Between the Covers

Softcover. First edition. One quarto sheet, folded to make four pages. Removed from a larger volume with stab holes and a bit of nicking along the spine, else near fine. Issued unsigned, the Nobel laureate's first separate publication, issued as "Fabian Tracts, No.2" when he was 28 years old; Shaw was elected a member of The Fabian Society, the British socialist organization still in operation today, on September 5, 1884. While many early tracts from The Fabian Society may be found, this pamphlet is rare. ABPC locates only two copies at auction, both in 1976. Laurence A1.

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