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Harris, Frank; Shaw, G. Bernard Oscar Wilde: His Life and Confessions, Volume 1 and Volume II (2 Books) NY Brentano's 1918 First American Edition Hardcover; First Printing Very Good with no dust jacket 612 pages; Very Good/No Jacket. TWO books. Volume I and II. Although this is the First Brentano's edition, the book was previously self published by Frank Harris in 1916. Included is G. Bernard Shaw's 32 page comments on the book, added at the end of Volume II and repaged. Dark green cloth boards with gilt lettering, and borders. Tiny name and date to front inside board. Spines are age tanned and wrinkled. Boards are very lightly faded at edges. Top outside page edges lightly foxed. Outside page edges lightly age tanned. Very little shelf rub at edges. Boards are straight, tips are pointed, spine is square and pages are otherwise clean. This book was written by Frank Harris, with criticisms in the back. In the Introduction by Frank Harris, Nice, 1910, he says: I was advised on all hands not to write this book, and some English friends who have read it urge me not to publish it. You will be accused of selecting the subject, they say, because sexual viciousness appeals to you, and your method of treatment lays you open to attack. Price: 30.00 USD
Shaw, George Bernard Saint Joan, Major Barbara, Androcles and The Lion NY Modern Library 1956 Stated First Edition Hard Cover; First Printing VG+/VG 479 pages; Very Good Plus/Very Good. Outside page edges very lightly age tanned. Just a bit of shelf rub to spine tips and corner tips. Boards are straight, tips are pointed, spine is square and pages are clean. DJ - White on cover is very lightly age tanned. Shelf wear at spine tips and corner tips with tiny chipping. Spine faded. Now in protective sleeve. Complete and unabridged. A searching portrayal of Joan of Arc - one of Shaw's greatest successes in the theatre; Major Barbara, a devastating indictment of insincere philanthropy.Androcles and The Lion, A brilliant exploration of the varieties of faith. Price: 15.00 USD
Shaw, George Bernard Selected Plays Of Bernard Shaw In Three Volumes NY Dodd, Mead 1949 Hardcover; Later Printing Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket Very Good Plus/Very Good. Set of Three Volumes. Light shelf rub to bottom edges. Outside page edges lightly age tanned. Bright white pages and solid bindings. Boards are straight, tips are pointed, spine is square and pages are clean. DJs are lightly age tanned, more so at spines. Tiny chips to edges. Vol. I has one small chip at bottom spine end and one at bottom corner tip. Now in protective sleeves. Selected Plays: The Doctor's Dilemma; Pygmalion; Major Barbara; Heartbreak House; Captain Brassbound's Conversion; The Man of Destiny; Androcles and the Lion; Back to Methuselah; Saint Joan; John Bull's Other Island; You Never Can Tell; In Good King Charles's Golden Days; Mrs. Warren's Profession; Arms and thee Man; Candida; The Devil's Deciple; Caesar and Cleopatra; Man and Superman; Fanny's First Play; The Dark Lady of the Sonnets. (each volume has 895 to 904 pages) Price: 50.00 USD
