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SHAW, George Bernard. Saint Joan: a chronicle play in six scenes and an epilogue. Constable, London, 1924.

Price: US$4.48 + shipping

Description: Probably 1st edition. A little light foxing; free end papers browned; spine a little bumped at head & foot. Used - Very Good. VG hardback (no dust jacket)

Seller: Cotswold Internet Books, Cheltenham, United Kingdom

SHAW, George Bernard. Saint Joan: a chronicle play in six scenes and an epilogue. Constable, London, 1924.

Price: US$5.01 + shipping

Description: Owner's name on front free end paper; end papers lightly browned; page fore-edge foxed; binding tight; spine a little faded, & bumped at head & foot. Used - Good. Good hardback (no dust jacket)

Seller: Cotswold Internet Books, Cheltenham, United Kingdom

Shaw, George Bernard. Saint Joan : a chronicle play in six scenes and an epilogue. Constable, 1924.

Price: US$6.41 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: 1924 Constable first edition hardback; good copy, with some age mottling, sound binding, no dj; UK dealer, immediate dispatch

Seller: Simply Read Books, Boat Of Garten, United Kingdom

Shaw, Bernard. SAINT JOAN: A CHRONICLE PLAY IN SIX SCENES AND AN EPILOGUE. Constable and Co., London, UK, 1924.

Price: US$10.00 + shipping

Description: London, UK: Constable and Co. Good plus condition-paper yellowed, spine dark, clipping stain/No Dustjacket. 1924. 8vo., 116 pp. . Good plus condition-paper yellowed, spine dark, clipping stain/No Dustjacket

Seller: Riverow Bookshop, Owego, NY, U.S.A.

Shaw, Bernard. Saint Joan : a chronicle play in six scenes and an Epilogue. Constable & Co Ltd, London, 1924.

Price: US$12.03 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Name/date (1924) to front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to sunned spine. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked boards, rubbing to spine ends, dusty untrimmed pages edges and tiny bump to upper rear corners. 114pp. George Bernard Shaw's play about Joan of Arc. We do not use stock photos, the picture displayed is of the actual book for sale. Every one of our books is in stock in the UK ready for immediate delivery. Size: 7 x 5 inches

Seller: Godley Books, Hyde, United Kingdom

Shaw, George Bernard. Saint Joan: a Chronicle in Six Scenes and an Epilogue. Constable, 1924.

Price: US$13.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Robust, unmarked and unworn hardback copy.

Seller: Shadow Books, Norwich, United Kingdom

Shaw, Bernard:. Saint Joan: a Chronicle Play in Six Scenes and an Epilogue.. London, Constable, 1924.

Price: US$13.34 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: LXIV, 114 Seiten. Guter Zustand. Besitzervermerk auf Schmutztitel. - George Bernard Shaw (* 26. Juli 1856 in Dublin, Irland; † 2. November 1950 in Ayot Saint Lawrence) war ein irischer Dramatiker, Politiker, Satiriker und Musikkritiker, der 1925 den Nobelpreis für Literatur erhielt. Leben: Shaw wuchs in Dublin in problematischen Familienverhältnissen auf. Er arbeitete zuerst als kaufmännischer Angestellter, zog aber bald nach London, um als Musik- und Theaterkritiker Fuß zu fassen. Zwischen 1879 und 1883 schrieb er fünf Romane, die von verschiedenen Verlagen zurückgewiesen wurden. Schließlich feierte er seine ersten Erfolge als Musikkritiker bei der Zeitung „Star", für die er meisterhaft ironische Kommentare schrieb. Die Kompositionen von Ethel Smyth beispielsweise besprach er unter dem Pseudonym „Corno di Basseto" (Bassethorn). Shaw war einer der ersten Musikkritiker, der sich weigerte, dem Geschlecht des Komponisten irgendeine Bedeutung in der Beurteilung des Werkes beizumessen. 1923 fragte er die inzwischen geadelte Ethel Smyth in einem Brief, wie männlich das Werk von Händel und wie feminin die Arbeiten von Mendelssohn und Arthur Sullivan eigentlich seien. Eine führende Rolle spielte Shaw in der intellektuell-sozialistischen Fabian Society (Gesellschaft der Fabianer), die gesellschaftliche Veränderungen nicht revolutionär, sondern auf evolutionärem Weg anstrebte. Dort konnte er seine politischen Ideen als Vortragsredner verbreiten. Im Umkreis der Fabian Society lernte Shaw auch seine spätere Ehefrau Charlotte Payne-Townshend kennen, die er 1898 heiratete. Ferner war er einer der Urheber des Gründungsprogrammes der britischen Labourpartei. Shaw gilt auch als Mitbegründer der London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), in der auch heute noch die Shaw-Library seiner erinnert. Shaw nahm sein Leben lang aktiv am politischen Geschehen teil. Ab 1897 war er jahrelang Ratsmitglied im Bezirk St. Pancras in London. Am Beginn des Ersten Weltkriegs veröffentlichte er 1914 einen großen Artikel, in dem er England und Deutschland zu Verhandlungen aufrief und blinden Patriotismus kritisierte. In den 1930er-Jahren reiste er in die Sowjetunion; seine Werke wurden dort mit Hilfe Artemi Chalatows verlegt. 1895 wurde Shaw Theaterkritiker bei der „Saturday Review". Dies markierte einen ersten Schritt seines Lebenswerkes als Dramatiker. 1898 erschien sein erstes erfolgreiches Stück, „Candida". Mehrere Komödien schlossen sich dem an, wie „Der Teufelsschüler" (1897), „Arms and the Man" (1898), „Frau Warrens Beruf" (1898), „Captain Brassbound's Bekehrung" (1900), „Man and Superman" (1902), „Cäsar and Cleopatra" (1901), „Major Barbara" (1905) und „Androkolus und der Löwe" (1912). Das 1913 erschienene „Pygmalion" lieferte später die Grundlage zum Musical und Film My Fair Lady. Nach dem Ersten Weltkrieg schrieb er ernstere Dramen wie „Haus Herzenstod" (1919) und „Die Heilige Johanna" (1923). Shaw war bis ins hohe Alter von 90 Jahren als Autor tätig. In der letzten Schaffensperiode (1930–1949) schenkte er politischen Problemen immer mehr Aufmerksamkeit und ließ dabei phantastische und satirische Elemente verschmelzen. Als Vertreter des intellektuellen Theaters schuf Shaw einen neuen Dramentypus – das Diskussionsdrama, dessen Helden als Träger bestimmter Ideologien aufeinandertreffen. Das Hauptinteresse Shaws gilt nicht der Handlung, sondern dem Kampf der Meinungen, den Diskussionen über philosophische, moralische, politische Probleme, die seine Helden führen. Shaw greift oft zu satirischer Überspitzung und Groteske, seine Helden sind nicht selten exzentrisch. 1925 erhielt Shaw den Nobelpreis für ein Œuvre, das von Idealismus und Menschenliebe gekennzeichnet ist, für seine brillante Satire, die sich oft mit außergewöhnlicher poetischer Schönheit verbindet (Per Halstrøm). Eine Besonderheit von Shaws Publikationen sind die langen Vorworte. In diesen stellt er die in den Theaterstücken behandelten Themen und Probleme ausführlich dar, sodass die Vorworte oft länger sind als die Stücke selbst. Shaws Briefwechsel mit Stella Patrick Campbell wurde ebenfalls als Drama von Jerome Kilty mit dem Titel „DEAR LIAR: A Comedy of Letters" auf die Bühne gebracht. Seine Briefe an die berühmte Schauspielerin Ellen Terry sind ebenfalls veröffentlicht und als Theaterstück adaptiert worden. Noch vor seinem Tod war Shaws Name weit über die britischen Inseln hinaus bekannt. Aufgrund seines Ärgers über die englische Orthografie spendete er einen Teil seines Vermögens für die Schaffung eines neuen englischen phonetischen Alphabets, das im Zuge eines Wettbewerbs von Ronald Kingsley Read entworfen wurde und nach dessen Initiator „Shaw-Alphabet" (engl.: Shavian alphabet) genannt wird. Zu Lebzeiten gönnte sich Shaw als einzigen Ausdruck seines beträchtlichen Vermögens einen Rolls-Royce. Shaw ist der einzige Nobelpreisträger, der auch einen Oscar erhielt. Er erhielt den Oscar 1939 für das beste Drehbuch für die Verfilmung von Pygmalion. Aus wikipedia-George_Bernard_Shaw. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 200 Originalleinen. Vereinzelt Vokabelübersetzungen.

Seller: BOUQUINIST, München, BY, Germany

SHAW, George Bernard.. Saint Joan: a chronicle play in six scenes and an epilogue.. Constable & Co. 1924, 1924.

Price: US$14.30 + shipping

Description: Half title, final ad. leaf. Uncut in orig. olive green cloth; spine sl. dulled.

Seller: Jarndyce, The 19th Century Booksellers, London, United Kingdom

Bernard Shaw, George. Saint Joan: A Chronicle Play in Six Scenes and an Epilogue. Publisher: Constable and Company Ltd, London, 1924.

Price: US$16.11 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First Edition, sixth impression. 114 pages plus 2 pages of adverts, rough cut edges. Bound in Tan cloth with gilt title to spine. Size 12mo 7 1/8" x 5". Nice clean copy with no wear to the cover, a few pencil marks inside. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

Seller: Lazarus Books Limited, Blackpool, LANCS, United Kingdom

Shaw, George Bernard.. Saint Joan: A Chronicle Play in Six Scenes and an Epiloge.. London Constable & Co, 1924.

Price: US$20.01 + shipping

Description: LXIV, 114 S., 1 Bl. Leinenband der Zeit Erste Ausgabe. - Etwas gebräunt. Gewicht (Gramm): 266

Seller: Müller & Gräff e.K., Stuttgart, Germany

Shaw, George Bernard. Saint Joan: A Chronicle Play in Six Scenes and an Epilgoue. Constable plays of Bernard Shaw. Constable & Co Ltd, 1924.

Price: US$22.01 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Cover and edges shows shelf wear. Edges shows minor foxing. Former owner's name inside front cover and tanning. Pages are clean and intact.

Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.

SHAW, George Bernard.. Saint Joan: a chronicle play in six scenes and an epilogue.. Constable & Co. 1924, 1924.

Price: US$28.60 + shipping

Description: Half title, final ad. leaf. Uncut in orig. olive green cloth; spine sl. dulled. First edition in English.

Seller: Jarndyce, The 19th Century Booksellers, London, United Kingdom

SHAW, George Bernard.. Saint Joan: a chronicle play in six scenes and an epilogue.. Constable & Co. 1924, 1924.

Price: US$28.60 + shipping

Description: Half title, final ad. leaf. Uncut in orig. light green cloth; sl. dulled.

Seller: Jarndyce, The 19th Century Booksellers, London, United Kingdom

SHAW (George) Bernard. Saint Joan: A Chronicle Play in Six Scenes and an Epilogue. Constable & Co Ltd 1924, 1924.

Price: US$33.80 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: spine bumped, advertisement leaf, fore edge lightly spotted, a nice copy in dust jacket with pieces missing resulting in the loss of several letters. first edition; 114 pages; keywords: drama;

Seller: Tiger books, Canterbury, United Kingdom

Shaw, George Bernard.. Saint Joan: a Chronicle Play in Six Scenes and an Epilogue.. London: Constable., 1924.

Price: US$35.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: 12mo. 114 pp. Very Good, Mustard Cloth with sun-fading, edge wear; some staining on end papers; some shelf wear. Provenance: John Ruyle, his bookplate inside cover. Mylar Jacket. First Edition.

Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.

Shaw, Bernard. Saint Joan: A Chronicle Play In Six Scenes And An Epilogue. Constable and Company , Ltd., London, 1924.

Price: US$37.50 + shipping

Condition: Fair

Description: Book is cocked. Binding is mostly cracked in two places. Rear endpapers have damp staining to the upper edge and to the lower part of the spine margin. Doesn't penetrate to the inside. Endpapers are browned. Spine has three tiny spots by the title. ; Typed letter (carbon copy? ) signed by Sybil Thorndike is attached to the front free endpaper. Letter is on her personal letterhead (no address) with her business manager, etc. , folded, and dated 18 March, 1925. Shaw was said to have written Saint Joan with Thorndike in mind, and she starred in the production.

Seller: Willis Monie-Books, ABAA, Cooperstown, NY, U.S.A.

SHAW, George B.. Saint Joan. A chronicle play in six scenes and an epilogue.. London (Constable) 1924, 1924.

Price: US$49.24 + shipping

Description: Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 900

Seller: Versandantiquariat Rainer Wölfel, Wörthsee, Germany

Shaw, Bernard;. SAINT JOAN: A Chronicle Play in Six Scenes and an Epilogue;. Constable and Company, London,, 1924.

Price: US$90.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: pp., lxiv, 114,(2) publisher's adverts., toning to front free endpaper and rear free endpaper, small ink notation inside rear cover at bottom edge, small ink initials and date on front endpaper at top of page near spine Size: 12mo

Seller: Harry E Bagley Books Ltd, Fredericton, NB, Canada

Shaw, George Bernard.. 12 vols of dramatic works, Constable edition. Luxurious binding, printed on acid free paper. Various editions, bound in uniform half vellum, very decorative set.. London, Constable and Company 1921-1924., 1924.

Price: US$311.23 + shipping

Description: Uniforme, braune Halbmaroquinbände mit 2 Rückenschildchen, Kopfgoldschnitt. Ecken teilw. etwas berieben, im Ganzen gut erhalten und sehr dekorativ Cashel Byron`s Profession, The Adimarable Bashville, Essay on Modern Pricefighting - Heartbrake House, Grat Catherine, Playlets of the War - John Bull`s Other Island and Major Barbara - Back to Methuselah - Three Plays for Puritans - Androclus and the Lion, Overrules, Pygmalion - Plays: The three Unpleasant Plays - Plays: The for Pleasant Plays - Saint Joan - The Doctor`s Dilemma, Getting Married & The Shewing-up of Blanco Posnet - Misalliance, The Dark Lady of the Sonnets, and Fanny`s First Play. - Man and Superman. A Comedy and a Philosophy

Seller: Antiquariat Löcker, Wien, Austria

SHAW, George Bernard and Charles Ricketts. Saint Joan: A Chronicle Play in Six Scenes and an Epilogue. With Sketches by C. Ricketts. Constable and Co. Ltd, London, 1924.

Price: US$400.00 + shipping

Condition: Fair

Description: First edition thus, with illustrations by Charles Ricketts. Folio. Buckram and papercovered boards, paper spine label. Spine largely detached and partially lacking, thus a fair only copy (internally fine) lacking the dustwrapper. One of 750 copies.

Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.

[illus. RICKETTS, Charles] SHAW, George Bernard. Saint Joan : A Chronicle Play in Six Scenes, with Illiustrations by Charles Ricketts. Constable & Co, London, 1924.

Price: US$455.06 + shipping

Description: Folio, pp. 183. Buckram papered and patterned three-quarter boards, label to cloth spine. Printed on handmade paper. Some historical water staining to cloth of spine, fading to boards, and wear to corners and spine ends. A very good copy, lacking the dustwrapper. 16 colour plates by Charles Ricketts tipped in. First edition. One of 750 unnumbered copies.

Seller: Neil Pearson Rare Books, London, United Kingdom

George Bernard Shaw. Saint Joan: A Chronicle Play. London: Constable and Co., 1924.

Price: US$520.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Second impression stated. Boards show a touch of wear to corners and spine ends; binding tight; pages clean with a few faint foxing spots to first and last pages. Unclipped dust jacket is complete with some faint staining and spine sunning, with wear to spine ends and corners. Inscribed on half-title page: 'For Ella Matthews/ Bernard Shaw/ Strathpeffer/ 11th Aug. 1924.' Shaw spent time in Strathpeffer, Scotland, in 1924 for lectures and dramatic performance, speaking at the historic Strathpeffer Spa Pavilion. 5 x 7-1/8". 114 pages + 2 pages of publisher's ads. U.S. buyers, please contact me for a possible discount!

Seller: Washington Square Autographed Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.

SHAW, (GEORGE) BERNARD. Saint Joan. Constable & Co, London, 1924.

Price: US$1500.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Large and lovely folio production. From an un-numbered limited edition of 750 copies. With stage settings and sketches by C. Ricketts. This copy inscribed, signed and dated by Shaw at the half-title. The book is one quarter cloth at the spine with the remainder being paper on boards. The paper spine label is perfect. The complete jacket shows moderate edge-wear on the front panel which is illustrated but still remains quite nice. The rear panel is plain buff paper but has a larger piece missing, 6 inches wide and two inches tall, along the bottom edge near the fore-edge. A very impressive copy, scarce in any condition, but signed by Shaw and with an acceptable dust jacket, very rare. Near Fine / Good.

Seller: First Place Books - ABAA, ILAB, Walkersville, MD, U.S.A.

SHAW, George Bernard. RICKETTS, Charles (illustrates).. Saint Joan - A Chronicle Play in Six Scenes and an Epilogue.. Constable, London., 1924.

Price: US$1625.21 + shipping

Description: First edition. Folio. pp [vi], 183. 16 tipped-in colour plates by Charles Ricketts. One of 750 copies printed on hand-made paper. Designer binding by Gisele Aron executed by Zaehnsdorf probably in the 1950's: full cream and tan calf tooled in gilt and in blind, the title in red morocco inlaid on upper cover. Top edge gilt. Silk-covered endpapers, followed by another set of endpapers with a fleur-de-lys design.Most of the plates are creased at the bottom left corner, but only a couple of them significantly so. This seems to be a common problem with this book - we've never seen a copy where the plates haven't been affected in this way. Spine a little scuffed and tanned. Slight spotting to the prelims. Very good indeed in black buckram slipcase.

Seller: Peter Ellis, Bookseller, ABA, ILAB, London, United Kingdom

George Bernard Shaw. Saint Joan. Constable and Company, London, 1924.

Price: US$3250.42 + shipping

Description: A fantastic first edition copy of George Bernard Shaw's play regarding Joan of Arc. Signed by the star of the play, Sybil Thorndike. Signed by many notable figures such as: Sybil Thorndike, the British actress who 'Saint Joan' was written especially for; Prime Minister James Ramsay Macdonald; Philip Snowdon, Chancellor of the Exchequer; Morgan Jones, Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education; Arthur Henderson, Home Secretary.These signatures are to a dedication plate tipped in to the front endpaper, 'To J D Morgan, in friendship, with the best of good wishes from. Cardiff: December 1924.' There are thirty-five names signed to the dedication plate, most likely with association to Macdonald's ministry and the Labour Party.The signature of Sybil Thorndike is below the date on the dedication plate, insinuating this was signed afterwards.A fantastic copy of this play. Limited print run of 750 copies on handmade paper. In the publisher's original quarter cloth binding. With light shelfwear to the extremities and minor bumping to the head and tail of spine. Very Good Indeed

Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom