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SHAW, George Bernard. The Plays of Bernard Shaw [Pocket Edition 12 Volumes]. London: Constable and Co. 1926.
8vo. Twelve volumes. Blue leatherette bindings with gilt stamped Bernard Shaw fascimile signature on all front boards, spines richly tooled and lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, blue silk place marker; encased in blue leatherette drop front box with velvet padding, with Shaw's signature stamped in gilt to top panel of box; box frayed at hinge and coming undone, 3 volumes with tiny chips to foot of spine, otherwise all volumes very good.
A handsome set of George Bernard Shaw's plays preserved in a drop front box. Contains a folded in manuscript list of the plays wihtin the drop front box with the year of their publication.
Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1925, George Bernard Shaw was responsible for a radical turn in comedic drama and a fervent socialist, critic and playwright. One of only two people to have won both an Academy Award and a Nobel Prize, Shaw won his Oscar in 1939 for Best Screenplay for the adaptation of his own play Pygmalion, which would be successfully remade as the iconic musical My Fair Lady.
This particular collection displays all the diversity of his talent, including his most popular titles such as Androcles and the Lion (with Overruled and Pygmalion), The Doctor's Dilemma (with Getting Married) and Plays Pleasant (Arms and the Man).
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