Shaw, George

PRESS CUTTINGS: A TOPICAL SKETCH COMPILED FROM THE EDITORIAL AND CORRESPONDENCE COLUMNS OF THE DAILY PAPERS

SHAW, George Bernard · 1909 · Charles Agvent

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.60 | ¥19,963)

London. Archibald Constable & Co Ltd. First Edition. Original pink wraps. Laurence A97a: the first impression of only 500 copies, this being one of the 400 sent to the Royal Court Theatre for sale at the private performances. Imprint on upper wrapper reads "Price One Shilling....

PRESS CUTTINGS: A TOPICAL SKETCH COMPILED FROM THE EDITORIAL AND CORRESPONDENCE COLUMNS OF THE DAILY PAPERS

SHAW, George Bernard · 1909 · Charles Agvent

$62.50 (€56.70 | £47.30 | ¥9,982)

London. Archibald Constable & Co Ltd. First Edition. Original pink wraps. Laurence A97a: the third impression of 1500 copies with imprint on upper wrapper reading "Price One Shilling net.". About an inch chip on bottom of spine. Very Good

THE COMMON SENSE OF MUNICIPAL TRADING

SHAW, George Bernard · 1904 · Charles Agvent

$43.80 (€39.74 | £33.15 | ¥6,995)

Westminster. Archibald Constable & Co Ltd. First Edition. Original blue cloth. Laurence A54: 2500 copies printed.. Mild darkening to spine. Near Fine, without dustwrapper

LOVE AMONG THE ARTISTS

SHAW, George Bernard · 1905 · Charles Agvent

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,993)

Chicago. Herbert S. Stone and Company. Decorated cloth. Early printing of Shaw's third novel, first published in 1900 though written much earlier.. Spine sunned with small tears at top. Good copy

AN ESSAY ON GOING TO CHURCH

SHAW, George Bernard · 0 · Charles Agvent

$18.80 (€17.06 | £14.23 | ¥3,002)

New York. Little Leather Library Corp.. A much later printing, likely from the 1930s, bound in greenish brown wraps that are meant to imitate leather. A very small book, 3" x 3-3/4".. Browning to title page. Very Good

FROM THE SAVOY. AN ESSAY ON GOING TO CHURCH

SHAW, George Bernard · 1905 · Charles Agvent

$31.30 (€28.40 | £23.69 | ¥4,999)

Boston. John W. Luce & Co.. Second American Edition. Unauthorized, as was the 1896 Roycoft edition, of Shaw's first work published in America. Laurence A26c.. Fine

THE COMMON SENSE OF MUNICIPAL TRADING

SHAW, George Bernard · 1904 · Charles Agvent

$31.30 (€28.40 | £23.69 | ¥4,999)

Westminster. Archibald Constable & Co Ltd. First Edition. Original blue cloth. Laurence A54: 2500 copies printed.. Very mild darkening to spine. Fine, without dustwrapper

IMPRISONMENT

SHAW, George Bernard · 19241925 · Charles Agvent

$31.30 (€28.40 | £23.69 | ¥4,999)

New York. Brentano's. First Edition. Printed yellow wrappers. First Separate Edition, with material not in previous editions. Laurence A174a. Issued by the Department of Christian Social Service of the National Council of the Protestant Episcopal Church.. About Fine

THE SERPENT'S EYE. SHAW AND THE CINEMA

[SHAW, George Bernard] COSTELLO, Donald P · 0 · Charles Agvent

$18.80 (€17.06 | £14.23 | ¥3,002)

Notre Dame & London. Univ. Of Notre Dame Press. First Edition. Laurence B403. Introduction by Cecil Lewis who directed Shaw's first attempt to convert a play into film.. Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper

THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS

SHAW, George Bernard · 1929 · Charles Agvent

$43.80 (€39.74 | £33.15 | ¥6,995)

London. The Fabian Society. First Edition. Printed wrappers, 12 pages. Fabian Tract No. 226. Laurence A191a.. Very Good

TRADE UNIONISM FOR CLERKS

(SHAW, George Bernard) LLOYD, J. Henry & SCOULLER, R. E · 0 · Charles Agvent

$31.30 (€28.40 | £23.69 | ¥4,999)

London. Cecil Palmer and Hayward. First Edition. Original illustrated wrappers. Laurence B109. Shaw contributes a 6-page introduction to this 31-page pamphlet. Rear wrap with small hole and several tears including a long repaired tear.. Still Very Good

THREE PLAYS

(SHAW, George Bernard) ARCHER, William · 0 · Charles Agvent

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,993)

London. Constable and Company Ltd.. First Edition. Laurence B158. Shaw contributes a 34-page introduction to this book by one of his closest friends and a helpful guide to many playwrights including Shaw, for whom he arranged his first salaried writing job. Bookplate of Henry ...

HEARTBREAK HOUSE, GREAT CATHERINE, AND PLAYLETS OF THE WAR

SHAW, George Bernard · 1919 · Charles Agvent

$1,875.00 (€1,701.13 | £1,418.99 | ¥299,449)

London. Constable and Company Ltd.. First Edition. Original green cloth. Laurence A149b: published a week earlier in America. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the half title page "To Henriette & Augustin Hamon/from Bernard Shaw./10th Oct. 1919." The Hamons were French soc...

SOCIALISM AND SUPERIOR BRAINS. A REPLY TO MR. MALLOCK

SHAW, George Bernard · 1910 · Charles Agvent

$625.00 (€567.04 | £473.00 | ¥99,816)

London. A. C. Fifield. Second Edition. Fabian Socialists Series No. 8. Original cloth-backed boards, 59 pages. Laurence A102b. Frontispiece photograph of Shaw taken by the subject. The First Edition of 1909, Fabian Tract No. 146, consisted of only 24 pages in wraps and did not...

FOUR PLAYS

SHAW, George Bernard · 1978 · Charles Agvent

$93.80 (€85.10 | £70.99 | ¥14,980)

Franklin Center, PA. Franklin Library. Bound in brown gilt-decorated publisher's leather. A Limited Edition of "The Devil's Disciple," "Man and Superman," "Pygmalion," and "Saint Joan." Part of The Greatest Books of the Twentieth Century series and a relatively uncommon title ...

SOCIALISM AND SUPERIOR BRAINS. A REPLY TO MR. MALLOCK

SHAW, George Bernard · 1910 · Charles Agvent

$1,812.50 (€1,644.43 | £1,371.69 | ¥289,467)

London. A. C. Fifield. Second Edition. Fabian Socialists Series No. 8. Original cloth-backed boards, 59 pages. Laurence A102b. Frontispiece photograph of Shaw taken by the subject. The First Edition of 1909, Fabian Tract No. 146, consisted of only 24 pages in wraps and did not...

TWO PLAYS FOR PURITANS

SHAW, George Bernard · 1966 · Charles Agvent

$62.50 (€56.70 | £47.30 | ¥9,982)

New York. Limited Editions Club. Tall quarto (6-7/8" x 11-7/8") bound in red cloth decorated in black and gilt and printed at Sign of the Stone Book. The plays are "The Devil's Disciple" and "Caesar and Cleopatra" with a preface by George Bernard Shaw. Copy #834 of 1500 with i...

MAN AND SUPERMAN

SHAW, George Bernard · 1962 · Charles Agvent

$62.50 (€56.70 | £47.30 | ¥9,982)

[New York]. Limited Editions Club. Quarto (8-1/2" x 11-3/8") bound in beveled boards covered with an English-made brown linen with a silkscreen design by the illustrator on the covers and the spine label stamped in pure gold. The volume is accompanied by THE REVOLUTIONIST'S HA...

FROM THE SAVOY. AN ESSAY ON GOING TO CHURCH

SHAW, George Bernard · 1905 · Charles Agvent

$31.30 (€28.40 | £23.69 | ¥4,999)

Boston. John W. Luce & Co.. Second American Edition. Unauthorized, as was the 1896 Roycoft edition, of Shaw's first work published in America. Laurence A26c.. A little soiling to covers. Very Good

TWO PLAYS FOR PURITANS

SHAW, George Bernard · 1966 · Charles Agvent

$43.80 (€39.74 | £33.15 | ¥6,995)

New York. Limited Editions Club. Tall quarto (6-7/8" x 11-7/8") bound in red cloth decorated in black and gilt and printed at Sign of the Stone Book. The plays are "The Devil's Disciple" and "Caesar and Cleopatra" with a preface by George Bernard Shaw. Copy #1192 of 1500 with ...