Back To Methuselah (A Metabiological Pentateuch); With a Preface by Mr. Shaw And With Wood Engravings by John Farleigh
by Shaw, George Bernard
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Spine faded else very good in a worn slipcase
- Seller
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Wilmington, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1939. a limited edition of 1500 copies, each numbered and signed by the artist, this is copy #1162. Hardcover. Spine faded else very good in a worn slipcase. Quarto; pp; lvi, (ii), 260, (i), colophon; Illustrated by John Farleigh with a frontispiece and numerouse wood engravings throughout the text; green linen with a green leather title tile to upper board lettered and decorated in gilt, spine lettered in gilt, spine label faded from green to brown;.
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- Bookseller
- Austin's Antiquarian Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17600
- Title
- Back To Methuselah (A Metabiological Pentateuch); With a Preface by Mr. Shaw And With Wood Engravings by John Farleigh
- Author
- Shaw, George Bernard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Spine faded else very good in a worn slipcase
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- a limited edition of 1500 copies, each numbered and signed by th
- Publisher
- Limited Editions Club
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1939
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About the Seller
Austin's Antiquarian Books
Biblio member since 2005
Wilmington, Vermont
About Austin's Antiquarian Books
Austin's Antiquarian Books is a used, rare and out of print bookshop located on West Main Street in Wilmington, Vermont. At our shop we have a general stock of approximately 15,000 used, scarce and out-of-print books, with particular strength in American History, especially Theodore Roosevelt the West, Travel, Decorative Arts, Natural History, and Sporting. We also offer a selection of antique maps and prints, historical paper and ephemera.
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- Spine Label
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