Back to Methuselah: A Metabiological Pentateuch
by Shaw, Bernard
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Tight very good(+) copy with personal contemporary bookplate to front paste-down. Minor external wear and toning. No jacket
- Seller
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Oakland, California, United States
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About This Item
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 Eden to AD 31,920"-Encyclopaedia Britannica / Contents: The infidel half century -- In the beginning: B.C. 4004 (in the Garden of Eden) -- The gospel of the brothers Barnabas: present day -- The thing happens: A.D. 2170 -- Tragedy of an elderly gentleman: A.D. 3000 -- As far as thought can reach: A.D. 31,920.
Longevity. scripts (documents) Plays (Performed works). Drama. Drama. English drama Plays -- Ireland -- 20th century. Théâtre. Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950.
Longevity. scripts (documents) Plays (Performed works). Drama. Drama. English drama Plays -- Ireland -- 20th century. Théâtre. Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950.
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- Bookseller
- Bibliope by Calvello Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 100713
- Title
- Back to Methuselah: A Metabiological Pentateuch
- Author
- Shaw, Bernard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Tight very good(+) copy with personal contemporary bookplate to front paste-down. Minor external wear and toning. No jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First US edition
- Publisher
- Brentano's
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1921
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