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George Bernard Shaw. Translations and Tomfooleries. Constable and Company, 1926.

Price: US$6.39 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Constable and Company Ltd. 1926 First edition. Very good+ About half the volume is devoted to "Jitta's Atonement," Shaw's translation of Siegfried Trebitsch's play "Frau Gitta's Suhne." The second section, "Trifles and Tomfooleries," consists of six shorter dramatic pieces by Shaw: "The Admirable Bashville; or, Constancy Rewarded"; "Press Cuttings; a topical sketch compiled from the editorial and correspondence columns of the daily papers during the Women's War in 1909"; "The Glimpse of Reality; a tragedietta"; "Passion, Poison, and Petrifaction; or, The Fatal Gazogene; a brief tragedy for barns and booths"; "The Fascinating Foundling; a disgrace to the author"; and "The Music-Cure; a piece of utter UK dealer, immediate dispatch

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

Shaw, George Bernard. Translations and Tomfooleries. Constable plays of Bernard Shaw. Constable & Co Ltd, London, 1926.

Price: US$13.13 + shipping

Description: 180mm x 110mm (7" x 4"). vi, 246pp. G : in Good condition without dust jacket

Seller: Barter Books Ltd, Alnwick, NORTH, United Kingdom

Shaw, George Bernard. Translations and Tomfooleries. Constable plays of Bernard Shaw. Constable & Co Ltd, 1926.

Price: US$13.66 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: A hardback First Edition (1st Imp.) in Good to Very Good condition, a few pencil notes to 'Contents' page. No dustjacket. This book is in stock now, in our UK premises. Photos of our books are available on request (dustjacket and cover illustrations vary, and unless the image accompanying the listing is marked 'Bookseller Image', it is an Abebooks Stock Image, NOT our own). Overseas buyers please also note that shipping rates apply to packets of 750g and under, and should the packed weight of an item exceed this we reserve the right to ship via 'Economy', or request extra postage prior to fulfilling the order, or cancel.

Seller: Jenhams Books, Dundee, United Kingdom

(George) Bernard Shaw. Translations and Tomfooleries. Constable and Company Ltd., London, 1926.

Price: US$16.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Bound in light moss green cloth with gilt spine lettering, clean and bright and unmarked, light age toning to endpapers from acidic dust jacket leaves, "FIRST IMPRESSION" stated on copyright page; dust jacket is in 2 pieces and includes only the back cover and both flaps

Seller: Stony Hill Books, Madison, WI, U.S.A.

Shaw, George Bernard. Translations and Tomfooleries. Constable plays of Bernard Shaw. Constable & Co Ltd, London, 1926.

Price: US$17.17 + shipping

Description: 180mm x 110mm (7" x 4"). vi, 246pp. G : in Good condition without dust jacket

Seller: Barter Books Ltd, Alnwick, NORTH, United Kingdom

SHAW, George Bernard. Translations and Tomfoolereies. Constable, London, 1926.

Price: US$19.50 + shipping

Description: The book is bright and firm , evidently seldom read, a little spotting to the edges of the textblock. The dj is reasonably bright and complete, but split between front panel and spine, whole held together by the protector. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

Seller: LONGLAND BOOKS, Totteridge, LDN, United Kingdom

SHAW, George Bernard.. Translations and Tomfooleries.. London, Constable and Company, 1926., 1926.

Price: US$22.50 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First edition. 8vo. Original gilt stamped green cloth, uncut (leaning; light soiling). Very good. 246 pages + 2 pages of other George Bernard Shaw's books. No dust jacket. No signatures or bookplates.

Seller: Houle Rare Books/Autographs/ABAA/PADA, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.

Shaw, George Bernard.. Translations and Tomfooleries.. London: Constable, 1926., 1926.

Price: US$25.00 + shipping

Description: First edition. Original apple green cloth, gilt-lettered on spine, fine and bright, with only minor edge foxing and tanning of endpapers where not in contact with dust jacket; ink number on front endpaper. Top 2" of dust jacket spine lacking, and internally reinforced at spine with archival tape, otherwise jacket is clean and intact.

Seller: Wilfrid M. de Freitas - Bookseller, ABAC, Montreal, QC, Canada

Bernard Shaw. Translations and Tomfooleries. Constable & Company Limited, London., 1926.

Price: US$26.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Translations and Tomfooleries, by Bernard Shaw. At the time of listing, we have a number of interesting works by George Bernard Shaw. Please see other related listings for details. Published by Constable & Company Limited, London. Stated first edition, first impression, 1926. Printed by R. & R. Clark, Edinburgh. A very good green cloth hardback with gilt titles to spine. Light bumping to extremities and slight skew to spine. With presentation inscription to first free endpaper and additional separate note. Offsetting to endpapers. Text is very good - bright and clean throughout. Dust toning to top edge. Some rough cutting to vertical and lower edges, as issued. Text in English. v + 246pp + 2pp advertisements. Dimensions: approx 181mm high x 134mm wide x 26mm deep. Weight: approximately 352g (unpacked).

Seller: Lanna Antique, Perth, United Kingdom

SHAW, [George] Bernard. Translations and Tomfooleries. Constable and Company, London, 1926.

Price: US$30.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First English trade edition. 246pp. Endpapers with modest offsetting, a few pages lightly foxed, very good in a spine-tanned good only dust jacket with a large and a small chip at middle of spine (not affecting lettering), a 2" thin chip at top of rear panel (slightly affecting text), slight edgewear and two internal tape reinforcements.

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

Shaw, [George] Bernard. TRANSLATIONS AND TOMFOOLERIES. Constable & Company Ltd., London, 1926.

Price: US$35.00 + shipping

Description: Octavo, original sea green cloth stamped in gold, fore and bottom edges untrimmed. First British trade edition. Seven plays, minor works by a major writer. Shaw is perhaps the greatest British dramatist since Shakespeare. Laurence A177b. A tight, clean, very good copy. (#128961)

Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.

Shaw, George Bernard.. Translations And Tomfooleries.. London: Constable., 1926.

Price: US$35.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: 12mo. 246 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.

SHAW (George) Bernard. Translations and Tomfooleries. Constable & Co Ltd 1926, 1926.

Price: US$39.01 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: spine bumped, advertisement leaf, unopened, very good in dust jacket. first edition; 246 pages; keywords: drama;

Seller: Tiger books, Canterbury, United Kingdom

SHAW, BERNARD.. Translations and Tomfooleries.. London. Constable. 1926. First impression., 1926.

Price: US$43.35 + shipping

Description: Cloth. 246pp. Remains of Dustwrapper. Very Good. [Incl: Jitta's Atonement by Siegfried Trebitsch, transl. by Shaw].

Seller: Worpsweder Antiquariat, Worpswede, Germany

Shaw, George Bernard. Translations and Tomfooleries. Constable plays of Bernard Shaw. Constable & Co Ltd, 1926.

Price: US$45.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. Minor shelf wear. v, 276 pages ; 20 cm. Contents:Jitta's atonement, by Siegfried TrebitschTrifles and tomfooleries: The admirable Bashville; or, Constancy unrewarded. Press cuttings. The glimpse of reality. Passion, poison, and petrifaction: or, The fatal gazogene. The fascinating foundling. The music-cure

Seller: Sequitur Books, Boonsboro, MD, U.S.A.

Shaw, George Bernard. TRANSLATIONS AND TOMFOOLERIES. Constable, London, 1926.

Price: US$67.50 + shipping

Description: 1st Edition. Hardcover. Shaw, George Bernard. TRANSLATIONS AND TOMFOOLERIES. London: Constable, 1926. First Edition. 8vo. 246 pp. + 2 pp. of adverts. A fine copy in green cloth, gilt titles to the spine, minor offsetting to gutter margins of the endpapers. Includes Jitta's Atonement, Shaw's translation of Siegfried Trebitsch's play, Frau Gitta's Suhne, Trifles and Tomfooleries, six shorter dramatic pieces by Shaw, The Admirable Bashville or, Constancy Rewarded, Press Cuttings, a topical sketch compiled from the editorial and correspondence columns of the daily papers during the Women's War in 1909, The Glimpse of Reality, a tragedietta, Passion, Poison, and Petrifaction or, The Fatal Gazogene, a brief tragedy for barns and booths, the first publication of, The Fascinating Foundling, a disgrace to the author, and The Music-Cure, a piece of utter nonsense.

Seller: TBCL The Book Collector's Library, Montreal, QC, Canada

Shaw, George Bernard. Translations and Tomfooleries. Constable, 1926.

Price: US$84.51 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Green cloth. Near fine in dustwrapper slightly rubbed at head of spine.

Seller: Tindley and Everett, ABA, London, United Kingdom

Shaw, George Bernard. TRANSLATIONS AND TOMFOOLERIES. Constable, 1926.

Price: US$110.20 + shipping

Description: TRANSLATIONS AND TOMFOOLERIES, Constable, 1926, first edition, fine in vg dust-wrapper with some chipping, basically to the dust-wrapper flap folds.

Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.

Shaw, [George] Bernard. Translations and Tomfooleries. Constable and Company Ltd., 1926.

Price: US$150.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: A collection of plays, including the first appearance of The Fascinating Foundling, which Shaw subtitled, "A Disgrace to the Author." PHYSICAL DETAILS: 12mo (7 1/8 x 5 inches / 180 x 127 mm), v, 246, [2] pages, including 2 pages of adverts at rear. In publisher's original green cloth, gilt titles to spine. CONDITION: Foxing to page edges, offsetting to end papers, small bookseller's ticket to front paste down. The unclipped dust jacket has a chip at the upper front spine fold and a few other small nicks and tears. Spine sunned. Overall, Very Good or better.

Seller: Le Bookiniste, ABAA-ILAB-IOBA, Hopewell, NJ, U.S.A.

Shaw, George Bernard. Translations and Tomfooleries. Constable, London, 1926.

Price: US$200.00 + shipping

Description: First Edition. 1 vols. Small 8vo. Original green cloth. Fine in chipped with loss dj. In half red morocco slipcase and chemise. Bookplate of Donald Stralem

Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.

Shaw, George Bernard. Works of George Bernard Shaw (9 vols.). Grant Richards/ Archibald Constable & Co, London, 1926.

Price: US$475.00 + shipping

Description: Small octavos. Light green cloth boards with gilt lettering on the spines. Five of the books have a gilt top edge. Pages uncut and/or unopened. This is a collection of 9 first edition copies of plays and collections of other works by George Bernard Shaw, with each in a uniform binding as issued. 7 of 9 have protective mylar jackets. Each was published independently over a twenty five year period from publisher Archibald Constable, except for "Three Plays For Puritans" (published by Grant Richards). Most of books have an lengthy essay at the front, often by Bernard Shaw himself. These take the form of an introduction or preface, discussing in detail, the work, and/or the themes dealt with in the play itself. The contents of the collection are as follows: 1."Three Plays for Puritans" (1901). (xxxvii) (2) 308pp. [Containing The Devil's Disciple (1897), Caesar and Cleopatra (1898) and Captain Brassbound's Conversion (1900)] 2. "Man and Superman. A Comedy and A Philosophy" (1903). (xxxvii) (2) 244pp. (4) + 16 pages of publisher's ads. The play is accompanied by "The Revolutionist's Handbook", a full version of the book published by the character of John Tanner in the play. 3. "John Bull's Other Island and Major Barbara: Also How He Lied to Her Husband" (1907). (lix) (1) 293pp. + 2 pages of publisher's ads. 4. "The Doctor's Dilemma, Getting Married, & The Shewing-up of Blanco Posnet" (1911). (xciv) 407pp. (1) + 4 pages of publisher's ads. 5. "Misalliance, The Dark Lady of the Sonnets, and Fanny's First Play. With a Treatise on Parents and Children" (1914). (cxxi) 234pp. + 2 pages of publisher's ads. 6. "Heartbreak House, Great Catherine, and Playlets of the War" (1919). (xlix) (1) 266pp. + 2 pages of publisher's ads. [Includes O'Flaherty V.C. (1915), The Inca of Perusalem (1915), Augustus Does His Bit (1916), and Annjanska (1917)] 7. "Back to Methuselah. A Metabiological Pentateuch" (1921). (xci) 267pp. 8. "Saint Joan: a Chronicle Play in Six Scenes and an Epilogue" (1924). (lxiv) 114pp. + 2 pages of publisher's ads. 9. "Translations and Tomfooleries" (1926). First Impression. (v) 246pp. + 2 pages of publisher's ads. Some of mylar with some light chips or tears. Some bindings with some light rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Head of the spine of "John Bull's other Island" with some small closed tears. Some spines of the earlier volumes sunned and/or with minor stains. Boards of a few volumes with light smudges and/or water stains. A few spines lightly cocked. A few interiors with ink stamps and/or previous owner's bookplates at the front. "Puritans" with binding starting at the interior back cover. Ocassional starting at a few other pages throughout the collection. Bindings tight overall. Bindings in good- to very good, interiors in good to very good condition overall.

Seller: ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB), Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.

Shaw, George Bernard. TRANSLATIONS AND TOMFOOLERIES. Inscribed. Constable and Company, London, 1926.

Price: US$1270.00 + shipping

Description: First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. Shaw, George Bernard. TRANSLATIONS AND TOMFOOLERIES. Signed. London: Constable, 1926. First Edition Inscribed and dated in the year of publication by George Bernard Shaw on the title-page. "To Evelyn Hope/a souvenir/from George Bernard Shaw/22 October 1926". 8vo. 246 pp. + 2 pp. of adverts. A fine copy in green cloth, gilt titles to the spine in a bright, fresh dustwrapper. Custom TBCL embossed cloth slipcase in fine condition. Includes Jitta's Atonement, Shaw's translation of Siegfried Trebitsch's play, Frau Gitta's Suhne, Trifles and Tomfooleries, six shorter dramatic pieces by Shaw, The Admirable Bashville or, Constancy Rewarded, Press Cuttings, a topical sketch compiled from the editorial and correspondence columns of the daily papers during the Women's War in 1909, The Glimpse of Reality, a tragedietta, Passion, Poison, and Petrifaction or, The Fatal Gazogene, a brief tragedy for barns and booths, the first publication of, The Fascinating Foundling, a disgrace to the author, and The Music-Cure, a piece of utter nonsense.

Seller: TBCL The Book Collector's Library, Montreal, QC, Canada