PREFACES BY BERNARD SHAW
by Bernard Shaw
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Blue Hill, Maine, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Oxford University Press, 1934. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 7 x 10 1/4 in. viiii, 802 pgs. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering on cover and spine. B&W title pg. Condition is VERY GOOD ; corners and ends of spine lightly bumped, no edge wear, some slight discoloration near and to spine, endpapers quite foxed but text is clean, binding tight. Previous owner, prof Victor Lange's, bookplate on front pastedown. Fiction. RGR.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Andre Strong Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4748
- Title
- PREFACES BY BERNARD SHAW
- Author
- Bernard Shaw
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1934
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Blue Hill, Maine
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Glossary
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- 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...
- 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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...