Plays: Pleasant and Unpleasant (2 vol)
by George Bernard Shaw
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Champaign, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
London: Grant Richards, 1898. First Edition. Hardcover Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Good 1st HC ed. w/o dj. Two vol. set. Both ends of spine on both vols. bumped and slightly worn. Spine of both vols. are sunned. Bottom corners of cover of vol. 2 bumped. Slight buckling of cloth on board of back cover of vol. 2 next to spine. Small dent in middle of bottom edge of back cover of vol.2. Some wear and soiling of cover overall. Slight soiling of bottom edge of text block of both vols. Front and rear endpapers of both vols. are foxed. Former owner's signature appears in pencil on front end paper of vol. 2. An engraving of a photograph of the young author appears as a frontispiece in vol. 1. Cover in chartreuse cloth with gold stamping on the spine. Top edge of text block is gilded. Vol. 1: 235 pp. Vol. 2: 320 pp. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾' tall'
Synopsis
One of Shaw's most unusual and enduringly popular plays. With SAINT JOAN (1923) Shaw reached the height of his fame and Joan is one of his finest creations; forceful, vital, and rebelling against the values that surround her. The play distils Shaw's views on the subjects of politics, religion and creative evolution.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Jane Addams Book Shop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10000000002462
- Title
- Plays: Pleasant and Unpleasant (2 vol)
- Author
- George Bernard Shaw
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Grant Richards
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1898
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Jane Addams Book Shop
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Champaign, Illinois
About Jane Addams Book Shop
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- 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...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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