Foreseeable Future by George Thomson (35 results)

Condition: New.

Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. The Foreseeable Future. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 166 pp., Grey Hardback, DJ, VG, 1st ed.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hard Cover. A Near Fine copy in a Very Good+ dustwrpper. First Editiion.

Condition: Fair. 1955. First Edition. 166 pages. Yellow pictorial dust jacket over beige cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with common faults. Text is legible throughout. Some issues present such as cracking, inscriptions, inserts, moderate foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and tanning. Unclipped jacket has light edge wear with minor tears and chipping. Mild rubbing and marking. Light tanning to spine and edges.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Torn with Paper Loss.

hardcover. First Edition. B031025; 166 pp, very good contents; cut portions of dustjacket laid in good hardcover, no dustjacket; inside front cover skinned.

Condition: Good. Light wear to boards. Content is clean and bright. DJ with some edge wear and tears.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine-. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine-. 166 pages. "What will it be like a hundred years from now? What will science have done for (or to) us? Sir George Thomson risks a forecast." This book covers: energy, power, materials, transport and communication, meteorology, food, biology application, social consequences, and throught, artifical and natural." FINE- HARDCOVER, FINE- DUST JACKET. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.…

Condition: Good. DJ is clean with light edgewear and a bit of loss to the rear. Contents are clean but lightly toned. Free from markings or inscriptions.

Hardback or Cased Book. Condition: New. The Foreseeable Future. Book.

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. First Edition. First Edition, book is VG+/VG with minor bump to bottom of spine. DJ is price clipped, lightly chipped at top and bottom of spine and shows slight soiling 0.0 0.0 0.0.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped. Published by Cambridge at the University Press, 1955. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is very good. Dust jacket is very good with shelf/edgewear and small nicks to edges.100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Cover. Book Club Edition.

Second Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: 145 p. Subjects: Technology. Science. 1 Kg.

Second Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: 145 p. Subjects: Technology. Science. 1 Kg.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Gut. 166 S. K03170 Ex-library with Stamp and Library-Signature in Good Condition, Some Traces of Use Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 300.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Small tears to edges of jacket. Minimal wear to book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine condition. Near Fine dust jacket. First Printing of the Revised Edition. London: Readers Union and Cambridge University Press , 1957. Bright, clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Sharp corners. Not price clipped (5s 6d net). No chips or tears. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Not a book club edition. Illustrated in the text and with 8 pages of photos. Scarce in the revised edition. Thomson was awarded the 1937 Nobel Prize for Physics. In this book, he forecasts technology advances over the next hundred years. There are chapters on developments expected in Energy and Power; Materials; Transport and Communications; Meteorology; Food; Applications of Biology; Social Consequences; & Thought, Artificial and Natural. From the Dust Jacket: "This is the measured, fundamentally optimistic and fascinatingly interesting forecast of the world's next stage by a famous physicist, Master of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge and Nobel Prize Winner." The first edition was published in 1955. "This edition [with 8 pages of plates] was specially revised for RU by the author in 1957." . First Printing of the Revised Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition/Near Fine dust jacket. 8vo. viii, 145pp. …

hardcover. Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. A good condition book. First edition with dust jacket.…

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. First edition stated. Grey paper boards. viii, 166 pp. Boards lightly bowed. Dust jacket is price clipped, spine darkened, bumped to extremities, small perforation to front fore edge.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. minor light spotting to fore edge, near fine in dust jacket; first edition; 166 pages.

VII, 166 S. OPp., OU. - (1 Seite mit Knick).

1st edition hardback with dust jacket Nice copy small octavo vii + 166pp., Fascinating futurist text inc. energy & power, materials, transport & communications, meteorology, food, artificial thought. Great period dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Gut. 166 p. Guter Zustand. Bibliotheksexemplar mit den üblichen Eintragungen. Good. Library copy with usual marks. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 435.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Very good hardcover with very good dust jacket. Foxing on top edge, jacket has bottom corner of front flap clipped.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good+ DJ. First edition. Light discolouring to eps. Light sunning and creasing to dj , small tear to top edge of dj.