Misalliance, the Dark Lady of the Sonnets, and Fanny's First Play, with a Treatise on Parents and Children By Bernard Shaw
by Shaw, George Bernard
- Used
- Good
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Brentano's, 1914. First Edition. Leather Binding. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Attractively bound in period 3/4 brown morocco over green cloth, spine with raised bands and gilt-ruled compartments with floral designs at corners, covers bordered in gilt, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers (some fading and darkening, some rubbing).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Arundel Books of Seattle
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 00523256
- Title
- Misalliance, the Dark Lady of the Sonnets, and Fanny's First Play, with a Treatise on Parents and Children By Bernard Shaw
- Author
- Shaw, George Bernard
- Format/Binding
- Leather Binding
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Brentano's
- Date Published
- 1914
- Keywords
- Shaw, George Bernard Irish Literature 19th Century 20th Century Irish Drama English Language Shaw, Bernard Binding FREDZC, , , , , ,
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Arundel Books of Seattle
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Seattle, Washington
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- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see 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....
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
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