Bernard Shaw — The Plays of Bernard Shaw

London, Constable and Company, Ltd, 1927. Leather. A lovely pocket book collection of the plays of Bernard Shaw. An excellent collection of the plays of Bernard Shaw, being new impressions of the 1926 pocket editions.Complete in twelve volumes, however lacking the thirteen volume ('The Apple Cart') which was added in a later final printing in 1932. Uniformly bound in the publisher's full limp calf, with decorative gilt to the spines.Bernard Shaw was an Irish playwright and critic, whose influence on Western theatre, culture and politics has continued well after his death. He wrote more than sixty plays, including notable works such as 'Man and Superman' and 'Saint Joan', both of which are included here. This set comprises the following titles:'Saint Joan: The Shewing-Up of Blanco Posnet''The Doctor's Dilemma Getting Married' Three Plays for Puritans: 'The Devil's Disciple', 'Caesar and Cleopatra' & 'Captain Brassbound's Conversion' 'Bath to Methuselah: A Metabiological Pentateuch' Plays Pleasant and Unpleasant; Vol I. Unpleasant: 'Widower's Houses', 'The Philanderer' & 'Mrs Warren's Profession'Vol II. Pleasant: 'Arms and the Man', 'Candida', 'The Man of Destiny' & 'You Never Can Tell''Man and Superman with The Revolutionist's Handbook and Maxims for Revolutionists' 'Translations and Tomfooleries' 'Heartbreak House' (with 'Great Catherine' & 'Playlets of War') 'John Bull's Other Island' (with 'How he Lied to her Husband' & 'Major Barbara')'Androcles and the Lion' (with 'Overruled' & 'Pygmalion') 'Misalliance' (with 'The Dark Lady of the Sonnets' & 'Fanny's First Play')  Uniformly bound in the publisher's full limp calf, with decorative gilt to the spines. Externally, very smart, with only light rubbing to the spine heads and tails. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with offsetting to the endpapers and the bookplate of one Hamish Orr-Ewing to the front free endpapers. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine .