The Way the World Is Going: Guesses & Forecasts of the Years Ahead. 26 Articles & a Lecture
London: Ernest Benn Limited, 1928. Very Good / Very Good-. Item #48904
London: Ernest Benn Limited, [1928]. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket, original price (7s 6d net) on spine panel; xi,[1],301pp. Jacket rather spotted and dust-soiled with shallow chipping at spine crown, closed tear to top edge of upper panel touching text without loss, corners nudged, contemporary Sidney bookseller ticket to front pastedown. A Very Good copy in About Very Good jacket.
An eclectic compilation of dispatches relating to both global and domestic interwar events, including the rise of Fascism in Italy, the "uselessness" of aeroplanes, the Sacco Vanzetti trial, and the anti-vivisection movement which Wells had already addressed in his 1896 science fiction novel "The Island of Doctor Moreau."
Hammond E26; H.G. Wells Society Bibliography 101, calling this a companion piece to "A Year of Prophesying."
Price: $350.00