Blanche Patch — Thirty (30) Years with G.B.S.

London, Victor Gollancz, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. From a small archive of material formerly in the possession of Mrs Alice Laden the housekeeper of George Bernard Shaw while in the last years of his life at Shaw's Corner, in the small village of Ayot St Lawrence. Inscribed by Mrs Laden on cover "(30) Years with G.B.S. Authoress Miss Blanch Patch His Private Secretary." On half Title "To my friend Alice Laden who, Like myselfr, has known the pleasures- and pains- of looking after the subject of this book" Blanche Patc 10th January 1951 Fair/Fair.