BERNARD SHAW

BERNARD SHAW

Published by Constable and Co., London, 1929

About this Item

Title: 2 VOLS OF BERNARD SHAW 1926 (FIRST ) & 1929 Author: BERNARD SHAW Publisher/Copyright: Constable and Co., London 1926 and 1929 Edition: The 1926 book states 'first impression' the 1929 edition is assumed a reprint Binding: both are hardcover green with different shades Condition:(all defects if any are formulated into pricing): No dust jackets. Books are tight and sturdy. Still good copies. Size: 5 x 7 (approximately)Pages: pages Binding/Cover: Hardback with dust jacket Shipping & Handling: U.S. , Insurance extra. Refunds: All items are 100% refundable up to 10 days after item received Background/Description: There are two volumes for sale: 1)Translations and Tomfooleries. 1926. First Impression stated on copyright page. 246 pages. Large brown section to the endpapers, small dry stain on the very bottom edge of the last couple of pages. Good/None dust jacket condition. A self- deprecatory collection of those plays which Shaw himself considered to be his weakest. This first appearance of this work was as a volume in the "Pocket Edition of the Plays of Bernard Shaw," published in the same year. Similar first edition copies are selling in the $300+ range on the internet. 2)Androcles and the Lion, Overruled, Pygmalion. 1929. Assumed reprint with 1916 on copyright page and 1929 on the title page. 205 pages. Very small spots that may be cleaned to the lower front board. There is a birthday gift inscription from 1931 written in ink on the front endpaper. There is a raised seal on the front from 'Locpiskey, Moss Vale Road - Urmston, Lancs.' Good(-)/None dust jacket as issued condition. PYGMALION, a radical reworking of Ovid's classic tale with a feminist twist. Shaw wrote PYGMALION for the actress Mrs. Patrick Campbell who appeared to be the onlyactress willing to say the taboo word "bloody" spoken by her character Eliza Doolittle. In 1938 the play was made into an excellent movie, for which Shaw's screenplay won an Oscar, starring Leslie Howard as Professor Higgins. The play reached a much wider audience when it was transformed by Alan Jay Lerner into the musical MY FAIR LADY and later the film of the same title directed by George Cukor and starring Rex Harrison and Audrey Hepburn who replaced an irate Julie Andrews the star of the Broadway musical. The Irish playwright, who wrote more plays than Shakespeare, won the Nobel Prize in 1925 and lived to the age of 94 dying from complications resulting from a broken leg suffered after falling out of a tree. Really good price! No Reserve! InvCode: zg50 Size: 5 x 7.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: BERNARD SHAW
• Publisher: Constable and Co., London
• Publication Date: 1929
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1929 edition.
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Book Type: Book