A job lot of 5 Thinker's Library hardback books: The Conquest of Time; Fact and Faith; Education; Let the People Think; Religion Without Revelation
by H. G. Wells; J. B. S. Haldane; Herbert Spencer; Bertrand Russell; Julian Huxley
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No jacket
- Seller
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Inverness, Highland, United Kingdom
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A job lot of 5 Thinker's Library hardback books: The Conquest of Time by H. G. Wells [The Thinker's Library, No. 92], 1944, second impression; Fact and Faith by J. B. S. Haldane [The Thinker's Library, No. 44], 1934, first impression; Education by Herbert Spencer [The Thinker's Library, No. 2], 1941, fourth impression; Let the People Think by Bertrand Russell [The Thinker's Library, No. 84],1941, first impression; Religion Without Revelation by Julian Huxley [The Thinker's Library, No. 83], 1941, first impression;
Octavo/8vo, each book measures around 6 5/8" by 4 3/8" and varying between around 3/8" and 5/8" thick. No dust jackets. Red and orange-brown pictorial cloth binding, black lettering and detail to front boards and spines. A little marking and some scuffing to binding but reasonably clean. Some discolouration to spines. Signs of wear, rubbing at edges and on hinges. Bindings quite firm. Page edges a little browned, scuffed, foxed and marked in varying degrees. Some marking to endpapers, the odd bit of foxing but page surfaces generally quite clean. Previous owner name on front free endpaper of Religion Without Revelation, some pencil margin lining in Education. See pictures for further information.
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- GN Books and Prints (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- #BIBLIO-646
- Title
- A job lot of 5 Thinker's Library hardback books: The Conquest of Time; Fact and Faith; Education; Let the People Think; Religion Without Revelation
- Author
- H. G. Wells; J. B. S. Haldane; Herbert Spencer; Bertrand Russell; Julian Huxley
- Format/Binding
- Hardback, cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Watts & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1934-1944
- Size
- 8vo.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Thinker's Library
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