The Adventures of The Black Girl In Her Search For God by George Bernard Shaw - 1933

Constable, [1932], 1932. Hardcover. Good. 1932. First Edition. 75 pages. No dust jacket. 'The Adventures of the Black Girl in Her Search for God'. Illustrated paper covered boards. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing, mild to end-papers and text-block edges. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean.

Dodd, Mead & Company [1933], 0000. First Thus. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo 75pp A Good first American edition copy (rubbing to corners and edges, missing DJ) B/w Engravings By John Farleigh.

Constable and Company Ltd., 1932. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1932. Reprinted. 75 pages. No dust jacket. Illustrated paper covered boards with lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Clean pages and illustrations with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Lettering is bright and clear. Minor scuffing to spine ends, edges and corners. Minor wear marks to boards.

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company. Fair with no dust jacket. 1933. Hardcover. No dj; 8 vo; 75 pages. .

Constable, 1932. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. Constable 1932 reprint. Pages clean and bright, inscription on second page, binding firm, minor shelf wear to cover.

London: Constable & Company Ltd., 1932. Numerous exquisitely beautiful b/w illustartions, bookplate of John William Bridge on FEP. Wear along spine, head of spine beginning to detach from boards and has been reinforced with tape, lightly rubbed corners of cover, age spotting to FEP, half-title page and BEP, minor age spotting on some pages, otherwise text and illustrations are clean, bright and tight throughout.. First Edition. paperback. Good/No Dust Jacket. Used.

London: Constable & Company, 1933. 75pp. Illustrated paper boards. Previous owner's name and date (25/12/33) bottom LH corner of first blank page, otherwise unmarked. A very tidy copy although paper along spine of covers missing thus exposing netting - book still fully firm.. Reprint. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo.

Dodd, Mead & Co., New York: (1933)., 1933 75p. Wonderful black and white engravings by John Farleigh. Decorated title page. Decorative paste downs and end papers. 8vo. Original full black cloth binding. Original dust jacket with haunting drawing of a young girl. DJ worn with some chipping. Still, a nice Copy. BLKAM 2 0.0. Hardcover.

London : Constable & Company Limited. , 1932. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 8" by 5.5" . Not Stated. A first edition copy of this work by George Bernard Shaw, with illustrations throughout. The first edition. In the publisher's original cloth binding. With an engraved title page, four full page plates and fourteen vignette illustrations. Collated complete. 'The Adventures of the Black Girl in her Search for God' is a satirical allegory, telling the story of a young black woman who, when struggling to understand the words of her local Christian missionary, attempts to go out and 'seek' God. She meets several religious figures, including God and Jesus, as well as an atheist, but isn't satisfied with any of their responses. The story outraged the religious public, which ultimately led to its heavy demand. There have been numerous responses, both satirical and serious, from other creators, including 'The Adventures of the Black girl in her Search for Mr Shaw' by the journalist… Read More

London: Constable, 1932 (500 gram rate) excellent copy, slightest wear to corner tips showing as white to the black, clean decorative endpapers, slight foxing or browning to prelims, uncommonly tidy copy in the pictorial papered boards, 75pp socialist allegory (500 grams). First Edition. Decorative Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by John Farleigh. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.