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Published by Frederick A. Stokes (l929), NY
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. First Edition. Yellow cloth Octavo, 215pp., Light wear, slight soiling. Color and b&w illustrations by Phyllis A. Trery.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. George G. Harrap and Co, London (1929) 1st edition. Hard Cover, no DJ, 216 pp, 9 x 7 inches. The tales are all prose versions of plays by Shaw retold in the jungle using brilliant art deco color illustrations by Phyllis Trery. Yellow cloth soiled on rear cover, Text is clean and tight with no markings. Spine edges are slightly bent cover is dusty. Book condition: Good plus Books are shipped quickly and securely packed in a box. "Morris (7 June 1879 6 March 1957) was a Welsh stage actress and writer, mainly acted in plays by George Bernard Shaw, whom she greatly admired.".
Published by Frederick A. Stokes, New York, 1929
Seller: David R. Smith - Bookseller, Ashby, MA, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Phyllis A. Trery (illustrator). pages clean and tight, bound in brownish yellow cloth, light staining, no dust jacket, otherwise a nice copy.
Published by Frederick A. Stokes, New York, 1929
Seller: Bookshelf of Maine, Franklin, ME, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Illustrated by Phyllis a Trery (illustrator). Whimsical re-telling of Nobel-prize winning author's ten more popular works. Outstanding animal illustrations to accompany and enhance the mood. A fun book for all ages. ; Color & B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 215 pages.
Published by George G. Harrap (1929), London, 1929
Seller: Thomas J. Joyce And Company, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. Phyllis A. Trery (illustrator). First edition. 8vo, 215 pages, yellow pictorial cloth; short tears to dj A modern Lamb-esque "Tales from Shakespeare" only these are ten of Shaw's plays told zoologically, with delightful illustrations by Phyllis A. Trery.
Published by George G. Harrap & Co., 1929
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Signed
Condition: Good. 1929. First Published. 215 pages. No dust jacket. Signed by the author. Yellow cloth. Flat signed by author to title page. Contains colour plates throughout. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Noticeable creasing to gutter. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Light tanning to spine and edges. Small marks to boards.
Published by George G. Harrap
Seller: Goldstone Rare Books, Llandybie, CARMS, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Missing front endpaper. Photograph available on request.
Published by Frederick A. Stokes, New York, 1929
Seller: Ulysses Books, Michael L. Muilenberg, Bookseller, Trumansburg, NY, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Trery, Phyllis A. (illustr.) (illustrator). 1st Edition. A retelling of the dramatic works of Shaw with animal characters, accompanied by eye-popping color illustrations by Trery. Hardcover in Very Good condition in a fair dust jacket, 8vo, 215 pages. Yellow cloth with titles and decorations in black, brown topstain, title page in black and yellow, color plates, black-and-white illustrations, head- and tail-pieces. First edition. Minor wear to spine ends and tips, some darkening of spine ends, cloth lightly soiled, end-papers tanned with bookplate on front paste-down, dust jacket chipped and soiled with some loss to spine ends and front panel, price clipped. Bookseller accession no.: GP363.
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.
Seller: Kennys Bookstore, Olney, MD, U.S.A.
Condition: Very Good. 1929. 1st. Hardcover. 215pp. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.
Published by George G Harrap & Co Ltd, London, 1929
Seller: David Kenyon, King's Lynn, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. TRERY Pyllis A (illustrator). 1st Edition. 216pp. Decorated yellow cloth boards with titles in black to front cover and spine with entire dustwrapper enclosed. However, dustwrapper whilst bright is in four pieces - front panel with spine, rear panel and two flaps unclipped. Volume lightly bumped at extremities with wear to spine. No inscriptions. Textblock and illustrations in pristine condition. A very nice volume.
Seller: Devils in the Detail Ltd, Oxford, United Kingdom
Condition: Good. Title: Tales from Bernard Shaw, Told in the JungleAuthor: Gwladys Evan MorrisPublisher: George G Harrap & Co.Publication date/edition: 1929Binding: hardbackIllustrated: Colour plates and line drawings by Phylis A Trery Pages: 216 Description / Condition: Rare with dust jacket. Wear, discolouration, grub and scuff marks to jacket, open tears to edges and spine. Price-clipped with name inscribed inside. Foxing to fore-edge, spotting and browning to endpapers, otherwise pages in good condition , shipped from the UK.
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1929
Seller: Kennys Bookshop and Art Galleries Ltd., Galway, GY, Ireland
Condition: Very Good. 1929. 1st. Hardcover. 215pp. . . . .
Published by Harrap, GB, 1929
Seller: Richard Sylvanus Williams (Est 1976), WINTERTON, United Kingdom
Hardback. Condition: VG-. Dust Jacket Condition: No DW. Limited edition of 200 copies but this not numbered. Vellumn spine and cloth. Very clean tight text in sound covers which are a bit marked. Book is in very good minus condition with minor but noticeable signs of wear and/or age. SPECIAL POSTAGE RATES APPLY Packed weight 1200g.
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Limited, London, 1929
Seller: THOMAS RARE BOOKS, Yaxley, SUFFOLK, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hard Cover. Condition: V.g. limited ediiton. limited edition 23\200. Presentation copy to Douglas Byng, signed by the author dated Sept 6 1929, 216pp., illustrated by Phyllis A.Trery. 15 full page colour wood block and plates, large octavo, orig inal quarter vellum, gilt, v.g., small split to head of spine, end papers and boards foxed, George Bernard Shaw plays turned into tales. Size: 8vo.
First Edition. Told in the Jungle by Gwladys Evan Morris. Illustrated by Phyllis A. Trery with several vibrant full-page art-deco color illustrations along with several black and white illustrations. Yellow cloth boards stamped with black lettering and line illustrations to front and spine. Lacking dust jacket. Spine bumped, but pages clean, tight, and bright. Boards and spine lightly soiled. Spine cracked at first gathering. Original gift inscription to rear free endpaper. Later gift inscription to front free endpaper. Very Good. In this work, the author transformed Shaw's plays into tales retold in the jungle with animals as characters. Tales include Major Barbara, Candida, Man and Superman, Pygmalion, and The Devil's Disciple, among others.
Published by Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., 182 High Holborn, London First Edition . London 1929., 1929
Seller: Little Stour Books PBFA Member, Canterbury, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
First Edition
First edition hard back binding in publisher's original mustard yellow cloth covers, black title and author lettering to the spine and to the upper panel. 8vo. 9'' x 6''. Contains 216 printed pages of text with very distinctive full-page colour and monochrome illustrations throughout. 20 mm chip of the cloth to the top lower corner of the spine, small bumps to the corners, contents in Very Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. LITERATURE 1926-1945.
Published by GEORGE HARRAP AND CO., LONDON, 1929
Seller: ARD Books, Cleveland, OH, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: NoNE. TRERY PHYLLIS (illustrator). FIRST. BOUND IN YELLOW WITH BLACK LETTERING AND DESIGN ONE CORNER A BIT BUMPED WONDERFUL BRIGHT PERIOD COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS VERY CLEAN SOLID BRIGHT BOOK.
Published by (London): George G. Harrap & Co., Ltd.,
Seller: BOOKFELLOWS Fine Books, ABAA, Sun City, AZ, U.S.A.
First Edition
(1929). First edition, first printing. Large square octavo. Faint foxing to endsheets, pale offsetting to spine and covers, mild bruising to lower corner tips; thus near fine, yellow silk satin binding with black lettering and illustrations; lacking dust jacket. Ten of GBS's best plays, reimagined as fairy and folk tales (Major Barbara is a Honey-Bee, Bluntchli a Rat, Pygmalion becomes the story of a Wizard teaching a Parrot to speak), and stylishly rendered in b&w and color illustrations by Trery. A delight!.
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1929
Seller: Stella & Rose's Books, PBFA, Tintern, MON, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
First Edition
Hardback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Trery, Phyllis A. (illustrator). First edition. 1st 1929. Almost very good condition with no wrapper. Yellow pictorial cloth. Striking colour illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Covers slightly grubby. Light foxing and some grubby fingermarks but generally contents clean. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!.
Published by George Harrap & Co London 1929, 1929
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand
Association Member: IOBA
First Edition
first edition, gold cloth, 216pp illus, VG(v sl edgwear with v sl sunned boards, sl foxing to ep's & edges, holes to page 163 with stains possibly from bookmark).
Published by George Harrap & Co, Ltd., London., 1929
Seller: Colophon Books (UK), Leek, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Gwladys Evan Morris (illustrator). 1st Edition. 211 pages with colour woodblock plates and tail-piece illustrations, the decorative head-pieces and tail pieces are plain silhouette style. Pale orange cloth boards embossed titles in black, covers dusty or handled at fore-edge and spine, school prize label inside front board from the Queen Elizabeth Grammar School Ashburne, presented to "J. Webster" & signed by the headmaster and prize giver. Contents all clean, small quarto. 1929. *Excerpts from Pygmalian, , Major Barbara, Man and Superman, Candida and others.
Published by george g harrap london 1929, 1929
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand
Association Member: IOBA
First Edition
first edition 215pp VG (boards rubbed with some sunning along upper edge and by spine, spine sunned with scuffed head and foot, corners bruised and scuffed, sl cocked with sl shaky spine, fep marked by erasing of owners name, endpapers sl sunned, v minor foxing) lacks d/w illustrated by Phyllis A Trery.
Published by [London] George G. Harrap [1929]., 1929
Seller: Houle Rare Books/Autographs/ABAA/PADA, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition (so stated). 8vo. Full page color illustration; headpieces and tail pieces by Phyllis A. Terry. Dust jacket (clipped; short tear; minor rubbing). Very good. 216 pages. No signatures or bookplates.
Published by Harrap, 1929
Seller: Hadwebutknown, Birnam, PERTH, United Kingdom
First Edition
First Edition. Kipling style adaptation if Shaws plays such as Pygmalion, Arms and the Man. Illustrated by Phylis A. Trery. VG in VG- dustjacket with a couple of closed tears.
Published by George G. Harrap & Co Ltd, London, 1929
Seller: Rare Illustrated Books, Surry Hills, Sydney, NSW, Australia
First Edition
Phyllis A. Trery. (illustrator). First edition. The author has taken the dramatic works of Bernard Shaw and retold them in a jungle context, replacing the human characters with animals: an endearing if somewhat eccentric book brilliantly illustrated by Phyllis A. Trery. 'The Wizard was wise - but he knew nothing. The Wizard was kind - but he cared nothing. The Wizard did good - but he did nothing. He was just himself.'. Small quarto, colour illustration, original decorated yellow cloth shows some mild wear yet a very good copy.
Published by George G Harrap & Co Ltd, London, 1929
Seller: Remember Books, Bath, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Phyllis A Trery (illustrator). 1st Edition. Yellow boards, black titles. Spine rubbed top and bottom. Endpapers faintly spotted, stain on bottom edges. DJ in protective cover, not price clipped. Spine discoloured with some loss and repaired tears along top edge plus tear (repaired) on bottom.
Published by George G. Harrp & Co, London, 1929
First Edition
Illustrated by Phyllis A. Trery with 16 Art-Deco, wood-block color illustrations. (illustrator). First Edition. Very Good (covers nice; contents clean & tight); some chipping along the top edge & some browning; small tear; price-clipped) d/j. The fragile dust jacket for this book is uncommon. Tall 8vo., pictorial mustard-colored cloth, stamped in black; 216 pages.
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, 1929
Seller: HAUNTED BOOKSHOP P.B.F.A., CAMBRIDGE, CAMBS, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Trery, Phyllis A. (illustrator). 1st edition thus. 16 full page colour plates and black & white illustrations within text in art deco style. There is a small name inscription on the free front endpaper but otherwise all very clean inside. Yellow cloth covered boards with black decoration and titles. There is slight damage to top of spine, minor wear to fore corners and a little light fingermarking. All is very firm.
Hardback. Printed pages: 216. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Orange cloth binding. Slight fading to spine. Slight browning and a little light foxing to page edges. Good solid binding. Very clean text throughout. A couple of pages have a short tear to the outer margin. Previous owner's name to front free endpaper (dated Oct. 1929). Lacking the jacket but includes the original wrap around band (creased to spine, but otherwise in very clean condition). Overall condition is Very Good. Size: 7 x 9 inches (17.5 x 23 cm).
Published by George G, 1929
Seller: Cambridge Rare Books, Cambridge, GLOUC, United Kingdom
First Edition Signed
Hardback. Condition: GOOD. 1st Edition. 1929. George G. Harrap. First. Limited 83/200. Inscription by author. Hard Cover. Book- Good, gilt titles on vellum spine, gilt decoration on front board, cream boards, discoloured, t.e.g. 9x7. 216pp. Profuse colour illus by Phyllis A. Trery. This retells famous tales from George Bernard Shaw, including Major Barbara, Pygmalion, and Arms and the Man, recasting the stories with characters from the animal kingdom. Signed by Author(s).