Cashel Byron's Profession
by Shaw, George Bernard
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Chico, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Brentano's, 1899. The great Irish playwright's first work, a novel. This is a Very Good copy of the First American Edition, unauthorized by Shaw, who would regain his copyright with another American edition two years later. Blue cloth binding with blindstamping and gilt lettering (a bit faded on the spine). 330 pages. Deckled edges. Cloth somewhat rubbed at the margins. No dustjacket. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First American Edition.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001164
- Title
- Cashel Byron's Profession
- Author
- Shaw, George Bernard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First American Edition.
- Publisher
- Brentano's
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1899
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Literature (Irish Authors);
Terms of Sale
Quercus Rare Books
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About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
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- Gilt
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