A square edwin abbott (33 résultats)

Etat : FINE. Hardcover. An unabridged hardcover edition of this classic work which is a fictional introduction to the concept of spaces - flat, lines, three-dimensional. Includes the original illustrations by the author and a reproduction of the original title page, the 1884 Preface to the Second Edition, and an 1952 Introductio…

Soft cover. Etat : Good. 5th or later Edition. Softover, 6th revised edition (1884 originally), illustrated front paper cover and contents by Abbott, preface + 102pps, 2/3 of spine paper missing, Good copy. Cutesy f/o inscription on tp. "Abbott was a mathematician who used the idea of 'Flatland' - a world of just two dimensions…

Hardcover. Etat : Good. 1st Edition. 1907 American reprint in Fair condition & lacking DJ. Boards rubbed with faded titles, corners exposed, edges rubbed, spine ends pushed and frayed. Internally the book is well bound with just a hint of loosness to the spine. All of the endpapers are covered with a previos owner's mathematical…

Hardcover. Etat : Good. Etat de la jaquette : Good. "Flatland" by A Square (Reverend Doctor Edwin A. Abbott) 1939 Antique Hardcover Book with Dust Jacket 7 3/4" x 5 1/4" 155 Pages The jacket is in good to good minus condition with edge chips, stains and has been price clipped. The spine has toned. The jacket is protected with a…

Soft cover. Etat : Very Good. 3rd Edition. Third edition of Abbott's satirical novella and an early example of experimental science fiction. The book uses the fictional two-dimensional world of Flatland to satirise the class and gender hierarchies of Victorian society, but the novella's more enduring contribution is its examinat…

Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Octavo, 155pp., illustrated by Frank Mayo. Introduction by Gregory Benford. A fine copy in the publisher's teal leather, decorated in gilt, with all edges gilt and silk ribbon. Previous owner's bookplate to a front blank page. Part of the "Masterpieces of Science Fiction" series, with publisher's slip (fo…

Soft cover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Good. 4th Edition. Stiff unprinted manila wraps, deckled text block edges, in tan integral (French-style) dust wrapper lettered/illus. in black. Both jacket panels are moderately soiled with fingerprints and toned; binding is cupped and shows a mild lean. xvi,102 pp. Scattered…

Fourth edition, revised. "With illustrations by the author ." Original pictorial (map of Flatland) buff self-jacketed wrappers, soiled on front cover and badly waterstained on rear (not affecting contents; spine leaning. Ink name and 1945 date on half title; apart from a little foxing, contents clean and tight. A very good copy…

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Good. With illustrations by the author. Introduction by William Garnett. A later printing of the third American edition. Previous owner's address label on front paste-down, else very good in a good (four large chips, age toning) dust jacket with the original $1.50 price on the f…

Original wrappers. Etat : Very Good. dj. First edition. RARE FIRST EDITION OF ABBOTT'S CLASSIC. "Edwin Abbott's Flatland may be one of the most unclassifiable works of literature ever published. While it is acknowledged to be a classic of early science fiction, a work of Victorian social satire, and a religious allegory, it also…

Third edition. 8vo. 217x175mm. pp.xvi, 102, [2bl]. Original wrappers, some slight wear to extremities but otherwise in very good condition throughout and internally excellent. Protected by a transparent plastic cover. The first two editions of Flatland appeared in quick succession in 1884 but the book then fell out of print. Bla…