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SIR GEORGE BERNARD SHAW (1856 - 1950)

THE PLAYS OF BERNARD SHAW: POCKET EDITION [BOXED SET OF 11 OF 12 VOLUMES]


Estimate: Rs 30,000-Rs 40,000 ( $375-$500 )


The Plays of Bernard Shaw: Pocket Edition [Boxed set of 11 of 12 Volumes]


Bernard Shaw, The Plays of Bernard Shaw, London: Constable & Company Limited, 1929, Reprint of 1926 Pocket Edition; boxed set of 11 of 12 Volumes

11 of 12 Volumes in a boxed presentation set.

John Bull’s other island, how he lied to her husband, Major Barbara, lix + 293 pages
Heartbreak house, Great Catherine, Playlets of the War, xlvii + 266 pages
Man and Superman with The Revolutionist’s Handbook and Maxims for Revolutionists, xxxviii + 244 pages
Misalliance, The Dark Lady of The Sonnets, Fanny’s First Play, cxix + 234 pages
Translations and Tomfooleries, 246 pages
Saint Joan, The Shewing-Up of Blanco Posnet, lxvi + 227 pages
Back to Methusaleh: A Metabiological Pentateuch, ixxxvii + 267 pages
The Doctor’s Dilemma Getting Married, xciv + 293 pages
The Apple Cart, xxviiii + 78 pages
Widower’s Houses the Philander Mrs. Warren’s Profession, xxvi + 235 pages
The Devil’s Disciple, Caesar and Cleopatra, Captain Brassbound’s Conversion, xxxvii + 314 pages

Each volume in navy blue leatherette with facsimile signature to front and gilt title and decals to spine accompanied in a presentation box with blue cloth covered wood, with gilt facsimile signature to top and hinged section with protective blue velvet interior.
Outer box: 7.75 x 9.5 x 5 in (20 x 24.2 x 12.7 cm)
Each volume: 10 x 6.5 in (25.7 x 16.7 cm)

The Saint Joan volume features a frontispiece portrait, with tissue guard, and facsimile signature under the portrait.

This lot will be shipped in "as is" condition. For further details, please refer to the images of individual lots as reference for the condition of each book.