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An Unsocial Socialist
by Shaw, George Bernard
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Publisher's scarlet cloth, gilt lettering, green endpapers. Some soiling, lettering somewhat dulled, hinges cracked, some foxing
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About This Item
London: Swann Sonnenschein, 1887. First edition, fourth issue, with cancel title and publisher's name on spine incorrectly spelled, "Sonnenshein," no appendix at back. 256 pp. Crown 8vo. Publisher's scarlet cloth, gilt lettering, green endpapers. Some soiling, lettering somewhat dulled, hinges cracked, some foxing to first and last leaves, very good. First edition, fourth issue, with cancel title and publisher's name on spine incorrectly spelled, "Sonnenshein," no appendix at back. 256 pp. Crown 8vo. First edition of Shaw's scarce early novel, one of only 244 copies bound in cloth. Laurence A4.a
Synopsis
In the dusk of an October evening, a sensible looking woman of forty came out through an oaken door to a broad landing on the first floor of an old English country-house. A braid of her hair had fallen forward as if she had been stooping over book or pen; and she stood for a moment to smooth it, and to gaze contemplatively - not in the least sentimentally - through the tall, narrow window. The sun was setting, but its glories were at the other side of the house; for this window looked eastward, where the landscape of sheepwalks and pasture land was sobering at the approach of darkness.
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- Bookseller
- James Cummins Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 309274
- Title
- An Unsocial Socialist
- Author
- Shaw, George Bernard
- Format/Binding
- 256 pp. Crown 8vo
- Book Condition
- Used - Publisher's scarlet cloth, gilt lettering, green endpapers. Some soiling, lettering somewhat dulled, hinges cracked, some foxing
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition, fourth issue, with cancel title and publisher's n
- Publisher
- Swann Sonnenschein
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1887
- Keywords
- British | George Bernard Shaw
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
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