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The Wheels of Chance; the Time Machine
de H.G. Wells
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- Good/Acceptable
- Librería
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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Sobre este artículo
J. M. Dent & Sons, 1969. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1969. Reprinted. 103 pages. This is an ex-Library book. Pictorial dust jacket over black cloth and gilt lettering. Ex-library copy, with expected inserts and inscriptions. Binding remains firm. Pages are moderately tanned. Boards have light edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and spine is presentable with minimal crushing and tanning. Unclipped jacket. Jacket has moderate edge-wear with chips, tears, and creasing.
Sinopsis
The comical Wheels of Chance was written in 1896 at the height of the golden age of the bicycle, when practical and affordable bicycles led to profound social shifts in England. Suddenly people of modest means could travel greater distances for work or even for pleasure, without the limitations of rail schedules, weakening England's rigid class structure and strengthening the movement towards the liberation of women. In the novel, the poorly-paid draper's assistant Mr. Hoopdriver sets out on a cycling holiday, and awkwardly encounters a pretty young woman cycling alone and wearing bloomers, an shocking image in its time and one that summed up the new freedom, liberation and exhilaration of the bicycle.
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Detalles
- Librería
- World of Rare Books
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 1675321981MHP
- Título
- The Wheels of Chance; the Time Machine
- Autor
- H.G. Wells
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Good/Acceptable
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Editorial
- J. M. Dent & Sons
- Fecha de publicación
- 1969
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
