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Hodder & Stoughton, 2014. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Paperback. Very Good.

Herbert S. Stone, 1905-01-01. hardcover. Good.

viii+443 pages. Small octavo (7 3/4" x 5 1/4") bound in original publisher's blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine and cover. First published in 1900.
Love Among the Artists was published in the United States in 1900 and in England in 1914, but was written in 1881.
With his inimitable wit and sparkle, George Bernard Shaw brings us the character of Owen Jack, a salty non-conformist composer said to have been suggested by Beethoven. The relations between Jack and the other wayward bohemians of the story with the more conventional socialites around them offers shrewd insight into the nature of the artistic temperament, with its needs for a kind of commitment that overrides the everyday claims of the heart.
Condition: Corners bumped, spine ends and hinge moderately rubbed, previous owner's label to front pastedown. Inner hinge cracked, stained else good to very good.

John Murray, 2012. Trade Paperback. Very Good.

Hodder & Stoughton. Used - Very Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

John Murray, 2012-08-16. Paperback. New. 3.1980 in x 19.3909 in x 12.7919 in.

Chicago: Herbert S. Stone and Co., 1900. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 12mo. 443 pages. Hardcover in green cloth. Binding is worn and the corners are bumped. Spine is toned, has damping at the headcap. Top edge of text block is gilt, which is dulled. Text is toned, has foxing.

John Murray, 2012. Paperback. Good. Unmarked. 440p. A spirited early novel of Shaw's, offering shrewd insight into the nature of the artistic temperament with inimitable wit and sparkle.

Hodder Headline Group , pp. 448 . Papeback. New.

MP3 Audio CD. Love Among the Artists CHAPTER I One fine afternoon during the Easter holidays, Kensington Gardens were in their freshest spring green, and the steps of the Albert Memorial dotted with country visitors, who alternately conned their guidebooks and stared up at the golden gentleman under the shrine, trying to reconcile the reality with the description, whilst their Cockney friends, indifferent to shrine and statue, gazed idly at the fashionable drive below. One group in particular was composed of an old gentleman intent upon the Memorial, a young lady intent upon her guide-book, and a young gentleman intent upon the young lady. She looked a woman of force and intelligence ; and her boldly curved nose and chin, elastic step, upright carriage, resolute bearing, and thick black hair, secured at the base of the neck by a broad crimson ribbon, made those whom her appearance pleased think her strikingly handsome. The rest thought her strikingly ugly; but she would perhaps have forgiven them… Read More

MP3 Audio CD. Love Among the Artists CHAPTER I One fine afternoon during the Easter holidays, Kensington Gardens were in their freshest spring green, and the steps of the Albert Memorial dotted with country visitors, who alternately conned their guidebooks and stared up at the golden gentleman under the shrine, trying to reconcile the reality with the description, whilst their Cockney friends, indifferent to shrine and statue, gazed idly at the fashionable drive below. One group in particular was composed of an old gentleman intent upon the Memorial, a young lady intent upon her guide-book, and a young gentleman intent upon the young lady. She looked a woman of force and intelligence ; and her boldly curved nose and chin, elastic step, upright carriage, resolute bearing, and thick black hair, secured at the base of the neck by a broad crimson ribbon, made those whom her appearance pleased think her strikingly handsome. The rest thought her strikingly ugly; but she would perhaps have forgiven them… Read More

New York, Wm. H. Wise & Company, 1930, 1930. Hardcover. Good. Former library book; Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Hardcover. Good. Very good blue cloth in no Djacket Shelfwear only at extrems, fraying to top 1/24"th at head of spine. Tight, unmarked except for handsome bookplate on paste-down. Edgewear--only a hint at corners. Back hinge a little tender. No reader's marks.

New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The Love Among The Artists (Autobiographical Novel) - Complete Edition: A Story With a Purpose.

New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The Love Among The Artists (Autobiographical Novel): A Story With a Purpose.

Chicago: Herbert S. Stone & Company, 1900. 1st Edition, Hardcover. 8vo with 443 pgs. Precedes English Edition by 14 years. The book is in good condition with slight shelf wear/bumping to edges. The interior is clean and tight. The spine is green with black text. . 1st Edition. Boards. Good/No DJ. 8vo. Hardcover.

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

1 . hardback. Good. 1st ed. Chicago (Herbert Stone) 1900. Decorative cloth. Top edge gilt., others untrimmed. Staining on cover and spine, but still good.