Bernard Shaw — The Plays of Bernard Shaw

London, Constable and Company Ltd, 1927. Leather. An excellent pocket book collection of the plays of Bernard Shaw, housed in the original display box and with several of the scarce original glassine dust wrappers. This set includes; "Saint Joan, The Shewing-Up of Blanco Posnet" (1927), "The Doctor"s Dilemma, and Getting Married" (1927), "Back to Methuselah: A Metabiological Pentateuch" (1927), "Widower"s Houses, The Philanderer, and Mrs Warren"s Profession", "The Devil"s Disciple, Caesar and Cleopatra, and Captain Brassbound"s Conversion", "Translations and Tomfooleries", "Arms and the Man Candida, The Man of Destiny, and You Never Can Tell", "Androcles and the Lion, Overruled and Pygmalion", "John Bull"s Other Island", "How He Lied to Her Husband, and Major Barbara", "Man and Superman with The Revolutionist"s Handbook and Maxims for Revolutionists", "Misalliance, The Dark Lady of the Sonnets, and Fanny"s First Play", and "Heartbreak House, Great Catherine, and Playlets of the War". The pocket editions of the plays of Bernard Shaw, being the third impression to all but "Doctor"s Dilemma etc", "Heartbreak House etc" and "Man and Superman etc" which are the fourth impression. With the original glassine dust wrappers to three volumes. Illustrated with a monochrome frontispiece to "Saint Joan".A twelve volume, complete set. Bound in the publisher's original uniform limp calf.  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. In the publisher's original limp calf. Original glassines to three volumes, with the original box. Externally lovely to most with only the slightest marks, and small closed tears to the head of the spine to 'Heartbreak House' only. Internally firmly bound with clean and bright pages. The odd owner's signature to the fronts. The wraps have chipping, slight loss and closed tears. The box has minor fraying at the extremities and slight marks. Near Fine . Ill.: None stated. Near Fine .