LOOKING BACKWARD
by Bellamy, Edward
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Richmond, Missouri, United States
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About This Item
William Reeves, London, Circa 1910. This is a scarce edition, No. 1 in The Bellamy Library published by Reeves. It includes an index and an extra chapter. It is an octavo bound in the original green wrappers with a portrait of the artist on the cover. The one shilling price on the cover is lined through with a note on the back cover stating prices increased to 1s.6d. Slight browning to outer edges of pages, rear cover creased otherwise a very good copy of an unusual edition of a book that rattled more than a few people.
Synopsis
Looking Backward: 2000-1887 is a utopian novel by Edward Bellamy, a lawyer and writer from western Massachusetts, and was first published in 1888. According to Erich Fromm, Looking Backward is "one of the most remarkable books ever published in America. " It was the third largest bestseller of its time, after Uncle Tom's Cabin and Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ. It influenced a large number of intellectuals, and appears by title in many of the major Marxist writings of the day.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Green Gate Farm Antiquarian Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3376
- Title
- LOOKING BACKWARD
- Author
- Bellamy, Edward
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- William Reeves
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- Circa 1910
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Socialism, Utopian, Utopia, radical, fantasy
- Size
- Octavo
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Glossary
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...