{"product_id":"before-their-time-virnard-magpantay-9781969944123","title":"Before Their Time: Abandoned Inventions in History","description":"\u003cp\u003eAcross these pages, familiar ideas appear where they don't belong.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA recording device emerges in the Tang Dynasty. A typewriter appears in 1500s Italy. Steam carriages move through 1700s Europe. Portable music devices are carried through 1910s Japan. These are only a few of the inventions found within, each enjoyable to explore.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach is fully realized, grounded in form and function, yet placed within a different moment in history. The result is both recognizable and unexpected.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBefore Their Time presents a visual collection of inventions that arrive too early, existing in worlds where they almost make sense.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Virnard Magpantay\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1969944129\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781969944123\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Epic Foundry Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/27\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 90\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.57lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 8.00w x 0.24d","brand":"Virnard Magpantay","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48852779696383,"sku":"9781969944123","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/before-their-time-virnard-magpantay-9781969944123","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}