THE WAR IN THE AIR, and Particularly How Mr. Bert Smallways Fared While It Lasted. ML# 5.2, BROWN LEATHERETTE, Spring 1918, 50 Titles Listed
WELLS, H.G.; Written by (1866-1946) English Author, now best known for his work in the science fiction genre.
Published by New York: Boni & Liveright/Modern Library Edition. Spring 1918, C4 50 Titles Listed
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Seller: Shepardson Bookstall, Brookline, MA, U.S.A.Shepardson Bookstall
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SHEPARDSON BOOKSTALL, 20 YEARS OF EXCELLENCE. BROWN LEATHERETTE. Book has Spine #1; C4 Title Page of 50 Titles; BL logo on front; marbled endpapers of green-brown. STORY: The War in the Air is a military science fiction novel by H. G. Wells, written in four months in 1907 and serialized and published in 1908 in The Pall Mall Magazine, is like many of Wells's works notable for its prophetic ideas, images, and concepts in this case, the use of the aircraft for the purpose of warfare and the coming of World War I. The novel's hero is Bert Smallways, a "forward-thinking young man" and a "kind of bicycle engineer of the let's-'ave-a-look-at-it and enamel-chipping variety.".
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- THE WAR IN THE AIR, and Particularly How Mr. Bert Smallways Fared While It Lasted. ML# 5.2, BROWN LEATHERETTE, Spring 1918, 50 Titles Listed
- Author
- WELLS, H.G.; Written by (1866-1946) English Author, now best known for his work in the science fiction genre.
- Publisher
- New York: Boni & Liveright/Modern Library Edition. Spring 1918, C4 50 Titles Listed
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Dust jacket
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- Binding
- Hardcover
- Seller catalogs
- Modern Library Edition
Shepardson Bookstall
Brookline, MA, U.S.A.
AbeBooks seller since November 30, 2002
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