Back To Methuselah

Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1922. Hardcover. Near Fine. First Continental edition. 12mo. Quarter green cloth and printed paper over boards with printed paper label. Toning and wear on the spine label, page-toning, else near fine.

1921. A Metabiological Pentateuch. London: Constable and Company, 1921. Original olive green cloth, with dust jacket. First English Edition of one of Shaw's best-known plays, beginning in the Garden of Eden and culminating in A.D. 31,920 ("as far as thought can reach"). Brentano's edition in New York was issued about three weeks earlier. This is a fine copy… Read more about this item

New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1939, 1939. Limited/Numbered/signed. Signed by Illustrator. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Linen covered boards with leather spine and cover labels. Number 693 of 1,500 copies printed for the Limited Editions Club. Preface by Mr. Shaw and wook engravings by John Farleigh, who signature appears on colophon page. Spine age toned to… Read more about this item

First Thus. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First Edition thus. Not price-clipped ($1.50 price intact). Published by Oxford University Press, 1947. Octavo. Blue boards stamped in gold. Book is very good. Sharp corners and spine straight. Binding tight and pages crisp. Light spotting to page ends and a previous owner name on flyleaf. Dust jacket is very good with… Read more about this item

London: Constable. London, Constable, 1921. First Edition. First Impression. Hardback. A very good copy in a good jacket. A number of large, closed tears and a couple of chips. Some bumping to the spine tips and corners. A little dustiness and some light foxing. Some tanning to the jacket spine. [10243, Hyraxia Books]. . Very Good. Hardback. 1st Edition. 1921.… Read more about this item

Penguin, 1954. Paperback. Good. 1954. Reprinted. 315 pages. Red striped penguin cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking to hinges and moderate tanning. Paper cover has mild edge wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and sunning. Curling to corners.

New York: Oxford University Press, 1947. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition Thus.. Revised Edition with a Postscript. The World's Classics. Galaxy Edition. First published as no. 1 in current edition, stated on copyright page. No indication of later printings. Blue cloth with gilt. Boards clean and bright, touch of bumping at tips & spine ends. Gilt bright. Binding firm.… Read more about this item

1939. FAIRLEIGH, John. SHAW, Bernard. Back to Methuselah (A Metabiological Pentateuch). With a Preface by Mr. Shaw and with Wood Engravings by John Farleigh. 4to. Original cloth with leather labels. Publisher's slipcase. N.Y.: The Limited Editions Club, 1939. Limited to 1,500 copies printed at the Marchbanks Press and signed by the artist. Spine label darkened, else a fine copy.… Read more about this item

HB 12mo G/-- 300 pages. 7th printing. Green cloth boards with paper label, red + black letters. Some scuffing to covers; spine label faded, red letters faintly legible; light rubbing at spine ends, light fraying; owner name on ffep; age darkening to feps + reps; tight; clean interior.

N Y: Limited Editions Club, 1939. Oversize Hardback. Near Fine/No Jacket. XL. Farleigh, John. Signed by Illustrator. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Full light gray cloth boards with green pasted-down label with gilt decoration and title. Sharp corners. Small spots on spine. Wood engravings by John Farleigh. Limited Edition, 168/1500. Signed… Read more about this item

hardback. Near Fine. A Metabiological Pentateuch. Revised ed., with a Postscript. 1st thus. 12mo. (World's Classics) 1945. Endpapers somewhat aged, else near fine copy in frayed and worn dust wrapper.

London: Constable. 267 pages, top edges dusty, other page edges rough cut, previous owner message on front endpaper. . Very Good. Hardback in Dust Jacket. First Edition.. 1921.

Constable & Co, 1929. Hardback. First edition, 1929. Beige cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Fair condition; edgeworn, rubbed and marked, bumps to corners and spine, deckle edges, owners mark and card insert on fep. No dust jacket. Published: Constable & Co, 1929

London: Penguin, 1940. 3rd. imp. thus PBK. No. 200 Red. 256pp. Good copy.

London: Humphrey Milford Oxford University Pres. Very Good/No DJ. 1945. First Thus. Hard Cover. Pocket Size The World Classic Series. Blue cloth cover with bright gilt titling on spine. Neat name and date in ffe. With new postscript and revisions by Shaw. 300 pages clean and tight. .

Middlesex: Penguin, 1953. 3rd Penguin printing. A short tear to the side of the back cover.. Paperback. Good+.

London: Oxford University Press, 1945. Revised. Hardcover. Very Good +. 4 x 6 in. Cloth boards. Condition is VERY GOOD+ ; corners bumped, very clean. Binding tight and text unmarked. Dram. Stax.

Constable, 1924-01-01. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 17 to 19 cm tall (12mo). Previous owner's ink inscription. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail tracked worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging.

New York: Brentano's, 1921. First US edition. Hardcover. Tight very good(+) copy with personal contemporary bookplate to front paste-down. Minor external wear and toning. No jacket. ciii, 300 pages ; 20 cm. Nice clean copy. "Five linked plays that expound Shaw's philosophy of creative evolution in an extended dramatic parable that progresses through time from the Garden of… Read more about this item

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1939. 1263 of 1500 printed. Bound in heavy green cloth. Green on top edges. Spine and front cover have a green morocco label with gilt letters. Feels as if it had never been opened. Each black & white illustration was engraved in wood by the illustrator. Signed by the… Read more about this item