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Shaw Bernard. Prefaces. Constable, London, 1934.
Price: US$7.70 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Elaborate title-page by John Farleigh; Laurence A220a, Poole p.117; Hardback: red cloth lettered in gilt; End-papers a touch spotted, near fine.
Seller: Bookfare, Ambleside, United Kingdom
Shaw, Gerorge Bernard. Prefaces. Constable, London, 1934.
Price: US$23.10 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 4to, orange brown cloth, fine copy, viii+802 pp., excellent clean text. Shows Shaw's outlook and philosophy within one book: sociological, political, religious, autobiographical, professional. With a magnificent engraved tp. Size: 4to
Seller: Appleford Bookroom, Abingdon, OXON, United Kingdom
Shaw, [George] Bernard. PREFACES. Constable, London, 1934.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. 802p. Wood-engraved title page by John Farleigh, repeated on dust jacket. Large 8vo. Terra-cotta cloth with gilt stamping. Slight looseness, else VG+ in d.j. with edge chips and splitting
Seller: First Folio A.B.A.A., Paris, TN, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.24 + shipping
Description: First editions. Title-page to Prefaces designed by John Farleigh. Farleigh notably also illustrated Shaw's 'The Adventures of the Black Girl in Her Search for God'. 8vo., original publisher's deluxe leather bindings, spines lettered and ruled in gilt, boards with wide blind-stamped borders. Spine of Complete Plays sunned, otherwise a very good set.
Seller: G. Heywood Hill Ltd ABA, London, United Kingdom
SHAW. GEORGE BERNARD.. PREFACES.. Constable & Company Limited. London. 1934, 1934.
Price: US$1122.86 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: FIRST EDITION. Large 8vo. (9.9 x 7.1 inches). Illustrated title page with a fine wood engraving by John Farleigh. Inscribed by Shaw to the film and stage Actress Joyce Bland. There is a presentation inscription, not in Shaw?s hand, on the front free endpaper which reads; 'To Miss Bland. With every good wish & in memory of the Malvern Festival. July 1934.'. The second inscription, By G B S, on the half title page reads; 'Inscribed to Joyce Bland Bernard Shaw Malvern 16th Aug. 1934'. A very good copy in the publishers delux leather binding of full tan morocco. Spine with raised bands. The compartments are ruled and lettered in gilt and decorated with a blind ruled multiple box design. Boards with a blind ruled blocked line design within six ruled border lines. Salmon pink endpapers. Top edge gilt. A very good copy with some minimal rubbing to the extremities but still an attractive book. ------ Joyce Bland (1906 to 1963) was a Shakespearean stage actress who appeared in several films in the 1930's. She appeared in The Marvellous Life of St Bernard at the Malvern festival in 1934. The Malvern Festival was established in 1929, initially dedicated to the works of George Bernard Shaw, and with the repertoire of the first season entirely composed of his plays.
Seller: Paul Foster. - ABA & PBFA Member., London, United Kingdom