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BACK TO METHUSELAH. A METABIOLOGICAL PENTATEUCH
by Shaw, (George) Bernard
- Used
- Very Good
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Rougemont, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
London: Constable and Company, 1921. Cloth. Very Good. 1st thus, for Constable & Co.. 12mo., lxxxvii, 267pp. Bound in light green cloth with title, year and author on spine in gilt. Edges untrimmed. Rear hinge starting. Boards and pages with minor finger soiling. Spine top & bottom rubbed. A Very good copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Frey Fine Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 25603
- Title
- BACK TO METHUSELAH. A METABIOLOGICAL PENTATEUCH
- Author
- Shaw, (George) Bernard
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Constable and Company
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1921
- Keywords
- fiction, play, novelist, irish,
Terms of Sale
Frey Fine Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Frey Fine Books
Biblio member since 2019
Rougemont, North Carolina
About Frey Fine Books
Antiquarian bookseller, with over 15 years experience.
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- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 1st Thus
- This indicates that this is not the first appearance of a book in print, but that this is the first appearance in a...
- 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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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