The Complete Plays of Bernard Shaw -
George Bernard Shaw
1931 - Constable and Co Ltd, London - First Edition
A finely bound first edition of the complete collection of George Bernard Shaw’s plays,
Containing: Widowers' Houses: The Philanderer: Mrs. Warren's Profession: Arms and the Man: Candida: The Man of Destiny: You Never Can Tell: The Devil's Disciple: Cæsar and Cleopatra: Captain Brassbound's Conversion: Man and Superman: John Bull's Other Island: How He Lied to Her Husband: Major Barbara: The Doctor's Dilemma: Getting Married: The Shewing-up of Blanco Posnet: Misalliance: The Dark Lady of the Sonnets: Fanny's First Play: Androcles and the Lion : Over- Ruled: Pygmalion: Heartbreak House: Great Catherine: O'Flaherty V.C.: The Inca of Perusalem: Augustus Does His Bit: Annajanska, the Bolshevik Empress: Back to Methuselah: Saint Joan: The Apple Cart: Jitta's Atonement: the Admirable Bashville; or, Constancy Unrewarded: Press Cuttings: The Glimpse of Reality: Passion, Poison, and Petrifaction; or, The Fatal Gazo-Gene: The Fascinating Foundling: The Music-Cure. George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) was an Irish playwright, as well as the co-founder of the London School of Economics. He wrote more than sixty plays, in addition to numerous essays, criticisms, and pieces of journalism, with much of his writing addressing issues of social welfare, such as education, marriage, religion, health care, government, and the exploitation of the working class, and often composed with incisive humour. Shaw was awarded a Nobel Prize for Literature in 1925.
Quarto (binding size 25.5x18cm), pp. [4] v [1] 1131 [3]. Bound by Bayntun-Riviere of Bath, in three quarter crushed green morocco over matching cloth boards, spine with gilt central motifs and lettering, green coated endpapers, top edge gilt. Condition: Fine in fine binding. Ref: 112585 Price: HK$ 6,500
Containing: Widowers' Houses: The Philanderer: Mrs. Warren's Profession: Arms and the Man: Candida: The Man of Destiny: You Never Can Tell: The Devil's Disciple: Cæsar and Cleopatra: Captain Brassbound's Conversion: Man and Superman: John Bull's Other Island: How He Lied to Her Husband: Major Barbara: The Doctor's Dilemma: Getting Married: The Shewing-up of Blanco Posnet: Misalliance: The Dark Lady of the Sonnets: Fanny's First Play: Androcles and the Lion : Over- Ruled: Pygmalion: Heartbreak House: Great Catherine: O'Flaherty V.C.: The Inca of Perusalem: Augustus Does His Bit: Annajanska, the Bolshevik Empress: Back to Methuselah: Saint Joan: The Apple Cart: Jitta's Atonement: the Admirable Bashville; or, Constancy Unrewarded: Press Cuttings: The Glimpse of Reality: Passion, Poison, and Petrifaction; or, The Fatal Gazo-Gene: The Fascinating Foundling: The Music-Cure. George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) was an Irish playwright, as well as the co-founder of the London School of Economics. He wrote more than sixty plays, in addition to numerous essays, criticisms, and pieces of journalism, with much of his writing addressing issues of social welfare, such as education, marriage, religion, health care, government, and the exploitation of the working class, and often composed with incisive humour. Shaw was awarded a Nobel Prize for Literature in 1925.
Quarto (binding size 25.5x18cm), pp. [4] v [1] 1131 [3]. Bound by Bayntun-Riviere of Bath, in three quarter crushed green morocco over matching cloth boards, spine with gilt central motifs and lettering, green coated endpapers, top edge gilt. Condition: Fine in fine binding. Ref: 112585 Price: HK$ 6,500