[Rarebooks] FS: G. B. Shaw: AN UNSOCIAL SOCIALIST, 1887, one of only 244 copies in cloth

[Charles Agvent]

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SHAW,  George  Bernard.       AN   UNSOCIAL  SOCIALIST.  London:  Swan
Sonnenschein, Lowrey 1887.  First Edition.  Decorated red  cloth  with
green  endpapers.  Laurence  A4a: "Only 244 copies seem to  have  been
bound  in  cloth."  Bibliographically,  the  most  complex  of  Shaw's
publications  and one of his scarcest titles.  The first state of  the
title  page has an error, and all but perhaps a handful of copies have
a cancel title page, as does this one.  The first state of the binding
has  the publisher's name misspelled on the spine and is bound without
the  six-page  appendix, as with this copy.  Laurence states  that  no
copy  with  the  error  on the title page and the  binding  error  was
located,  though  a few  copies in a mixed  state  exist.   This  copy
corresponds to Laurence's Fourth Issue.  Pencil name on half-title and
title pages.  Gilt on spine rather faded but readable; some soiling to
covers  but  not  terrible with gilt bright on the front  cover.  Some
cracking to hinges but still tight.  Very Good and scarce.    $1500.00

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