The Simpleton, The Six of Calais, The Millionairess, Being Three More Plays by Bernard Shaw. With Shaw's Prefaces. 1949 Second Printing Published by Constable & Company. Hardcover Format. OP

Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)

Verlag: Constable & Company, 1949

Beschreibung

If ever there was a playwright with opinions, it was George Bernard Shaw. Each of the three plays in this 1949 Constable & Company reissue of "The Standard Works of Bernard Shaw" comes with the original Preface by Shaw in which he states exactly what it was that he was about in the play. The Prefaces are just as interesting as the plays . and all the more revealing about Shaw, the Fabian - Socialist Thinker. ********************************************** The Contents: "The Simpleton of the Unexpected Isle - A Vision of Judgment", & Preface on "Days of Judgment" / "The Six of Calais : A Medieval War Story by Jean Froissart, Auguste Rodin and Bernard Shaw" , & Prefatory to "The Six of Calais" / "The Millionairess: Comedy in Four Acts" , & Preface on Bosses *************************************************** SERIES: Standard Edition of the Works of Bernard Shaw / TITLE : The Simpleton, The Six of Calais, The Millionairess, Being Three More Plays by Bernard Shaw / AUTHOR : George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950) / IMPRINT : Constable & Company / PLACE : London / DATE : (1949) / EDITION : Second Printing / STATUS : OP / PHYSICAL DETAILS : Trade hardcover; 200 pages; approximately 5 1/4" x 8" ; red cloth with title, &c lettered in gold gilt on spine; printed dust-jacket. The front flap of the dust-jacket has a British Book Centre label. ****************************************** CONDITION - BOOK : GOOD - DUST-JACKET : GOOD - This is a previously owned book that remains clean and serviceable: BOARDS : Near-negligible weathering - a bit of light spotting and surface abrasion (most noticeable on rear board) - corner tips but lightly bumped . board edges have light wear (a few small dents) - color is strong. / SPINE : Spine extremities have compression - title, etc are bright / HINGES / BINDING : Solid enough Of course it lacks the tightness of a new book) - The book has obviously been read, and there is evidence of minor mending neatly effected to hinges (nothing egregious and hard to spot, really) / TEXT-BLOCK EDGES : Slight toning, lacks the tightness of a new book - else clean / END PAPERS : Lightly toned, else clean - the rear flyleaf has some penciled notes concerning points in one of the plays (This is why the book has only a GOOD condition designation) / INTERIOR : I spotted a few instances of pencil erasures - these are very light, except at one point where there is a very small amount of smudging at a page edge - else clean and presentable throughout with but modest signs of use. / DUST JACKET : Jacket presents moderate wear, including weathering to the spine panel, surface rub and some scuffing and spotting, as well as a bit of edge wear (nicking and a couple of small tears) - the whole looks decent under clear protective mylar. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 1278

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Simpleton, The Six of Calais, The ...

Verlag: Constable & Company

Erscheinungsdatum: 1949

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Good

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good