in silver foil. As issued, illus. dust jacket now in mylar. Former owner's signature inked along top edge of half-title page, otherwise unmarked. 1st ed. 160 pp., illus. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book. Seller Inventory # 067494
Seller: Black Swan Books, Inc., Lexington, KY, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First American Edition. Illustrated with black-and -white drawings from the Mary EvansPicture Library. The dust jacket is protected by a Brodart mylar cover and is not price-clipped. Not an ex-library copy. No remainder marks. Most books shipped within 24 hours. All books mailed with delivery confirmation. Scattered light foxing on the top edge. Very good + condition in a very good + dust jacket. ; B & W illustrations; 8vo.; 160 pages. Seller Inventory # 33056
Seller: Robert Gavora, Fine & Rare Books, ABAA, Talent, OR, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First US edition, first printing. It was a time of optimism when anything and everything seemed possible. Writers felt free to let their imaginations run riot, and this was the heyday of H.G. Wells, Jules Verne and Conan Doyle. 160 pages with numerous illustrations. Near fine in near fine dust jacket with light rubbing. Book. Seller Inventory # 49708