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Basic Books (AZ), 1979. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Thirty Bedford Square London: Jonathan Cape. Fine with no wear or markings in a near fine or better jacket. Looks about new in spite of its age. . Fine. Hardcover. 1st. 1979.

New York: Basic Books. Fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket. 1979. 1st. hardcover. 8vo, 344 pp. .

NY: Basic Books. F. 1979. 1st American Edition. Hardcover. First U.S. edition. Hardcover bound in black cloth. A Fine copy in a V G+ dust jacket. The jacket's spine is faded. Fading to the panels' edg es. Small sticker at the rear panel's lower right corner. .

Basic Books, Inc. Publishers, 1978. Printed in Britain. Hardcover. VG+ in VG+ dust jacket. Cloth hardcover with light edge wear, clean and tightly bound; contents clean and unmarked. Dust jacket is clean with some fading to spine, foxing to front and rear flaps, not price-clipped.

Jonathan Cape. Good to Very Good/Very Good. 1979. First Edition. Hard Cover. 0224014714 .

Basic Books. Collectible - Good. First edition copy. Collectible - Good. Good dust jacket. In protective mylar cover. (forecasting, twentieth century, progress, futurology)

NY:: Basic Books. VG, clean HB; DJ-VG.. 1979. ISBN: xi + 344 pp.. Catalogs: LITERARY CRITICISM.

New York: Basic Books, 1979. Science, science fiction, and the reality of the future.; illustrated with black & white plates; 344pp.. First U.S. Edition. Hard Cover. VG++/VG++.

London: Book Club Associates. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1979. Reprint; First Printing. Hardcover. Book Club Edition . Slight shelf wear to unclipped DJ, bottom rear fore corner slightly rubbed, old ink price to front endpaper. ; BCA CN 6382. Black cloth boards with gilt lettering to green spine panel. Nice tight copy, no names inside, DJ artwork by Bill Botten. ; B&W Photographs; 352 pages; Ground breaking work on the history of prediction showing how the factors making for change in a society - political, social, technological, philosophical - decide the pattern of expectation from generation to generation. How expectation made stories of the future a dominant form of fiction as a way of imagining, describing and playing with the potential of the aplied sciences. .

BCA London, 1979. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. Bound in black cloth with a turquoise printed label, with DW, 344pp, 57 illustrations VG / VG

New York: Basic Books, 1979 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First American Edition. 8vo. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. xi, 344 pp, list of 57 b&w illustrations, acknowledgments, prologue, 11 chapters, notes, index. Inked inscription on ffep with small tear to page 343. Slightly yellowy dj with minor edgewear to top edge spine. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Black cloth..

New York: Basic Books, 1979. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Spine sunning to jacket, else clean, bright copy. 344pp..

London, U.K: Jonathan Cape Ltd, 1979. D/w spine sl sunned o/w mint. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardback.

Book Club Associates:, 1979. 344 pages, illustrated. "Discussing of the future is a working tool for some and a plaything of the imagination for others. In this remarkable book- the result of twenty-five years of research- Professor Clark traces the evolving pattern of prediction. He shows how the factors making for change in a society- political, social, technological, philosophical- decide the pattern of expectation from generation to generation." FINE- HARDCOVER, FINE- DUST JACKET.. Hard Cover. Fine-/Fine-. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Basic Books. Hardcover. 1979. 1st Edition. 8vo 344pp . Very Good in Very Good DJ. B&W Illustrations DJ spine faded Traces the belief in the infinite progress made possible by science and technology in the literature of the 19th & 20th cs. .

Jonathan Cape, 1979. 1st edition. Professor Clarke traces the evolving pattern of predictiuon. Hardback. fine hardcover copy in a near fine, brodart protected, dustwrapper.

London: Jonathan Cape. 1979. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. Some faint stains to top edge. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Drawings. 344 pages. Professor Clarke traces the evolving pattern of prediction and how many factors make the story of the future a dominate form of fiction. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

New York: Basic Books, 1979. First Edition . Hard Bound. Fine/Fine. Fine in fine dust jacket. Publisher's review information laid in.

Basic Books. Used - Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.