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Shaw of Dublin; The Formative Years – A revealing enquiry into the little known the youth of GBS with a forward by Stanley Weintraub

Shaw of Dublin; The Formative Years – A revealing enquiry into the little known the youth of GBS with a forward by Stanley Weintraub

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Shaw of Dublin; The Formative Years – A revealing enquiry into the little known the youth of GBS with a forward by Stanley Weintraub

by Rosset, B. C

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The Pennsylvania State University Press, University Park, Pennsylvania, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. dustjacket is aged toned, on the margins of the front panel, the spine, and the top part of the rear panel, which also has a rub mark from contact with other books. There is slight drubbing and chipping across the top and bottom edges of the dustjacket. The edges of the pages are slightly darkened with age. Page 295 has an accidental dog earing at the bottom right hand corner. No other damage to describe. Free of annotation. Front end pages show a street plan of Dublin in 1853 theory and pages show a slight elevation of GBS's house, eight pages of black-and-white photographs.This close look at Bernard Shaw's Dublin years – his childhood and early manhood – is an examination of the strange lapses and striking inconsistencies in the versions of Shaw's early life reported by both is authorised and unauthorised biographers, and by their chief assistant, GBS himself. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. XXVI, 390 pages, including index, notes, and bibliography. It includes an appendix chronology.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Literature & Literary. Inventory No: 0243904. .

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Syber's Books ABN 40533682787 AU (AU)
Bookseller's Inventory #
0243904
Title
Shaw of Dublin; The Formative Years – A revealing enquiry into the little known the youth of GBS with a forward by Stanley Weintraub
Author
Rosset, B. C
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Very Good Condition
Jacket Condition
Very Good
Quantity Available
1
Edition
First Edition
Publisher
The Pennsylvania State University Press
Place of Publication
University Park, Pennsylvania
Date Published
1964
Keywords
BZDB2 GBS George Bernard Shaw literature Ireland. Biography & Autobiography; Literature & Literary. Unbranded Rosset, B. C. Shaw of Dublin; The Formative Years – A revealing enquiry into the little known the youth of GBS with a forwa

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