George Bernard Shaw from Charles Agvent
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THE BOOKMAN. A Revue of Life and Letters
by (LAWRENCE, D. H.; SINCLAIR, Upton; et. al.)
- Condition
- Used - Close to Fine in a Near Fine slipcase
- Edition
- First Edition
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- August 1928
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- Softcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$43.80
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(New York): (The Bookman), August 1928. First Edition. Softcover. Close to Fine in a Near Fine slipcase. Printed wraps. Contributions include a short story by D. H. Lawrence ("Things, A Story"), 2 chapters from Upton Sinclair's BOSTON, an article on poetry in George Bernard Shaw, and an article on popular magazines titled "Wood-Pulp Literature." Housed in a cloth… Read more about this item Item Price
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VINTAGE PHOTOGRAPH PORTRAIT
by SHAW, George Bernard
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- Used - Some discoloration to verso of the large mat, photograph Fine
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- Photograph
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- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$625.00
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Photograph. Some discoloration to verso of the large mat, photograph Fine. Superb 8-7/8" x 10-7/8" original side profile photograph of an elderly and serious Shaw SIGNED by the photographer Howard Coster on the mat, which measures 11" x 14", further matted to an overall size of 16" x 20" with the photographer's stamp "Photographer of Men" on the… Read more about this item Item Price
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BERNARD SHAW & FASCISM
by [SHAW, (George) Bernard]
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- Used - Some soiling, minor wear. Very Good
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- First Edition
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- [1927]
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- Wraps
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- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$62.50
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[Kensington]: [The Favil Press], [1927]. First Edition. wraps. Some soiling, minor wear. Very Good. Printed white wraps; 44 pages. Laurence A184b. Contains three letters by Shaw as well as letters and articles by various anti-Fascists.
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$62.50
SOCIALISM AND SUPERIOR BRAINS. A REPLY TO MR. MALLOCK
by SHAW, George Bernard
- Condition
- Some fading and rubbing to the boards. Housed in a cloth chemise and slipcase. About Very Good in a Fine slipcase
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Published
- 1910
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$1,812.50
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London: A. C. Fifield, 1910. Second Edition. Hardcover. Some fading and rubbing to the boards. Housed in a cloth chemise and slipcase. About Very Good in a Fine slipcase. 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,… Read more about this item Item Price
$1,812.50
THE COMMON SENSE OF MUNICIPAL TRADING
by SHAW, George Bernard
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- Used - Very mild darkening to spine. Fine, without dustwrapper
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1904
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$31.30
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Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co Ltd, 1904. First Edition. Hardcover. Very mild darkening to spine. Fine, without dustwrapper. Original blue cloth. Laurence A54: 2500 copies printed.
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$31.30
SOCIALISM AND SUPERIOR BRAINS. A REPLY TO MR. MALLOCK
by SHAW, George Bernard
- Condition
- Used - Fine in a Near Fine and scarce dustwrapper
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Published
- 1910
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$625.00
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London: A. C. Fifield, 1910. Second Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Near Fine and scarce dustwrapper. 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 have the photograph.… Read more about this item Item Price
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TRADE UNIONISM FOR CLERKS
by (SHAW, George Bernard) LLOYD, J. Henry & SCOULLER, R. E
- Condition
- Used - Still Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- n.d [1919]
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- Decorated wraps
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$31.30
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London: Cecil Palmer and Hayward, n.d [1919]. First Edition. Decorated wraps. Still Very Good. 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.
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THE ARTS LEAGUE OF SERVICE ANNUAL 1921-1922: THE ART OF REHEARSAL
by [SHAW, (George) Bernard]
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- Used - Fine
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- First Edition
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- [1922]
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- Wraps
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$93.80
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[London], [1922]. First Edition. wraps. Fine. Printed tan wraps; 32 pages. Laurence B123. Extracted by Shaw from a 1914 letter to Matthew Edward McNulty.
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$93.80
THE APPLE CART: A POLITICAL EXTRAVAGANZA
by SHAW, George Bernard
- Condition
- Used - Largely unopened. Fine with remnants of the dustwrapper laid in
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1930
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$18.80
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London: Constable & Company Ltd., 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Largely unopened. Fine with remnants of the dustwrapper laid in. Green cloth. Laurence A195b. First English Separate Edition. Both flaps and the rear panel of the dustwrapper present.
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$18.80
THE COMMON SENSE OF MUNICIPAL TRADING
by SHAW, George Bernard
- Condition
- Used - Some darkening to wraps. Very Good
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Published
- 1908
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- Wraps
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$31.30
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London: A. C. Fifield, 1908. Second Edition. wraps. Some darkening to wraps. Very Good. Orange-brown wraps. Laurence A54b: "This 'edition' was reprinted from plates or moulds of the first edition [1904] ... as No. 5 in the Fabian Socialist Series." Contains a new preface by Shaw.
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PRESS CUTTINGS: A TOPICAL SKETCH COMPILED FROM THE EDITORIAL AND CORRESPONDENCE COLUMNS OF THE DAILY PAPERS
by SHAW, George Bernard
- Condition
- Used - Soiling to wraps. Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1909
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- Wraps
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$125.00
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London: Archibald Constable & Co Ltd, 1909. First Edition. wraps. Soiling to wraps. Very Good. 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."
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$125.00
TO DECORATE YOUR LIBRARY
by [SHAW, George Bernard]
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- Used - Very Good or better
- Published
- [1930s]
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$31.30
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London: B. F. Stevens & Brown, Ltd., [1930s]. wraps. Very Good or better. Printed wraps. A four-page illustrated advertising leaflet offering original etchings by Edmund J. Sullivan of Shaw and John Galsworthy as well as one of Kipling and another of Shaw by William Strang.
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PRESS CUTTINGS: A TOPICAL SKETCH COMPILED FROM THE EDITORIAL AND CORRESPONDENCE COLUMNS OF THE DAILY PAPERS
by SHAW, George Bernard
- Condition
- Used - About an inch chip on bottom of spine. Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1909
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- Wraps
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$62.50
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London: Archibald Constable & Co Ltd, 1909. First Edition. wraps. About an inch chip on bottom of spine. Very Good. Original pink wraps. Laurence A97a: the third impression of 1500 copies with imprint on upper wrapper reading "Price One Shilling net."
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$62.50
BERNARD SHAW
by [SHAW, George Bernard] BAB, Julius
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- Used - Owner inscription in German dated February 1910 on the front endpaper. Near Fine
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1910
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- Wraps
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$31.30
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Berlin: S. Fischer, 1910. First Edition. wraps. Owner inscription in German dated February 1910 on the front endpaper. Near Fine. Printed wraps. Laurence K6. Illustrated with a photogravure frontispiece of Shaw. Text in German.
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THE SERPENT'S EYE. SHAW AND THE CINEMA
by [SHAW, George Bernard] COSTELLO, Donald P
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- Used - Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- (1965)
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$18.80
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Notre Dame & London: Univ. Of Notre Dame Press, (1965). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper. Laurence B403. Introduction by Cecil Lewis who directed Shaw's first attempt to convert a play into film.
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DRAMATIC OPINIONS AND ESSAYS. Volume II only
by SHAW, George Bernard
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- Used - Near Fine, partly unopened
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1906
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$18.80
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New York: Brentano's, 1906. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine, partly unopened. First American Edition, preceding the British and unauthorized. Laurence A75a.
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$18.80
SHAW: AN EXHIBIT
by [SHAW, George Bernard] LAURENCE, Dan H
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- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1977
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- Wraps
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$43.80
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Austin: University of Texas, 1977. First Edition. wraps. Near Fine. Pictorial wraps. An essential catalog for an exhibition on Shaw's life and work consisting of 765 items including manuscripts, letters, books, photographs, etc., with numerous illustrations.
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AN ESSAY ON GOING TO CHURCH
by SHAW, George Bernard
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- Used - Browning to title page. Very Good
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- n.d
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- Wraps
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$18.80
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New York: Little Leather Library Corp., n.d. wraps. Browning to title page. Very Good. 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".
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$18.80
LOVE AMONG THE ARTISTS
by SHAW, George Bernard
- Condition
- Used - Spine sunned with small tears at top. Good copy
- Published
- 1905
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$25.00
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Chicago: Herbert S. Stone and Company, 1905. Hardcover. Spine sunned with small tears at top. Good copy. Decorated cloth. Early printing of Shaw's third novel, first published in 1900 though written much earlier.
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$25.00
THREE PLAYS
by (SHAW, George Bernard) ARCHER, William
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- Used - Near Fine, lacking the dustwrapper
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- (1927)
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$25.00
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London: Constable and Company Ltd., (1927). First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine, lacking the dustwrapper. 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 Eastman Lower on the front pastedown. Slight… Read more about this item Item Price
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