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The Plays Of Bernard Shaw : 12 volume BOXED set
Shaw, G. Bernard · London
- Author
- Shaw, G. Bernard
- Date
- 1926
- Place
- London
- Publisher
- Constable and Company, Ltd.
- Language
- English
- Binding
- Small 8vo., Original dark blue limp calf, extremely heavily gilted spines with 2 gilt stamped labels, front boards with author's signature in gilt, navy blue silk markers, fine set housed in publisher's drop-front card box, top flap with author's signature in gilt top, a near fine set including the box. The twelve volumes are those of the Pocket Edition.
- Format
- Photograph of G. Bernard Shaw tipped-in opposite the title page of Saint Joan. George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856 – 2 November 1950), known at his insistence simply as Bernard Shaw, was an Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist. His influence on Western theatre, culture and politics extended from the 1880s to his death and beyond. He wrote more than sixty plays, including major works such as Man and Superman (1902), Pygmalion (1912) and Saint Joan (1923). With a range incorporating both contemporary satire and historical allegory, Shaw became the leading dramatist of his generation, and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
- Category
- Literature & Poetry
- Record
- S.I.3637
The Plays Of G. Bernard Shaw: Pocket Edition Twelve volume boxed set
Author: George Bernard Shaw
Small 8vo. 1926. G. Bernard Shaw. London: Constable and Company. Twelve volumes in original dark blue limp calf, extremely heavily gilt spines with 2 gilt stamped labels, front boards with author's signature in gilt, navy blue silk markers, fine set housed in publisher's drop-front card box, top flap with author's signature in gilt top, a near fine set including the box. The twelve volumes are those of the Pocket Edition.
Photograph of G. Bernard Shaw tipped-in opposite the title page of Saint Joan. George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856 – 2 November 1950), known at his insistence simply as Bernard Shaw, was an Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist. His influence on Western theatre, culture and politics extended from the 1880s to his death and beyond. He wrote more than sixty plays, including major works such as Man and Superman (1902), Pygmalion (1912) and Saint Joan (1923). With a range incorporating both contemporary satire and historical allegory, Shaw became the leading dramatist of his generation, and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
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