George Bernard Shaw [Editor] — Fabian Essays in Socialism

London, The Fabian Society , 1889. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of the Fabian Society"s defining essays on Socialism, setting out the principles of British gradualist socialism under George Bernard Shaw"s editorship. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. First edition.A foundational collection of essays outlining the principles, aims, and methods of the early Fabian Society, addressing topics such as economic reform, land ownership, labour conditions, and gradualist socialism. Edited by George Bernard Shaw, with contributions from leading Fabians including Sidney Webb, Annie Besant, Sydney Olivier, and Graham Wallas. The volume became a key statement of Fabian gradualism, shaping the direction of British social democracy in the decades that followed. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, sound. Staining heavier to spine and front board. Slight discolouration to extremities. Slight paper residue to lower front boards where label was previously affixed, with slight offsetting. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities. Hinges cracked, but holding. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean with the odd spot and handling makr, heavier to fore edge and first and last few leaves. Good . Ill.: None. Good .