1901. London: Grant Richards, 1901. Sm. 8vo, xxxviii, 308. With 3 photogravure plates. Original olive cloth, backstrip browned. A good copy with a fine association. § First edition, inscribed by Shaw's wife: "Louise S, Broadwood from Charlotte F. Shaw. Jan. 1901. Later rubberstamp "ex libris Gilbert Bagnani". A fascinating association..... More
Dublin: Cuala Press, 1941. Slim 8vo, (x), 85pp. Original midnight blue boards, linen backstrip, printed paper label. Very fine. § Limited to 500 copies, this is #209. "This publication is a collection of letters from Shaw and Yeats to Florence Farr (1860-1917). Farr was an actress, director, journalist, women's rights..... More
1907. London: Constable, 1907. Sm. 8vo, lix, 293, (2, ads.)pp. Original green cloth, gilt top, dust-jacket, backstrip slightly browned but essentially a virtually flawless unopened copy. § First UK edition. Although Shaw was Irish, this is one of only two of his plays set in Ireland. It was commissioned by..... More
London: Constable, 1916. Sm. 8vo, cxvii, 205, (2, ads.)pp. Original green cloth, dust-jacket, a virtually flawless copy in a perfect dust-jacket with the publisher's price sticker over the original printed price.. § First UK edition, as fine a copy as can be imagined. Three of Shaw's best known and loved..... More
1908. N.p.: [1908]. 8vo, 15 pp. in plain gray wrappers. Perfect. § First (?) separate printing of this preface, being one of two copies deposited at the Library of Congress for copyright. With the Library of Congress stamp on the t/p verso "Dec. 17, 1908... Copy B". Last sold by..... More
1924. New York: Macmillan, 1924-1927. 6 vols, 8vo. Each vol. bound in the original quarter robin's egg cloth over paper covered boards with printed labels, pastedowns with Charles Ricketts' illustration of hawk, unicorn, fountain and moon. Very good copies with almost no foxing and just occasional browning of endpapers, backstrips..... More
