Looking Backward 2000-1887 by Edward Bellamy 1898 Riverside paper series

Description: LOOKING BACK 2000-1887 by EDWARD BELLAMY with Introduction by Sylvester Baxter. 1889. Memorial edition. Riverside Paper Series No. 8 September 21, 1889.Description: Cream paper covers with black borders and lettering on covers and spine. Photo frontis with tissue guard. Adverting on back and inside covers.Condition: Good. Covers and spine are soiled, rubbed and chipped.(see photos) Endpapers are browned. The 125 year old spine is brittle and tender, but holding, pages are clean and tight.Pages: 337Size: 4.5" x 7"Weight: 15 ozsCostco, credit cards, telephones...Looking Backward: 2000–1887 is a utopian science fiction novel by Edward Bellamy, a journalist and writer from Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts; it was first published in 1888. The book was translated into several languages, and in short order "sold a million copies." According to a 2021 essay in The New York Times, "In the 19th-century United States, only Uncle Tom’s Cabin sold more copies in its first years than 'Looking Backward.'" It influenced many intellectuals, and appears by title in many socialist writings of the day. "It is one of the few books ever published that created almost immediately on its appearance a political mass. Bellamy's time travel novel tells the story of a hero figure named Julian West, a young American, who towards the end of the 19th century, falls into a deep, hypnosis-induced sleep and wakes up 113 years later. He finds himself in the same location (Boston, Massachusetts), but in a totally changed world: It is the year 2000, and while he was sleeping, the United States has been transformed into a socialist utopia. Wikipedia. Check out my other current book listings. I will combine shipping for the best rate. Ask if you have questions. No reserve. You bid, it sells!Notice: This book will be shipped book rate. It is slower, but cheaper. Be patient!

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