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G.B.S. 90: Aspects of Bernard Shaw's Life and Work
by Various authors; S. Winsten (ed.)
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Very good++ in fair dust jacket
- Seller
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Hexham, Northumberland, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Hutchinson & Co (Publishers) Ltd; London, New York, Melbourne and Sydney, 1946. Presumed first edition. . Hard with Dust Jacket. Very good++ in fair dust jacket. 8vo; 200pp. Colour frontispiece and black and white photographic plates throughout. Very good++ in fair dust jacket. Red buckram covers with gilt vignette to front board and gilt titles to spine. Internally clean and tight. Dust jacket is rubbed around the edges with several small nicks and tears and a few larger open tears. Dj is also very scuffed.
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- Bookseller
- Ryan OHorne Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015371
- Title
- G.B.S. 90: Aspects of Bernard Shaw's Life and Work
- Author
- Various authors; S. Winsten (ed.)
- Illustrator
- Colour frontispiece and black and white photographic plates throughout
- Format/Binding
- Hard with Dust Jacket
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good++ in fair dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Presumed first edition.
- Publisher
- Hutchinson & Co (Publishers) Ltd; London, New York, Melbourne and Sydney
- Date Published
- 1946
- Size
- 8vo; 200pp
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About the Seller
Ryan OHorne Books
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Hexham, Northumberland
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- 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....
- 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...
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
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