1912-1930 Works of George Bernard Shaw

Description

Publishers' Original Binding

George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) was an Irish playwright, with his most renowned works including 'Man and Superman', 'Pygmalion' and 'Saint Joan'; he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1925. He was influenced by the realism of Henrik Ibsen's plays, injecting social, political and moral meanings into his works. He penned over sixty plays. 

This collection was owned by Sir Bernard Oppenheimer, 1st Baronet (1866-1921), a South African-British diamond merchant and philanthropist. 

Some volumes are bound with publisher's advertisements to the rear. In the publisher's original binding.

Volume I of 'Plays: Pleasant and Unpleasant' contains a frontispiece illustration of the author.

His works here comprise:

‘Cashel Byron’s Profession’ (1912), a novel.
'The Perfect Wagnerite' (1913), a piece of music criticism.
‘The Quintessence of Ibsenism’ (1913), a critical work.
'Man and Superman' (1914), a play.
'John Bull’s Other Island' (1914), a play.
'Plays: Pleasant and Unpleasant' in two volumes (1913-14), a collection of plays.
'The Doctor’s Dilemma, Getting Married and the Shewing up of Blanco Posnet' (1913), a collection of plays.
'Misalliance, the Dark Lady of the Sonnets and Fanny’s First Play' (1914), a collection of plays.
'Androcles and the Lion, Overruled and Pygmalion' (1916), a collection of plays.
'Heartbreak House, Great Catherine and Playlets of the War' (1919), a collection of plays.
'The Apple Cart' (1930), a play.