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Published by Walter Scott, Limited, London, 1889
Seller: My Book Heaven, Alameda, CA, U.S.A.
Good to Very Good condition. No edition noted, handwritten date to inside cover, of 1894.
Published by The Walter Scott Publishing Co., Ltd, London, 1908
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Reprint with a new preface by Shaw. Octavo. xv, vii, 233 [14, ads] pp. Orange cloth titled in black. Cover lightly soiled, spine a bit dulled, modest wear at the corners and spine ends, a very good copy. First published in 1889.
Published by London: Longmans, 1922
Seller: North Star Rare Books & Manuscripts, Sheffield, MA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 8vo., blue cloth lettered in gilt; slight discoloration to bottom corner, otherwise a superior copy. Maxwell Steinhardt's copy, with the noted lawyer-bibliophile's library bookplate. First trade edition, with a preface by Bernard Shaw, which was issued separately three years later as "Imprisonment.".
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. bound volume of 89 tracts, each pamphlet individually paginated, tract nos. 5, 7, 13, 41, 45, 51, 62, 69, 72, 78, 79, 92, 104, 107, 113, 121, 122, 124, 133, 134, 136, 139, 140, 142, 146, 147, 148, 151, 152, 154, 155, 158, 159, 161, 165, 166, 167, 168, 170, 173, 174, 177, 179, 180, 182, 183, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 193-200, 207-213, 215- 221, 223-236, red cloth boards. Internally very good with a touch of foxing to the text block. Covers good overall, but they are mottled and the spine is faded. UK shipping will be by myHermes for £3.35. Overseas shipping - please contact me for a quote before ordering.
Published by Special Subscription Edition Printed by the Authors for Subscribers, London, 1922
Seller: The Old Mill Bookshop, HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, U.S.A.
Condition: Original blue cloth. Fine. lxxxvi, 261, [5, ads] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. lxxxvi, 261, [5, ads] pp. 1 vols. 8vo.
Published by The Fabian Society, London, 1889
Seller: Stony Hill Books, Madison, WI, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Probable second printing with "1889" at foot of title page but "1890" on front cover and frontispiece designs; Bound in lime green cloth-covered boards with black printing and design on front cover and spine, tissue-guarded frontispiece of same design as that on front cover [both dated 1890], vii + 233 pages with edges uncut and carefully opened, clean and unmarked; covers lightly soiled and edge-worn, spine lightly age-darkened, with short half-inch pull tear at top; long gift inscription on verso of front free endpaper signed "Wm. Alex. Morris [Maris]? Curate and Manager, Vauxhall Club" is somewhat hard to understand.
Published by The Fabian Society, London, 1889
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition, first printing with 1889 date on title page and on front cover. Edited by George Bernard Shaw. Frontispiece by Walter Crane. Octavo, vii, 233pp. Green pictorial cloth designed by Walter Crane. Spine darkened, moderately soiled boards with some edgewear, a very good copy. A collection of essays on socialism, by George Bernard Shaw, Sidney Webb, William Clarke, Sydney Olivier, Annie Besant, Graham Wallas and Hubert Bland.
Published by Special Subscription Edition Printed by the Authors for Subscribers, London, 1922
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Signed
lxxxvi, 261, [5, ads] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Inscribed "To Captain Basil Hall from Sidney Webb June 1922." Original blue cloth. Small gouge to spine, else fine lxxxvi, 261, [5, ads] pp. 1 vols. 8vo.
Published by The Fabian Society
Seller: WeBuyBooks, Rossendale, LANCS, United Kingdom
Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. First Edition. Dedicated to Edward Bellamy, American author, journalist, and political activist, with "kind regards" from Henry Holiday, an English Victorian painter and also a stained-glass designer. Minor shelf wear/lightly scuffed edges to the green cloth boards. A tan to untrimmed page edges. Minimal cracking to the front hinge. All bindings remain firm and unaffected. Contents are bright and unmarked throughout. A lovely, well-kept example overall.