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H-2299
Shaw, George Bernard. Advice to a Young Critic: Letters 1894-1928.
London: Peter Owen, 1956. [First UK edition]. Yellow-lettered black cloth;
just a touch rubbed at edges; boards splaying slightly.
Black pictorial
(Shaw) dust jacket, surface rubbed; a few short edge tears, and minor
wear resulting in tiny chips at corners. Near fine, in very good dust
jacket. A collection of letters from Shaw, most to critic and agent R.E.
Golding Bright, discussing his plays, their production, and theatrical
criticism.
$35
H-2300
[----- Another copy]. This one not splaying. Dust jacket
more rubbed, and darkened on spine; rear panel dusty;
corners and spine ends worn, lacking small chips. A fine volume in very
good dust jacket.
$30
H-2301
Shaw, George Bernard. The Apple Cart: A Political Extravaganza.
London: Constable and Company, 1930. [First edition]. A fine copy in
original apple green cloth and
plain
grey-brown dust jacket printed in dark green. As nice a copy as one
could hope for! While by no means a scarce title, it is not often found
in this unusually fine condition.
$45
H-2302
[----- Another copy]. This one with endpapers and edges lightly
foxed; covers very faintly sunned at edges; corners slightly bumped.
Dust jacket evenly browned; a few closed edge tears and a couple tiny
chips; a few small marks on front panel. Near fine.
$20
H-2304
Shaw, George Bernard. Buoyant Billions: A Comedy of No Manners In
Prose. [London]: Constable & Co., 1949 [i.e.1950]. "Pictures by
Clare Winsten." Parchment backed
pictorial
(Shaw and Winsten) cloth, lettered in gilt on spine; lightly foxed
along top edge of front cover; folio. #373 of 1025 copies .
A near fine copy.
$85
H-2309
Shaw, George Bernard. Everybody's Political What's What.
London: Constable, 1944. First edition. Pencilled name and date on front
endpaper. Contemporary Sunday Times review by A.L. Rowse laid in. Fine.
$15
H-2315
Shaw, George Bernard. Misalliance, The Dark Lady of the Sonnets, and
Fanny's First Play. London: Constable and Company, 1914. [First
edition]. "With a Treatise on Parents and Children." Original apple green
cloth lettered in gilt on spine, now somewhat soiled; corners bumped and
spine ends creased, with minor fraying; ownership ink stamp
on front endpaper; bookseller's label laid in at rear; endpapers and
some pages "thumbed." A very good copy.
$35
H-2316
Shaw, George Bernard. My Dear Dorothea: A Practical System of Moral
Education for Females Embodied in a Letter to a Young Person of That
Sex. London: Phoenix House, 1956. First edition. "Illustrated by
Clare Winsten with a note by Stephen Winsten." Original pictorial
(Shaw and Dorothea) cream and rust boards; spine ends bumped; endpapers
age-toned where not in contact with jacket; contents clean and tight.
With matching price-clipped pictorial dust jacket; a bit worn at
spine ends and corners; a touch of rubbing to spine; light dusting to
rear panel. A fine volume in near fine dust jacket.
$25
H-2328
Shaw, George Bernard. Translations and Tomfooleries. London:
Constable, 1926. First edition. Original apple green cloth, gilt-lettered
on spine; fine and bright, with only minor edge
foxing and tanning of endpapers where not in contact with dust jacket;
ink number on front endpaper. Lacking top 2" of spine of dust
jacket and internally reinforced at spine with archival tape, otherwise
jacket is clean and intact.
$25
H-2330
Shaw, George Bernard. An Unfinished Novel. London: Constable; New
York: Dodd, Mead, 1958. [First edition]. "Edited, with Introduction by
Stanley Weintraub." One of 50 numbered copies for presentation
(from and edition of 1025 copies) with, inexplicably, a small piece of
paper tape covering "This copy is 7" statement. Original
1/2 brown
cloth with marbled paper boards, lettered in gilt on spine; thin 2"
glue streak on centre of rear cover at join of paper and cloth (binding
fault); partial fading to 2" of red coloured top edge. Publisher's printed
acetate dust jacket (often lacking) a little rubbed and lacking small chip
at head of spine. A near fine copy.
$50
H-2331
Shaw, George Bernard. The Unprotected Child and the Law.
[London]: The Six Point Group, [n.d., ca,1923]. [First separate edition].
Printed by the Women's Printing Society. Original printed grey wrappers,
severely faded 2" across top of front panel and less so on rear; 8 pp.;
staples rusted. A very good copy.
$20
H-2332
Elliot, Vivian (comp. and ed.). Dear Mr. Shaw: Selections from Bernard
Shaw's Postbag. London: Bloomsbury, 1987. First edition. "Compiled
and edited by Vivan Elliot. With an introduction by Michael Holroyd." A
fine copy in red boards and pictorial (envelopes) dust jacket. Shaw's wit
at its best, nicely illustrated and wonderfully introduced!
$20
Portraits,
Autographs and Ephemera
H-2335
Autograph Postcard Initialed.
Note, postmarked
Paris, 28 IV 1931, to Walter Rummel of Paris. On "Hotel Loti. 7et 9
Rue de Castiglione. Paris" photographic postcard.
Mrs. Shaw has upset all
our plans by going to bed with
a temperature. She will, I hope,
be up tomorrow and presentable and uninfectious the
day after: at any rate, we have committed
ourselves provisionally to a Thursday lunch. But
that will be the utmost she can do. Possibly,
however, I could take on Thursday afternoon
singlehanded. G.B.S.
Text written across card; age-toned; vertical crease; postmark affecting text,
including "G" of signature and adressee's name. Very good.
$400
H-2337
Personal "Compliments" Card.
Light cream
card (4-1/2" x 2-1/8"), printed in black "With Bernard Shaw's
Compliments * / Ayot St.
Lawrence, Welwyn, Herts." and dated in Shaw's hand, "3/10/29".
One corner bumped; lightly age-toned. Fine.
We'll never know what this accompanied, or to whom Shaw was sending it ...
$75
H-2338
Personal Note Paper.
Unused sheet of
"Ayot Saint Lawrence, Welwyn, Herts." notepaper headed "From Bernard
Shaw"; cream light paper measuring 5" x 6"; a touch toned, yet clean and
bright.
$20
H-2340
[Prospectus]. 30 Years with G.B.S. by Blanche Patch. 4 pp. Canadian
(Burton's Limited, Montreal) folder advertising book by "Mr. Shaw's private
secretary for the last 30 years of his life" on first 2 p., with publisher's
ads for "The Works of George Bernard Shaw ... Standard Edition" on final 2 p.;
GBS portrait on front. Horizontal folds rubbed; light wrinkling; 2 pencilled
checkmarks within. Near fine.
Includes notation re Buoyant Billions : "It has
been limited to one thousand numbered copies, of which only one hundred are
available in Canada
..."
$12
Works
About
H-2341
Broad, C. Lewis and Broad, Violet M. Dictionary to the Plays and Novels of
Bernard Shaw. London: A. & C. Black, 1929. [First edition]. "With
bibliography of his works and of the literature concerning him with a
record of the principal Shavian play productions." Original brick red
cloth, with blind stamped decoration (Shaw medalion) on front and gilt
lettering on spine; 4 pp. publisher's ads at rear; tail of spine a touch
creased. Light foxing to endpapers and adjacent leaves; small bookseller's
label removed from rear pastedown.
Cream
pictorial (Shaw) dust jacket, a bit dusty; minor wear and light chipping
at extremities. A fine volume in near fine dust jacket.
$65
H-2342
[----- Another copy]. This one in pinkish-red cloth; gilt
lettering on faintly speckled spine now bronzed; some sunning at top edge,
more so at spine ends; front cover bowed. Edges and pastedowns and a few
pages faintly foxed. Defective dust jacket now soiled and edge worn, lacking
several pieces, especially at spine ends; 1.5" label partially removed from
now tanned and rubbed spine. A very good copy of this useful reference book.
$30
H-2343
Ervine, St John. Bernard Shaw: His Life, Work and Friends. London:
Constable & Company, 1956. First edition. Illustrated with photographs
of Shaw and his contemporaries. Original dark blue cloth, lightly speckled
on gilt-lettered spine; lower corners bumped; faint scoring to front cover,
now slightly bowed. Lower corner of preliminary leaves lightly creased;
contents clean and tight. A near fine copy.
$25
H-2345
Hanley, Tullah Innes. The Strange Triangle of G.B.S. Boston: Bruce
Humphries, 1956. [First edition]. Signed by the author on front
endpaper . Original red boards, poorly but brightly lettered in
gilt on spine;
bright
coloured pictorial dust jacket. A fine copy of this novel based on
Shaw's relationship with the Charringtons, his leading lady and her
husband.
$25
H-2346
Holroyd, Michael. Bernard Shaw: Volume I - 1856-1898, The Search for
Love. London: Chatto & Windus, 1988. [First edition]. A fine copy
in original black boards, and pictorial (young Shaw) dust jacket, a touch
creased at spine ends and very lightly rubbed on rear panel.
$12
H-2349
Loewenstein, F.E. The Rehearsal Copies of Bernard Shaw's Plays.
London: Reinhardt & Evans, 1950. [First edition]. Original printed
lavender wrappers, a little soiled and faded at margins; back cover a little
dog-eared with minor damage to top left corner. A fascinating census,
surely a labour of love for the author.
Contains Shaw's preferatory note and his "Rhymed Prologue to Fanny's
First Play". Shaw also revised the author's introduction.
$20
H-2351
Pearson, Hesketh. Bernard Shaw: His Life and Personality. London:
Collins, 1942. [First edition]. Illustrated with sepia photographs of
Shaw and his contemporaries. Publisher's gilt-lettered deep red cloth,
bumped at spine ends and a touch dusty; front cover slightly bowed; pages
slightly age-toned. Brownish-red dust jacket, printed in yellow; a bit
dusty overall; spine lightly sunned. A fine copy.
$20
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