By Bernard Shaw
London   Constable and Company LTD
7" by 5" cxix, [3], 234, [2]; cxviii, 205, [3pp]
Two smart volumes containing six popular plays of the leading Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw, uncommon to see in early dust wrappers.
By Bernard Shaw

1914-23 Misalliance and Androcles and the Lion

London   Constable and Company LTD
7" by 5" cxix, [3], 234, [2]; cxviii, 205, [3pp]
Two smart volumes containing six popular plays of the leading Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw, uncommon to see in early dust wrappers.
£295.00
: 1.5kgs / : 849P37

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Description

First Edition, Publishers' Original Binding, With Dustwrapper

In the original unclipped dust wrappers.

Two volumes of George Bernard Shaw's works, collected six total popular plays. Including his most popular and enduring work, 'Pygmalion', which formed the basis of the play and film 'My Fair Lady'.

'Misalliance, with The Dark Lady of the Sonnets and Fanny's First Play', the first edition, published in 1914.

'Androcles and the Lion, with Overruled, and Pygmalion', published in 1923. 

George Bernard Shaw was a leading Irish playwright and activist, massively influential on theatre, culture, and politics in the West. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1925.

Two leaves of adverts to the rear of each volume.

Condition

In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dust wrappers. Externally, smart. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. A few light marks to the boards. Dust wrappers are edge worn and chipped, chipping heavier to 'Androcles', with a large chip to the head of the spine, and closed tears to the rear joint and spine, and a couple of small tape repairs to the reverse. Spines are a little age-toned with some light spots. Torn label to the spine of the 'Misalliance' dust wrapper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean.

Very Good Indeed

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