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ANDROCLES AND THE LION, OVERRULED, PYGMALION
by SHAW, George Bernard:
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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York, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Constable and Company Limited. 1916. First UK edition, first printing. First UK edition, first printing. Original green cloth with gilt titles to the spine, lacking the rare dustwrapper. A very good copy, the binding square and firm, the extremities a little rubbed, the cloth with a few faint marks. The contents, with offsetting to the endpapers, flyleaf, and rear advertisement sheet, are otherwise clean and without stamps or inscriptions. This volume contains the first printing of 'Pygmalion' which has been adapted for film twice, the first in 1938 starring and directed by Leslie Howard and most famously in 1964 under the title 'My Fair Lady' starring Audrey Hepburn and Rex Harrison, directed by George Cukor. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lucius Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23748
- Title
- ANDROCLES AND THE LION, OVERRULED, PYGMALION
- Author
- SHAW, George Bernard:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First UK edition, first printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: Constable and Company Limited. 1916
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Lucius Books
Biblio member since 2015
York, North Yorkshire
About Lucius Books
Our shop is located in central York within a stones throw of the historic Micklegate Bar and walls. We are open seven days a week and carry a high quality stock specialising in but not limited to first editions, signed copies, bound sets and childrens / illustrated books and original art. Our opening times are 10am to 6pm Monday to Saturday and 11am to 4pm on Sundays.Lucius Books is proud to be a full member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association (ABA) and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB) trade associations. If you are unable to make it to the shop then our stock is available to view on our website at www.luciusbooks.com
Glossary
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- 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....
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....