CANDIDA: A Mystery
Shaw, Bernard
From Type Punch Matrix, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since September 8, 2020
From Type Punch Matrix, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since September 8, 2020
About this Item
Beautifully bound 1920s edition of Shaw's play that pits an idealist poet against a practical cleric for a woman's affections in attractive Art Deco fine binding. The second of Shaw's "Plays Pleasant" trilogy, CANDIDA was first published in 1898. The play did not prove to be particularly popular in London, but found more fertile ground in New York in 1904, with Shaw himself remarking on the "Candidamania" that swept the city. The play saw a revival in 1924, which again captivated audiences, and was still running when this edition of the play was published. The unsigned binding of this copy exhibits a strong and prescient design sensibility: the motif embodies the Art Deco style of the late '20s, but would also not look out of place on a 21st century fine binding. A lovely copy. 7'' x 4.5''. Contemporary full brick red goatskin with linear gilt tooling, five raised bands. Top edge gilt, others uncut. 78, [4] pages, paginated 73-152. Boards with a hint of bowing at outer edges, a touch of soil; mild rubbing to gilt. Edges of textblock with scattered foxing, occasional foxing to margins of leaves. Seller Inventory # 48110
Bibliographic Details
Title: CANDIDA: A Mystery
Publisher: Constable and Company Ltd, London
Publication Date: 1927
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very good plus.
Edition: Later edition.
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