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Shaw, Bernard.. The Apple Cart: A Political Extravaganza.. Constable & Co Ltd., London., 1930.
Price: US$3.85 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: xxix, 78pp, owners inscription. Original light green cloth. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Seller: N. G. Lawrie Books, sheffield, United Kingdom
Shaw, Bernard. The Apple Cart: a Political Extravaganza.. Constable and Co., London, 1930.
Price: US$6.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Bookplate of W. Russell Maltby, noted Englsh clergyman.
Seller: Willis Monie-Books, ABAA, Cooperstown, NY, U.S.A.
Shaw, George Bernard.. THE APPLE CART.. 1930 First edition, Constable., 1930.
Price: US$6.41 + shipping
Description: 78pp. Very good in darkening dw.
Seller: Verandah Books, Sherborne, United Kingdom
George Bernard Shaw. The Apple Cart: A Political Extravaganza. Constable & Company, 1930.
Price: US$7.98 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description:
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
SHAW, George Bernard. The Apple Cart: a Political Extravaganza. Constable and Company, London, 1930.
Price: US$8.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Early edition of the celebrated play by George Bernard Shaw. 78pp. Bright, clean, unmarked interior. Slight foxing to endpapers. Tight, square binding, no wear to cloth. Weight, 212g. Size: 18cm Tall
Seller: Antiquarius Booksellers, Falkland, BC, Canada
Bernard Shaw (George). The Apple Cart: A Political Extravaganza. Constable, London, 1930.
Price: US$8.98 + shipping
Description: First Edition. 8vo. Grey cloth with gilt titles. 78 pp. Gift inscr. to ffep, otherwise near fine condition. VG+
Seller: Wheeler's Bookshop, Midhurst, West Sussex, United Kingdom
George Bernard Shaw. The Apple Cart. Constables & Co, 1930.
Price: US$9.63 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Ex libris, but doesn't detract. Lovely rough cut book of the play. Very clean, bright and tight. Please contact us for pictures and/or further details – only too pleased to help!
Seller: A Book Is Forever, Pershore, United Kingdom
Shaw, George Bernard. The Apple Cart. Constable, 1930.
Price: US$10.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: In light green cloth. No jacket.
Seller: Jay W. Nelson, Bookseller, IOBA, Austin, MN, U.S.A.
Shaw, George Bernard. The Apple Cart. Constable plays of Bernard Shaw. Constable & Co, London, 1930.
Price: US$11.54 + shipping
Description: 180mm x 120mm (7" x 5"). xxix, 78pp. G: in good condition without dust jacket Sage green hardback cloth cover
Seller: Barter Books Ltd, Alnwick, NORTH, United Kingdom
Shaw, George Bernard. The Apple Cart. Constable plays of Bernard Shaw. Constable & Co, 1930.
Price: US$11.54 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: FIRST EDITION with dust jacket - rare and collectable - will send out 1 st class post
Seller: The Guru Bookshop, Hereford, United Kingdom
Shaw, George Bernard. The Apple Cart : A Political Extravaganza. Constable & Company, London, 1930.
Price: US$12.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st printnig; dj w/moderate chipping, unclipped price, in mylar; 78 clean, unmarked pages (some uncut) Size: 12 vo
Seller: Dorley House Books, Inc., Hagerstown, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$12.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall (small). Original light green cloth (minor wear; spine slightly cocked; ink inscription; minor foxing). xxix, [1], 78 pages. Complete 2-act socio-political play, plus Shaw's 24-page preface.
Seller: Arundel Books, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
Shaw, George Bernard. The Apple Cart: a Political Extravaganza. Constable, 1930.
Price: US$12.83 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1960 Constable hardback 1st edition 1st impression cloth boards very good clean tight copy - no dustjacket
Seller: MacKellar Art & Books, Bournemouth, United Kingdom
Shaw, Bernard,. THE APPLE CART: a political extravaganza,. Constable and Co Ltd, London, 1930.
Price: US$12.83 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: xxix, 78pp., original green cloth, gilt ( lacks d.j.). First performed in Warsaw, 1929. Size: small 8vo
Seller: THOMAS RARE BOOKS, Yaxley, SUFFOLK, United Kingdom
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Small chips, short tears, holes, few small nicks, slight stains, creases, rubbing and browning to jacket (chiefly at edges); slight internal browning to edges and endpapers. xxix, [1], 78 pages. Complete 2-act socio-political play, plus Shaw's 24-page preface.
Seller: Arundel Books, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
George Bernard Shaw. The Apple Cart: A Political Extravaganza. Constable & Company, 1930.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: ***please read*** no marks on text - name inside cover - My shelf location - we-h-6*
Seller: MyLibraryMarket, Waynesville, OH, U.S.A.
George Bernard Shaw. The Apple Cart: A Political Extravaganza. Constable & Company, 1930.
Price: US$15.97 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: SHIPS FROM USA. Used books have different signs of use and do not include supplemental materials such as CDs, Dvds, Access Codes, charts or any other extra material. All used books might have various degrees of writing, highliting and wear and tear and possibly be an ex-library with the usual stickers and stamps. Dust Jackets are not guaranteed and when still present, they will have various degrees of tear and damage. All images are Stock Photos, not of the actual item.
Seller: Irish Booksellers, Portland, ME, U.S.A.
Shaw, Bernard. The Apple Cart - A Political Extravaganza. Constable and Company Ltd., London, 1930.
Price: US$16.54 + shipping
Description: Gutes Exemplar ohne Schutzumschlag. Ein paar kleine Anstreichungen am Rande des Textblocks (mit Bleistift), am hinteren Deckel ein Fleck, ansonsten gut. Tadellose Bindung, gerader Buchblock. 78 Seiten. In englischer Sprache. - (Bankverbindungen in Österreich und Deutschland) Size: Klein-Oktav (bis 18,5 cm)
Seller: Antiquariat Birgit Gerl, Gars am Kamp, Austria
Price: US$16.94 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description:
Seller: Pelican Bay Books, Anacortes, WA, U.S.A.
Shaw, George Bernard. THE APPLE CART: A POLITICAL EXTRAVAGANZA. Constable, 1930.
Price: US$17.40 + shipping
Description: THE APPLE CART: A POLITICAL EXTRAVAGANZA, Constable, 1930, lst ed., fine in a dust-wrapper missing most of the dust-wrapper spine.
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$17.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First [English-language] edition. 8vo. Original green cloth stamped in gilt on the spine. Very good. 77 pages. No dust jacket. No signatures or bookplates.
Seller: Houle Rare Books/Autographs/ABAA/PADA, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.
Shaw,George Bernard.. The Apple Cart.. Constable,London 1930., 1930.
Price: US$17.96 + shipping
Description: First Edition,A Political Extravaganza.Green cloth with gold lettering,Very good book ,no d/w.
Seller: Jacques Gander, Fairford, United Kingdom
Price: US$18.80 + shipping
Description: Green cloth. Laurence A195b. First English Separate Edition. Both flaps and the rear panel of the dustwrapper present. Largely unopened. Fine with remnants of the dustwrapper laid in
Seller: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.
Shaw, [George] Bernard. The Apple Cart: a Political Extravaganza. Constable, 1930.
Price: US$19.24 + shipping
Description: 175 x 120mm, fine greyish yellow cloth, spine lettered in gilt, pp.xxx, 80. Dustwrapper has neat internal repairs. Newspaper photograph of Shaw loosely inserted.
Seller: Cameron House Books, Freshwater Bay, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom
Price: US$19.49 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Good condition. Dust jacket shelf wear and tearing. Clean inside.
Seller: GridFreed, North Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Description: ***First edition*** Rough cut edges. General use wear, surface and edges rubbed. Corners bumped and show wear. Pages show reader wear. Discoloring to spine and edges from sun exposure. Yellowing to pages. Crisp clean pages. Tight binding. Stock photos may not look exactly like the book.
Seller: The Book Garden, Bountiful, UT, U.S.A.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Description: [First edition]. Original apple green cloth; endpapers and edges lightly foxed; covers very faintly sunned at edges; corners slightly bumped. Plain grey-brown dust jacket evenly browned; a few closed edge tears and a couple tiny chips; a few small marks on front panel. Near fine.
Seller: Wilfrid M. de Freitas - Bookseller, ABAC, Montreal, QC, Canada
Price: US$23.09 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Constable & Company Ltd., London, 1930. 1st Edition . Very Good/Fair. 8vo, green cloth with gilt titles on spine, accompanying dust jacket has a few marks & rip to spine (see picture). Xxix + 78pp. Ex reference library with a single stamp on front pastedown & endpaper. No other obvious library markings. previous owner's name & contemporary date on front endpaper. The inner book is generally in very good condition with very occasional faint foxing.
Seller: Bird's Books, Edinburgh, SCOTL, United Kingdom
SHAW GEORGE BERNARD. THE APPLE CART: A POLITICAL EXTRAVAGANZA. CONSTABLE FIRST EDITION 1930, 1930.
Price: US$23.39 + shipping
Description: HB KHAKI CLOTH GIFT INSCRIPTION FROM 19131 VERY GOODPP78 8V0 First performed in Poland, then England in 1929
Seller: Badger Books, Woollahra, NSW, Australia
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Description: First edition of this classic play by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition. The Apple Cart: A Political Extravaganza is a play by George Bernard Shaw. It is a satirical comedy about several political philosophies which are expounded by the characters, often in lengthy monologues. The plot follows the fictional English King Magnus as he spars with, and ultimately outwits, Prime Minister Proteus and his cabinet, who seek to strip the monarchy of its remaining political influence. Magnus opposes the corporation "Breakages, Limited", which controls politicians and impedes technical progress.
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Description: Green cloth. Laurence A195b. First English Separate Edition. Near Fine, lacking the dustwrapper
Seller: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.
SHAW, George Bernard. APPLE CART: A Political Extravaganza. , 1930.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Description: SHAW, George Bernard. THE APPLE-CART: A Political Extravaganza. London: Constable: 1930. First edition in English (Preceded by a German edition). Small 8vo., green cloth. Ink ownership. A very good copy with some minimal bumps to the edges, and a touch of sun. In a much chipped, darkened dust jacket, lacking approximately half the spine.
Seller: Boston Book Company, Inc. ABAA, Boston, MA, U.S.A.
Shaw, ( George) Bernard Shaw. THE APPLE CART: a Political Extravaganza. Constable, London., 1930.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition. A NEAR FINE book. Grey-green covers stamped in gilt; small discoloration at foot of spine and verso of jacket.Oxford bookseller's tiny label at foot of front pastedown. VG+ jacket tanned at spine; two small chips to rear panel. Price -clipped. Binding and hinges tight.
Seller: THE USUAL SUSPECTS (IOBA), St. Catharines, ON, Canada
Shaw, George Bernard. The Apple Cart: A Political Extravangza. London; Constable;, 1930.
Price: US$25.66 + shipping
Description: First edition, first printing thus. Very good in green/brown cloth with some foxing. Dustjacket is present, but is brittle and in two parts with half the spine absent.
Seller: timkcbooks (Member of Booksellers Association), Penzance, United Kingdom
Price: US$25.95 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1930 Constable hardcover, VG/NO DJ, light green cloth with gold lettering on spine, no dustjacket, spine has mild cock, sound binding, rear bottom corner bumped, previous owner's inscription on endpaper, no other markings found.
Seller: The Oregon Room - Well described books!, Phoenix, OR, U.S.A.
SHAW (George) Bernard. The Apple Cart: A Political Extravaganza. Constable & Co 1930, 1930.
Price: US$28.22 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: fore edge spotted, unopened, very good in dust jacket with sunned spine. first edition; 78 pages; keywords: drama;
Seller: Tiger books, Canterbury, United Kingdom
SHAW, George Bernard.. The Apple Cart: a political extravaganza.. Constable & Co. 1930, 1930.
Price: US$28.22 + shipping
Description: FIRST EDITION. Half title. Orig. olive green cloth. v.g. First performed in Polish in Warsaw in 1929, this is the first English edition.
Seller: Jarndyce, The 19th Century Booksellers, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$28.73 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: In olive green cloth boards which look as new with no discernable flaws. Unclipped dust jacket has a little edge wear and fading with a small amount of edge loss but is still very presentable. End papers are lightly toned. Internally this is excellent; indeed, many of the untrimmed pages are still uncut (ie still attached down the fore edge). A wonderful copy!
Seller: M RICHARDSON RARE BOOKS (PBFA Member), Ashby cum Fenby, NE Lincolnshire, LINCS, United Kingdom
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: London, Constable and Company, 1930. First [English-language] edition. 8vo. Dust jacket (unclipped; small chips). Very good. 77 pages. No signatures or bookplates.
Seller: Houle Rare Books/Autographs/ABAA/PADA, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.
SHAW, BERNARD.. The Apple Cart: a Political Extravaganza.. London. Constable. 1930., 1930.
Price: US$31.97 + shipping
Description: Cloth. xxix+78pp. Covers slightly scuffed. Internal hinge split. Name on Endpaper. Good.
Seller: Worpsweder Antiquariat, Worpswede, Germany
Shaw,George Bernard.. The Apple Cart.. Constable,London 1930., 1930.
Price: US$32.07 + shipping
Description: First Edition,A Political Extravaganza.Green cloth with gold lettering,Very good book in a plain buff dustwrapper with green titles.The paper used on the wrappers is particularily brittle and prone to chipping and splitting.This wrapper has split along one side of the spine at the fold and has been internally repaired and the split is not visible,there are also some chips to the edges.generally good.
Seller: Jacques Gander, Fairford, United Kingdom
Shaw, George Bernard.. THE APPLE CART: A POLITICAL EXTRAVAGANZA.. (London: Constable, 1930)., 1930.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Description: Slim 8vo, original cloth, tattered and broken dust jacket, 78pp. First Edition. Very Good copy.
Seller: Steve Finer - Rare Books, Greenfield, MA, U.S.A.
Shaw, George Bernard.. The Apple Cart: a Political Extravaganza.. London: Constable., 1930.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 12mo. 78 pp. Very Good, Mustard Cloth with sun-fading, edge wear; some shelf wear. Provenance: John Ruyle, his bookplate inside cover. First Edition.
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$37.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First [English-language] edition. 8vo. Dust jacket (unclipped; chip on spine). Very good. 77 pages. No signatures or bookplates.
Seller: Houle Rare Books/Autographs/ABAA/PADA, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.
(george) Bernard Shaw. The Apple Cart: a Political Extravaganza. Constable and Co, 1930.
Price: US$38.48 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: edges of pages rough cut part of dustjacket missing
Seller: hen lyfrau nhad, Mundford, NORFO, United Kingdom
SHAW, BERNARD.. The Apple Cart: A Political Extravaganza.. London. Constable. 1930., 1930.
Price: US$42.99 + shipping
Description: Cloth. Dustwrapper little scuffed. xxix+78pp. Some internal browning. Very Good.
Seller: Worpsweder Antiquariat, Worpswede, Germany
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Description: [First edition]. A fine copy in original apple green cloth and plain grey-brown dust jacket printed in dark green. As nice a copy as one could hope for! While by no means a scarce title, it is not often found in this unusually fine condition.
Seller: Wilfrid M. de Freitas - Bookseller, ABAC, Montreal, QC, Canada
Price: US$45.24 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: The first edition. Hardcover, in dust jacket. Jacket shows moderate handling and edge-wear, with some chipping loss to extremities. Old owner's name to front endpaper. Otherwise clean, tight and unmarked. Very neat -- a sound and handsome copy. Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
Seller: CARDINAL BOOKS ~~ ABAC/ILAB, London -- Birr, ON, Canada
Shaw, George Bernard. THE APPLE CART: A POLITICAL EXTRAVAGANZA. Constable, 1930.
Price: US$52.20 + shipping
Description: THE APPLE CART: A POLITICAL EXTRAVAGANZA, Constable, 1930, first edition, fine in just about fine dust-wrapper.
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
Shaw, George Bernard. The Apple Cart - A Political Extravagazna. London: Constable & Company, 1930.
Price: US$53.88 + shipping
Description: caramel cloth, very good condition, the play first performed in 1929 at the Malvern Festival by Sir Barry Jackson. Previous owners name, 78pp., first edition.
Seller: Theatreshire Books, Dacre, NYK, United Kingdom
Bernard Shaw. The Apple Cart: A Political Extravaganza. Constable and Company Ltd., London, 1930.
Price: US$62.86 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The first edition of this satirical comedy play by the well renowned playwright George Bernard Shaw. First edition of The Apple Cart: A Political Extravaganza by Bernard Shaw in the original publisher's cloth binding and unclipped dust wrapper.A satirical comedy about political philosophies which are represented by the characters. It was unexpectedly popular and widely considered conservative, anti-democratic and monarchist, appealing to contemporary audiences.George Bernard Shaw was an Irish playwright and political activist and had a large influence on Western theatre and culture.Prior owner's book plate to the first pastedown. In the original publisher's cloth binding and unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, smart. There is some wear to the dust wrapper, including some tears and creases to the extremities and age toning. There is some loss to the tail of the spine. The dust wrapper has been repaired to the spine. To the binding, there is some minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Prior owner's book plate to the first pastedown.Internally, firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean with the occasional spot and light age toning. Very Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Shaw, George Bernard. The Apple Cart: a Political Extravaganza. Constable and Company, London, 1930.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: The first British edition, published by Constable and Company in 1930. A nice copy in dust jacket. The book is near fine with diminutive previous owners name written to the endpaper. Dust jacket near fine with some tiny edge nicks and a bit of toning to the spine. On the upper rear panel there is a single quarter inch tear.
Seller: The Reluctant Bookseller, Albany, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: London: Constable and Company Ltd., 1930. 1930. Very good. - Octavo, light green cloth titled in gilt on the spine in its original printed light gray dust wrapper. The dust jacket's spine is soiled and there are a few tiny chips to the edges. 78 pages. There is some minor occasional scattered foxing. Very good. First separate edition.
Seller: Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd., Cadyville, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First [English-language] edition. 8vo. Dust jacket (price clipped; tiny nick). Very good-fine, fresh copy. No signatures or bookplates. 77 pages.
Seller: Houle Rare Books/Autographs/ABAA/PADA, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.
Shaw, George Bernard. THE APPLE CART. A Political Extravaganza. Constable and Company, London, 1930.
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition of the first separate English edition. Small 8vo. 78 pp. A fine copy in green cloth, gilt titles to the spine in a bright, fresh example of the dustwrapper showing a bit of fading to the upper margin of the front cover. A very nice copy.
Seller: TBCL The Book Collector's Library, Montreal, QC, Canada
SHAW, George Bernard. The Apple Cart: a Political Extravaganza. London: Constable and Company, 1930.
Price: US$96.21 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: FIRST EDITION. Small 8vo; xxix, 78 pp. Internally unmarked; pages untrimmed; slight browning and minor foxing throughout. Original pale green cloth boards; gilt lettering on spine. With original paper DJ with green lettering on cover and spine; DJ badly torn and toned. Overall, a very good copy.
Seller: Symonds Rare Books Ltd, London, United Kingdom
Shaw, George Bernard. THE APPLE CART. Constable & Company Ltd, London, 1930.
Price: US$148.27 + shipping
Description: Very Good in boards. ; ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$148.27 + shipping
Description: Very Good in boards.; 16mo 6" - 7" tall.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
Shaw, George Bernard. The Apple Cart: a Political Extravaganza. Constable and Company, London, 1930.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: A comedy about royalists and democrats and featuring a lengthy preface by Shaw explaining the background to the play. He then veers off into a discussion of the current political scene in Britain. 12mo., xxix, 78 pages. A Very Good copy, with numerous pages unopened, in a Very Good dust jacket that has a darkened spine, a light pencil note to the front flap, one small tape repair to the verso, and one minuscule tear to top edge of front panel.
Seller: Le Bookiniste, ABAA-ILAB-IOBA, Hopewell, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$448.97 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition 1930. Presentation copy on the half title as follows: "To George Cornwallis-West from George Bernard Shaw, 25th Dec. 1930. You will appreciate the interlude. We are initiates". George Cornwallis-West was married to Mrs Patrick Cambell for whom the role of Orinthia was written in The Apple Cart. Underneath the presentation from Shaw is a note as follows: "Bequeathed to me by George Cornwallis-West, April 1951, Given by me to Christopher Waugh, 30th Jan. 1975, Eileen O. Welsh" (difficult to read). The book has the Ex Libris plate of George Cornwallis-West inside the front cover. Uncut page edges foxed. Small dent to the edge of the spine, else very good. Most of the dustwrapper is loosely inserted inside front and back covers. A most interesting presentation copy. 78 p.
Seller: James Hine, Ilminster, SOMER, United Kingdom
SHAW, [George] Bernard. The Apple Cart: A Political Extravaganza. Constable, London, 1930.
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 12mo, 77pp. A fine, fresh, unread copy in the publisher's light green cloth. In a very good example of the impossibly brittle dust jacket, split very neatly atthe front outer joint and repaired with archival tape on the verso. Some toning to extremities, and a few tiny chips, but presenting nicely. This copy SIGNED and INSCRIBED by Shaw on the half-title page, and scarce thus: "Inscribed to M. [Mr.] George R. Bolton, G. Bernard Shaw Letchworth 16th May 1931." Letchworth Garden City, just a dozen miles from Shaw's home in Ayot St. Lawrence, was a magnet for Shaw and a number of other pacifists and socialist-oriented writers, such as George Orwell. Some Google sleuthing indicates that a George R. Bolton was a working librarian at the time of this inscription in the town of Watford, quite close to both Letchworth and Ayot St. Lawrence. "The Apple Cart" is considered by many critics to be among Shaw's last great works; in some ways a departure from his Fabian politics, being a slightly reactionary monarchist critique of some of the more lurid aspects of democratic political institutions.
Seller: Cleveland Book Company, ABAA, Rocky River, OH, U.S.A.
Price: US$1850.00 + shipping
Description: First edition of this classic play by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author at his home on the half-title page, "Ayot St Lawrence 5th Oct. 1934 Dear Dr. Shaw This afternoon is impossible: as you see, I am out of reach. I shall be in London tomorrow. If you ring up Whitehall 3160 my secretary may be able to fix up a meeting for us. faithfully G. Bernard Shaw.' Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. The Apple Cart: A Political Extravaganza is a play by George Bernard Shaw. It is a satirical comedy about several political philosophies which are expounded by the characters, often in lengthy monologues. The plot follows the fictional English King Magnus as he spars with, and ultimately outwits, Prime Minister Proteus and his cabinet, who seek to strip the monarchy of its remaining political influence. Magnus opposes the corporation "Breakages, Limited", which controls politicians and impedes technical progress.
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
George Bernard Shaw. The Works of Bernard Shaw. Constable and Co., London, 1930.
Price: US$1892.07 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: An excellent collection of the complete thirty three volume limited edition works of noted Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw, presented in the uncommon dustwrapper. Limited edition of one thousand and twenty five copies of which this is number six hundred and forty four. A complete set of all thirty three volumes, all presented in their original scarce unclipped dustwrappers. Contains: Volume I- Immaturity Volume II- The Irrational Knot Volume III- Love Among The Artists Volume IV- Cashel Byron's Profession Volume V- An Unsocial Socialist Volume VI- Short Stories Scraps & Shavings Volume VII- Plays Pleasant and Unpleasant: The First Volume Volume VIII- Plays Pleasant and Unpleasant: The Second Volume Volume IX- Three Plays For Puritans Volume X- Man and Superman Volume XI- John Bull's Other Island; How He Lied To Her Husband; Major Barbara Volume XII- The Doctor's Dilemma; Getting Married; The Shewing-Up Of Blanco Posnet Volume XIII- Misalliance; The Dark Lady Of The Sonnets; Fanny's First Play Volume XIV- Androcles and The Lion; Overruled; Pygmalion Volume XV- Heartbreak House; Great Catherine; Playlets Of The War Volume XVI- Back To Methuselah Volume XVII- Saint Joan; The Apple Cart Volume XVIII- Translations and Tomfooleries Volume XIX- Major Critical Essays Volume XX- The Intelligent Woman's Guide To Socialism and Capitalism Volume XXI- What I Really Wrote About The War Volume XXII- Doctor's Delusions; Crude Criminology; Sham Education Volume XXIII- Our Theatres In The Nineties (Vol 1.) Volume XXIV- Our Theatres In The Nineties (Vol 2.) Volume XXV- Our Theatres In The Nineties (Vol 3.) Volume XXVI- Music in London (Vol 1.) Volume XXVII- Music in London (Vol 2.) Volume XXVIII- Music in London (Vol 3.) Volume XXIX- Pen Portraits and Reviews Volume XXX- Essays in Fabian Socialism Volume XXXI- Too True To Be Good; Village Wooing; On The Rocks Volume XXXII- The Simpleton of The Unexpected Isles; The Six of Calais; The Millionairess Volume XXXIII- London Music in 1888-89 George Bernard Shaw was a notable Irish playwright, critic and political activist, who wrote more than sixty plays in his lifetime, notably Man and Superman, Pygmalion and Saint Joan, all of which are included in this comprehensive set of his works. In 1925 Shaw was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature and was considered the leading dramatist of his generation, using his plays as a way of incorporating his views on political, social and religious ideas. The work is an exceptional example of the complete limited edition collection of the works of Shaw, all of which are presented in their original unclipped dustwrappers. The set includes not only the dramatic works for which Shaw is perhaps best known, but also a range of his non-fiction writings, many of which hugely influenced the more well-known dramatic work. In the original green cloth binding in the original unclipped dustwrappers. Externally in excellent condition with minor shelfwear only. Slight offsetting to endpapers. Dustwrappers are unclipped. Dustwrappers are very smart with slight chipping and the odd closed tear to the extremities and the head and tail of the spine. Slight sunning to the spine of the wraps. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with just the very occasional spot and very marginal age toning. Fine
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom