BACK TO METHUSELAH: A Metabiological Pentateuch
by Shaw, Bernard
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
-
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Constable and Company, Ltd., 1921. 268 pp. Original pale green cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Binding lightly soiled w/ light fraying to corners and spine ends. Covers cocked. Spine darkened. Pencil notes on front blank endpaper. Natural toning to blank endpapers; light scattered foxing.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Dust Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Shoemaker Booksellers (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8069
- Title
- BACK TO METHUSELAH: A Metabiological Pentateuch
- Author
- Shaw, Bernard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Constable and Company, Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1921
- Keywords
- LITERATURE FICTION GENERAL PLAYS RELIGION GOD CHRISTIANITY JESUS CHRIST ADAM AND EVE LITERARY WORKS AUTHORS IRISH PLAYWRIGHTS SHAW GEORGE BERNARD 1856 1950
- Bookseller catalogs
- Religion; Plays;
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
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About the Seller
Shoemaker Booksellers
Biblio member since 2007
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
About Shoemaker Booksellers
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...