News from Nowhere: Or, an Epoch of Rest, Being Some Chapters from a Utopian Romance, by William Morris [Facsimile]
by Morris, William
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine
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Bath, Somerset, United Kingdom
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Synopsis
News from Nowhere (1890) is a classic work combining utopian socialism and soft science fiction written by the artist, designer and socialist pioneer William Morris. In the book, the narrator, William Guest, falls asleep after returning from a meeting of the Socialist League and awakes to find himself in a future society based on common ownership and democratic control of the means of production.
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- Bookseller
- Bath and West Books (PBFA) (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005631
- Title
- News from Nowhere: Or, an Epoch of Rest, Being Some Chapters from a Utopian Romance, by William Morris [Facsimile]
- Author
- Morris, William
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Folio Society
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2015
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- The Folio Society; English Literature; Science Fiction & Fantasy; Utopian Fiction; Utopian Socialism; Socialist Fiction; Leather Bound Folio Society
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