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Plays: Pleasant and Unpleasant / By Bernard Shaw (2 Volume Set)
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, 1916. First Edition. Leather Binding. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 2 volumes, complete as issued. Attractively bound in period 3/4 brown morocco over green cloth, spines with raised bands and gilt-ruled compartments with floral designs at corners, covers bordered in gilt, top edges gilt, marbled endpapers (some fading and darkening, some rubbing). xxxiii, [1], 245; xxv, [1], 340 pages. Later American 2-volume issue of 7 plays in all ('Widower's Houses', 'The Philanderer', 'Mrs. Warren's Profession', 'Arms and the Man', 'Candida', 'The Man of Destiny' and 'You Never Can Tell'), with Shaw's prefaces and introductions to both volumes. With American copyright date of 1905 on verso of both title pages.b/w Title vignettes; Title Pages (red/black).
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
- Arundel Books of Seattle
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 00523254
- Title
- Plays: Pleasant and Unpleasant / By Bernard Shaw (2 Volume Set)
- 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
- 1916
- Keywords
- Shaw, George Bernard Irish Literature 19th Century 20th Century Irish Drama English Language Shaw, Bernard Binding Sets FREDZC, , , , , ,
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Arundel Books of Seattle
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Seattle, Washington
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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...
- Cloth
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- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- 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...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 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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