[Rarebooks] FS: George Bernard Shaw: AN UNSOCIAL SOCIALIST, 1887

[Charles Agvent]

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SHAW, George Bernard. AN UNSOCIAL SOCIALIST. London: Swan Sonnenschein, 
Lowrey, 1887. First Edition. Decorated red cloth with chocolate brown 
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; 
this copy has the correct spelling but is without the appendix. 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 Fifth Issue. Pencil name of John Wise on half- 
title page. Gilt on the spine and the front cover very strong and covers 
bright with the spine a bit darkened. Someone has clumsily repaired the 
front hinge by applying glue in the gutter with the result that the 
front free endpaper is attached at the gutter about a half inch to the 
front pastedown, really the only defect of note to this copy. A bright, 
clean copy. Very Good and scarce. (#013052) $1,000.00

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