Tompkins Peter Introduction (2 results)

Navy Blue Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Navy Blue Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 192 pages; illustrated with photographs of circa 200 letters and post cards from Shaw to Molly Tompkins; " Their early correspondence is best described as a practical course in acting given by a great playwright to his young protege."- from the dj; "The purpose of this volume is not to tell the story of a little known side of Shaw's life--his happy relations with an American family: this may appear elsewhere--but to make available to the scholar and the interested public a collection of Shavian writings that show the dramatist- philosopher in another light." - from Peter Tompkins's Introduction. He is the son of Molly Tompkins.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Thus. First American Edition (First Thus) (Nap - No Additional Printing Stated, Thus First). The Book Is Bound In Black Cloth Over Boards With Silver Lettering On The Spine. The Book Has A Hint Of Wear At The Lower Board Edges And A Light Bump. The Jacket Has Light Wear But No Chips Or Tears.