A Square Edwin a Abbott (39 results)

Trade Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Reprint Edition. G/none, used, color illustrated stiff paper wraps, 91pp plus ads to rear. 4th printing, Interior clean, no marks, pages toning, binding tight. Shelf rubbing to wraps, no chips or tears, corners slightly rubbed.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: New.

Condition: FINE. Hardcover. An unabridged hardcover edition of this classic work which is a fictional introduction to the concept of spaces - flat, lines, three-dimensional. Includes the original illustrations by the author and a reproduction of the original title page, the 1884 Preface to the Second Edition, and an 1952 Introduction by Banesh Hoffmann. xii, 83 pp. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.…

Condition: New. pp. 218.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Sixth printing of the revised 1952 Dover edition adding a foreword by Banesh Hoffman. Overall Very Good condition with a light, long front cover crease. The 1884 provocative SF mathematical and humorous satire of a two dimensional land. A Square (Edwin A. Abbott) (illustrator). …

Condition: New. In.

Paperback. Condition: New.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 5th or later Edition. Softover, 6th revised edition (1884 originally), illustrated front paper cover and contents by Abbott, preface + 102pps, 2/3 of spine paper missing, Good copy. Cutesy f/o inscription on tp. "Abbott was a mathematician who used the idea of 'Flatland' - a world of just two dimensions - to poke fun at caste-ridden Victorian Society (comments from a UK bookseller)". …

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Soft cover. Condition: As New. Few Drawings. As new unread copy. Soft Cover. 102 fresh pages. 1974 Basil Blackwell Oxford Publishers. Drawings (illustrator).

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Sixth edition. Revised with introduction by Banesh Hoffman. Pictorial wrappers. Wraps moderately edgeworn, sunning and small abrasions on the cover, very good.

Condition: Good. Sixth edition, revised. Paper bound. Good condition. Text block is loose in binding, needs to be reglued. Internally clean and tight.

Soft cover. Condition: Poor. No Jacket. Fourth Revised Edition. Covers are quite dirty with a few stains. Front endpaper missing. Spine qutie worn with tears. Light foxing throughout.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 5th or later Edition. 102 pages, woodcut text illustrations by the Author. Original printed pictorial paper wraps, , coffee drip to page edges, pencil note inside cover . Wraps lightly browned, rubbed and soiled pages clean text block reglued.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Thus. Tight copy, dust jacket rubbed but now in protective mylar, owner name seal on fly. 123pp. With new introduction by Karen Feiden.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 5th or later Edition. Sixth Edition, Revised, lacking DJ.gilt titles a little faded but clean, bright & tight internally. William Garnett (illustrator).

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

Paperback. Condition: New.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Delivered from our UK warehouse in 4 to 14 business days. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

Condition: New. Print on Demand pp. 218.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 1907 American reprint in Fair condition & lacking DJ. Boards rubbed with faded titles, corners exposed, edges rubbed, spine ends pushed and frayed. Internally the book is well bound with just a hint of loosness to the spine. All of the endpapers are covered with a previos owner's mathematical jottings although these do not impact the text. The half title has a tear along the gutter and a smaller tear to the lower edge. The textblock itself is toned with the occasional stain or fingermark. A decent reading copy The narrator, a Square, dreams of a one-dimensional world (Lineland) and is later visited by a sphere from three-dimensional Space, who tries to explain higher dimensions, but the Square is seen as a madman for his ideas.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 5th or later Edition. Offering this satirical early scifi novella, "Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions," by Edwin A. Abbott under the pseudonym "A Square," with an introduction by William Garnett. Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1944, 5th Edition, Revised. Features a rare, authentic red distributor's stamp on the title page reading: "Agents for the United States BARNES & NOBLE, INC., 105 5th Ave., New York 3, N.Y." which is an Importer/Distributor stamp.The stamp marks the book as an original 1944 transatlantic import. During WWII, Basil Blackwell utilized Barnes & Noble as its exclusive US agent. Cream paper boards with tan pictorial dust jacket, Iine drawings and diagrams in b/w, rough cut pages, pp. 102. Explores the concepts of geometry, dimensions, and social hierarchy through a unique fictional world. Overall condition is Very Good. Binding is secure, jacket is moderately toned. There are several thin "slice marks" on the back cover, almost invisible, which do not cut through the jacket, not do they cut into the cover paper. Interior pages are bright and clean, with only a little darkening at the edges to the early and late few pages, no writing or other marks. A nice copy of this unusual book! [Science Fiction, Victorian Social Satire, Religious Allegory, Math/Geometry, Metaphysics] [A3].…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. "Flatland" by A Square (Reverend Doctor Edwin A. Abbott) 1939 Antique Hardcover Book with Dust Jacket 7 3/4" x 5 1/4" 155 Pages The jacket is in good to good minus condition with edge chips, stains and has been price clipped. The spine has toned. The jacket is protected with a removable Mylar cover. The book is in good condition, free from rips, tears, writing, and bends. There is a small stain on the bottom page edges and the previous address label which has been partially removed on the front free end page. The boards are in good with light to minimal wear. The binding is tight and square. The narrator, a Square, dreams of a one-dimensional world (Lineland) and is later visited by a sphere from three-dimensional Space, who tries to explain higher dimensions, but the Square is seen as a madman for his ideas.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 3rd Edition. Third edition of Abbott's satirical novella and an early example of experimental science fiction. The book uses the fictional two-dimensional world of Flatland to satirise the class and gender hierarchies of Victorian society, but the novella's more enduring contribution is its examination of dimensions. The first two editions of Flatland were published in rapid succession in 1884, after which the work went out of print. Blackwell brought it back with this third edition in 1926, forty-two years later. Although the text includes a small number of revisions from the second edition, the book's physical presentation is nearly identical to the earlier editions. Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1926. Publisher's original illustrated wraps; pp. xvi, 102. An about very good copy. Wear and toning to wraps with a minor stain to front wrap and text block edge. Front hinge a touch overopened, small owner's inscription to half-title else internally clean. Uncommon.…

Condition: New. PRINT ON DEMAND pp. 218.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Octavo, 155pp., illustrated by Frank Mayo. Introduction by Gregory Benford. A fine copy in the publisher's teal leather, decorated in gilt, with all edges gilt and silk ribbon. Previous owner's bookplate to a front blank page. Part of the "Masterpieces of Science Fiction" series, with publisher's slip (folded) laid-in. …