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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

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

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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

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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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Bookseller
GN Books and Prints GB (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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