Author: SHAW, GEORGE BERNARD.
Title: The Adventures of The Black Girl in Her Search For God. Designed and Engraved by John Farleigh.
Description: First illustrated Edition; 8vo; pp. 78 (last blank); illustrated endpapers, illustrated title page, numerous other engravings throughout the text, original illustrated papered boards, very good copy. London, Constable & Company Limited, 1932. A book of short stories. The title story is a satirical allegory relating the experiences of an African black girl, freshly converted to Christianity, who takes literally the biblical injunction to "Seek and you shall find me" and attempts to seek out and actually speak to God. The book was first published in 1932 as Short Stories, Scraps and Shavings. In December 1932 this Constable and Company was published with the title "The Adventures of the Black Girl in her Search for God."
Keywords: Literature Illustrations English Engravings
Title: The Adventures of The Black Girl in Her Search For God. Designed and Engraved by John Farleigh.
Description: First illustrated Edition; 8vo; pp. 78 (last blank); illustrated endpapers, illustrated title page, numerous other engravings throughout the text, original illustrated papered boards, very good copy. London, Constable & Company Limited, 1932. A book of short stories. The title story is a satirical allegory relating the experiences of an African black girl, freshly converted to Christianity, who takes literally the biblical injunction to "Seek and you shall find me" and attempts to seek out and actually speak to God. The book was first published in 1932 as Short Stories, Scraps and Shavings. In December 1932 this Constable and Company was published with the title "The Adventures of the Black Girl in her Search for God."
Keywords: Literature Illustrations English Engravings
Price: AUD 195.00 = appr. US$ 134.91 Seller: Time Booksellers
- Book number: 101661
- Book number: 101661