Isbn: 9780571094721 - the Shape of Further Things: Speculations on Change (12 results)

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.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Top of book dusty. Jacket has minor edgewear.

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,500grams, ISBN:0571094724.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Hardcover. Worn, faded and somewhat dirty dust jacket. Small nicks on jacket spine head and front upper leading corner of jacket. Boards appear warped. Hardcover spine is cocked. Slight wear on hardcover spine head. Page block is tanned. Binding is sound, and the contents are clear. AF. Used.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hardcover with removable plastic covered unclipped dust jacket, in very good condition. Page block is lightly foxed. Binding is sound and pages are clear. LW. Used.

First Edition. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 3-185 pages; illustrations; 23 cm. Contents: Introduction -- A fantastic vision after midnight -- The education of H.G. Wells -- Sleep, dreams, and the somnolent computer -- Baden-Powell and the Neanderthals -- Science fiction: from 'modern boy' to 'little boy' -- An alligator in a dog's embrace -- The dreams of Twickenham (and Wandsworth) -- The imaginary life and death of telepathy -- Fifties SF and the alien-as-human -- Piranesi unchained -- An SF convention of the fifties -- How I ran through an empire -- and what was better for it -- A perfect posited image of this book -- A cartographic Amis and sixties SF -- New worlds and SF horizons of the sixties -- Automation versus fact-free education -- Christie and the new fantasy-dramas -- M.E.R.O.'s Sinai Project, 1957-70 -- Conformity and the everlasting cornflake -- Post-lunar postscript -- Appendices. Subjects: Aldiss, Brian W. (Brian Wilson) 1925-2017; Science fiction Authorship; Science Fiction; English fiction. 1 Kg. …

Leinen. Condition: Gut. 22,5 cm 185 S. . Gewebeeinband (Schwarzer Leinen) mit Schutzumschlag. Sprache: Englisch, Zustand: Gut min. gebräunt (Innen); Einband (Außen) hat leichte Gebrauchsspuren; Schutzumschlag (hat leichte Gebrauchsspuren); Schnitt oben min. angestaubt-fleckig, restlicher hat Wasserschaden mit Verfärbungen; * Die Photos sind original von uns erstellt worden, u.a. erkennbar an einem kleinen weißen Stück Papier im oberen Schnitt. Ab und an verwenden Suchmaschinen Verlagsphotos, bei den Portalen selbst, werden aber nur unsere Originalphotos gezeigt.…

First Edition. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 3-185 pages; illustrations; 23 cm. Contents: Introduction -- A fantastic vision after midnight -- The education of H.G. Wells -- Sleep, dreams, and the somnolent computer -- Baden-Powell and the Neanderthals -- Science fiction: from 'modern boy' to 'little boy' -- An alligator in a dog's embrace -- The dreams of Twickenham (and Wandsworth) -- The imaginary life and death of telepathy -- Fifties SF and the alien-as-human -- Piranesi unchained -- An SF convention of the fifties -- How I ran through an empire -- and what was better for it -- A perfect posited image of this book -- A cartographic Amis and sixties SF -- New worlds and SF horizons of the sixties -- Automation versus fact-free education -- Christie and the new fantasy-dramas -- M.E.R.O.'s Sinai Project, 1957-70 -- Conformity and the everlasting cornflake -- Post-lunar postscript -- Appendices. Subjects: Aldiss, Brian W. (Brian Wilson) 1925-2017; Science fiction Authorship; Science Fiction; English fiction. 1 Kg. …

Octavo, pp. [1-8] 9-13 [14] 15-185 [186-188: blank] [note: first and last leaves are blanks], cloth. First edition. An essay in autobiography and criticism. Anatomy of Wonder (1981) 8-2. A fine copy in fine dust jacket priced £1.75 on the front flap. (#177394).

Octavo, pp. [1-8] 9-13 [14] 15-185 [186-188: blank] [note: first and last leaves are blanks], cloth. First edition. An essay in autobiography and criticism. Anatomy of Wonder (1981) 8-2. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#100).

Cloth. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 185 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. True first British printing with original unclipped jacket (35s/£1.75). Jacket has minor patchy edge/shelf wear, a few small marks, the odd small crease/rub to edges, a little patchy browning (including to spine), little patchy creasing/rubbing to front/back inner flaps, little pushing/rubbing to head/tail of spine and to corners and a few small marks/odd spot of foxing to reverse (white side). Boards are near fine (having been well protected by the jacket) with the odd small mark, a hint of pushing to corners and minor pushing/rubbing to head/tail of spine. Pages are generally clean and the binding is tight. Pages little tanned. Previous owner's name, date and location in pen to front end-paper. Odd small mark/spot of foxing to page edges, tops and bottoms. Very occasional small mark to pages. Back end-paper tanned with the odd small mark/minor foxing. No other faults. A nice copy. All books described honestly and accurately. Paypal accepted.…