ON GOING TO CHURCH: Being the Preachment Which Treats of Church-Going, Art and Some Other Themes.
by Shaw, George Bernard
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Port Colborne, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
East Aurora, NY: Roycroft Shop, 1896. - Laurence A26a, - McKenna 6 - an early Roycroft book & a Shaw piracy - approximately 420 copies printed for the initial run, however when sold out Hubbard stripped the covers of the magazine and added newly printed prelims and end matter. This variant is identified by the stab marks in the gutters, as well as binding variants. This issue is less common. vg tight copy, corners bumped.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Alphabet Bookshop (ABAC/ILAB (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15947
- Title
- ON GOING TO CHURCH: Being the Preachment Which Treats of Church-Going, Art and Some Other Themes.
- Author
- Shaw, George Bernard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Roycroft Shop
- Place of Publication
- East Aurora, NY
- Date Published
- 1896
- Keywords
- Bernard Shaw Piracy American Arts and Crafts
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
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About the Seller
Alphabet Bookshop (ABAC/ILAB
Biblio member since 2006
Port Colborne, Ontario
About Alphabet Bookshop (ABAC/ILAB
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...