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Experiment in Autobiography: Discoveries and Conclusions of a Very Ordinary Brain (Since 1866)
by WELLS, H. G
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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About This Item
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback First Edition 1934 Hardcover in Very Good Condition. No dustwrapper. Heavy book. xi, 718 pages, indexed. Frontis b/w portrait of H. H. Wells, Contemporary Portrait by M. Boucard. 62 b/w illustrations inc. full page plates, many 'Picshua' which are humorous drawings, some serial, with notations . Fore-edge uncut. Decorative tan cloth boards with a light stain on the spine and faint darker lines to upper front panel. Sewn binding is tight, solid, square, with sharp corners. Internals are very clean and completley spotless, no creases. H G Wells, 1866-1946, the "father of science fiction". His autobiographical book covers the period up to the 1930s with chapters: origins, schoolboy, early adolescence, science student in London, struggle for a living, dissection, farily launched at last, and the idea of a planned world which includes travel to Washington to meet Franklin Roosevelt and Russia to meet Stalin. 9.5 x 6.5 x 1.75 inches. 1934, The Macmillan Company, NY
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- The Parnassus BookShop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 027222
- Title
- Experiment in Autobiography: Discoveries and Conclusions of a Very Ordinary Brain (Since 1866)
- Author
- WELLS, H. G
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Macmillan Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1934
- Size
- 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" t
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- AUTOBIOGRAPHY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography. Autobiography;
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