Press Cuttings: a Topical Sketch Compiled from the Editorial and Correspondence Columns of the Daily Papers By Bernard Shaw, as Performed By the Civic and Dramatic Guild at the Royal Court Theatre, London, on the 9th July 1909
por Shaw, Bernard
- Usado
- Perto de Excelente
- Capa dura
- Assinado
- first
- Condição
- Perto de Excelente/Good
- Livreiro
-
Chico, California, United States
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Sobre este item
London: Constable and Company Limited, 1909. Shaw's pro-feminist comedy was initially banned by the Censor, causing the first performace to be private; a public performance was given two month's later. This is a Near Fine copy of the First Edition. Rebound in purple cloth with gilt titling on the spine. Clean text; 39 pages, with a four-page catalog in the rear. This is CarlVan Vechten's cop, with his bookplate on the first free endpaper; SIGNED by Van Vechten 1910) on the front paste-down. While this copy has been beautifully rebound, present but not attached are the front and back panels of the original gray paper binding (the fourth state, with the price on the lower right of the front cover). In an archival plastic protector.. Signed by Carl Van Vechten. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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- Livreiro
- Quercus Rare Books
(US)
- Nº do estoque do livreiro
- 006674
- Título
- Press Cuttings: a Topical Sketch Compiled from the Editorial and Correspondence Columns of the Daily Papers By Bernard Shaw, as Performed By the Civic and Dramatic Guild at the Royal Court Theatre, London, on the 9th July 1909
- Autor
- Shaw, Bernard
- Formato/Encadernação
- Capa dura
- Estado do livro
- Usado - Perto de Excelente
- Condição de sobrecapa
- Good
- Edição
- First Edition
- Editorial
- Constable and Company Limited
- Local de publicação
- London
- Data de publicação
- 1909
- Dimensão
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Catálogos de livreiros
- Theatre/Drama;
Termos da venda
Quercus Rare Books
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Sobre o Vendedor
Quercus Rare Books
Membro de Biblio desde 2006
Chico, California
Sobre Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
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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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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....
- 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...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
