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First Edition of George Bernard Shaw's The Apple Cart: a Political Extravaganza
SHAW, GEORGE BERNARD.
The Apple Cart: A Political Extravaganza.
London: Constable and Company 1930.
First edition of this classic play by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition.
Price: $25.00 Item Number: 138394
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George Bernard Shaw's Saint Joan: A Chronicle Play in Six Scenes and an Epilogue; from the library of American Actor Zachary Scott
SHAW, GEORGE BERNARD [JOHN STEINBECK].
Saint Joan: A Chronicle Play in Six Scenes and an Epilogue.
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company 1936.
Early printing of one of Shaw’s major works. Octavo, original cloth, with illustrations from the play as presented by Katharine Cornell courtesy of Vandamm Studio. From the library of American actor Zachary Scott, the first husband of Elaine Scott who later married writer John Steinbeck. Scott is best remembered for his many roles as villains and “mystery men” in dozens of musical comedies, film noirs, and psychological thrillers throughout the 1940s and 50s including Hollywood Canteen, The Unfaithful, Shotgun, Man in the Shadow, and The Young One. In very good condition with Scott’s bookplate to the pastedown.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 114807
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"'WHERE IS GOD?' SAID THE BLACK GIRL TO THE MISSIONARY WHO HAD CONVERTED HER?": FIRST EDITION OF GEORGE BERNARD SHAW'S THE ADVENTURES OF THE BLACK GIRL IN HER SEARCH FOR GOD
SHAW, GEORGE BERNARD.
The Adventures of The Black Girl in Her Search For God.
London: Constable & Company Limited 1932.
First edition of Shaw’s controversial 20th century retelling of Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress. Octavo, original pictorial boards, pictorial endpapers, illustrated with wood-cut engravings by John Farleigh. In near fine condition with light rubbing to the extremities. Small bookplate to the pastedown.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 137188
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“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself": First Edition of George Bernard Shaw's Man and Superman
SHAW, GEORGE BERNARD.
Man and Superman.
Westminster: Archibald and Constable & Co., Ltd 1903.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning playwright’s classic work. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition. An exceptional example.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 131849
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First edition of George Bernard Shaw's Plays: Pleasant and Unpleasant; inscribed by him to Alfred J. Warne Browne
SHAW, GEORGE BERNARD.
Plays: Pleasant and Unpleasant.
London: Grant Richards 1898.
First edition of the definitive text of Shaw’s volume of “unpleasant” plays: Widowers’ Houses, The Philanderer, and Mrs. Warren’s Profession Octavo, two volumes, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine, top edge gilt, tissue-guarded frontispiece and 8 pages of publisher’s advertisements to Vol. I, 4 pages of publisher’s advertisements to Vol. II. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page of Vol. I, “From G.B.S., painter of humanity, to Warne Browne, painter of the next deepest subject – the sea! Cadgwith Sept. 1899.” The recipient, Alfred J. Warne Browne, was an English seascape painter based in Cornwall. His work was highly popular in both the United Kingdom and the United States; he exhibited at the Royal Academy, New Watercolour Society, and Walker’s Gallery in London between 1884 and 1903. Upon his death in Ruan Minor from a stroke in 1915, he was described in the Helston Advertiser as “a true Bohemian, with a highly developed artistic temperament. Mr. Warne Browne loved the sea, and painted it with a sincerity and fidelity which ought to have secured for him a higher place in the world of art” (Cornwall Artist’s Index, 2022). In very good condition. Small bookplates. Housed in a custom half morocco and folding chemise slipcase.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 137391
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First Edition of George Bernard Shaw's The Apple Cart: a Political Extravaganza; Lengthily Inscribed by Him
SHAW, GEORGE BERNARD.
The Apple Cart: A Political Extravaganza.
London: Constable and Company 1930.
First edition of this classic play by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author at his home on the half-title page, “Ayot St Lawrence 5th Oct. 1934 Dear Dr. Shaw This afternoon is impossible: as you see, I am out of reach. I shall be in London tomorrow. If you ring up Whitehall 3160 my secretary may be able to fix up a meeting for us. faithfully G. Bernard Shaw.’ Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 131696
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First Edition of George Bernard Shaw's Too True To Be Good, Village Wooing, On The Rocks; Inscribed by Him
SHAW, GEORGE BERNARD.
Too True To Be Good, Village Wooing, On The Rocks.
London: Constable and Company Limited 1934.
First edition of this classic work by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page on the half-title page, “To Blanche Patch’s friend, Mrs. Frank Kinder, from G. Bernard Shaw 9th Nov. 1934.” Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco chemise and clamshell box.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 142340
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Rare original playbill signed by Marlon Brando, Katharine Cornell, Cedric Hardwicke, Oliver Cliff, Wesley Addy, and Mildred Natwick
SHAW, GEORGE BERNARD. (MARLON BRANDO KATHARINE CORNELL CEDRIC HARDWICKE OLIVER CLIFF WESLEY ADDY AND MILDRED NATWICK) .
Marlon Brando Signed Candida Playbill.
: Playbill Incorporated 1946.
Rare original playbill from the 1946 production of George Bernard Shaw’s Candida starring Marlon Brando and Katharine Cornell. Octavo, original wrappers, illustrated. Boldly signed on the front panel by Marlon Brando, Katharine Cornell, Cedric Hardwicke, Oliver Cliff, Wesley Addy, and Mildred Natwick. In near fine condition. Rare and desirable signed by the entire cast of this important production.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 96045
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“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself": First Edition of George Bernard Shaw's Man and Superman; Inscribed by him
SHAW, GEORGE BERNARD.
Man and Superman.
Westminster: Archibald and Constable & Co., Ltd 1903.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning playwright’s classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To Charles Roebuck Ramsden Goodhart from G. Bernard Shaw 21st May 1905.” In very good condition. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise box. Rare signed and inscribed.
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 132653