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Great works of literature, often in their first edition. Classic and familiar stories as well as tales you have never heard before. We go back through four hundred years of storytelling.
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1931-1950 5Vols Selected Works of George Bernard ShawLondon: 1931-1950A very pleasing set of selected works by George Bernard Shaw in the publisher's original cloth. -
1931-1937 6vol The Works of George Bernard ShawLondon: 1931-1937Six fascinating works from the eminent George Bernard Shaw, including fourteen plays and two critiques. -
1951 Thirty Years With G. B. SLondon: 1951A fascinating and insightful biographical work on Bernard Shaw by his private secretary Blanche Patch, previously owned by a member of Holbrook Jackson's family. -
1946 2vol Selected Plays of Bernard ShawLondon: 1946A smartly bound set of two volumes containing six of the plays of Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw, published in celebration of his ninetieth birthday. -
1926 The Perfect WagerniteNew York: 1926Bernard Shaw's astute commentary on Richard Wagner's 'Ring' cycle. -
1934 PrefacesLondon: 1934A fine example of the first edition of this collection of literary criticism and political writing from George Bernard Shaw. -
1927 The Plays of Bernard ShawLondon: 1927An excellent pocket book collection of the plays of Bernard Shaw, housed in the original display box and with several of the scarce original glassine dust wrappers. -
1928 UlyssesParis: 1928James Joyce's monumental modernist novel, a sought after early edition of this important work. -
1998 UlyssesLondon: 1998A very smart illustrated edition of this important modernist novel from Irish writer James Joyce, from The Folio Society. -
1932 The Adventures of the Black Girl in her Search for GodLondon: 1932A first impression of this collection of stories by George Bernard Shaw, illustrated with the engravings of John Farleigh. -
1930-2 The Collected Works of Bernard ShawNew York: 1930-2A complete collection of the Ayot St. Lawrence, limited edition set of the works of Bernard Shaw, in the very scarce dust wrapper. . -
1988-1992 4vol Bernard ShawLondon: 1988-1992A complete four volume first edition of this illustrated work on Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw. -
1908 The Sanity of Art: An Exposure of the Current Nonsense about Artists being DegenerateLondon: 1908The first edition of George Bernard Shaw's essay in response to Max Nordau's 'Degeneration'. -
1931 Haveth Childers Everywhere: Fragment of Work in ProgressLondon: 1931The first UK edition of this excerpt of James Joyce's 'Work in Progress', a work that would later be published as 'Finnegan's Wake'. -
1947 UlyssesLondon: 1947The third unlimited edition of James Joyce's monumental modernist novel, a sought after early edition of this important work. -
1926 UlyssesParis: 1926An attractively rebound eighth printing of James Joyce's modernist masterpiece, 'Ulysses'. -
1931 Ellen Terry and Bernard Shaw: A CorrespondenceLondon: 1931A lovely limited edition of this volume of correspondence between Ellen Terry and Bernard Shaw, complete in the original slip case. -
1930 The Apple Cart: A Political ExtravaganzaLondon: 1930A smart first edition of this satirical comedy from Irish writer Bernard Shaw, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. -
1952 Pomes PenyeachLondon: 1952The second published collection of poems by the pioneering author James Joyce. -
1960 UlyssesLondon: 1960A smart first impression of the new edition of this modernist novel, with the sixth impression dust wrapper from the film adaptation. -
1932 Two Tales of Shem and ShaunLondon: 1932The first trade edition of these two short tales from James Joyce, works that would eventually appear in Joyce's 1939 novel, 'Finnegans Wake'. -
1914-23 Misalliance and Androcles and the LionLondon: 1914-23Two smart volumes containing six popular plays of the leading Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw, uncommon to see in early dust wrappers. -
1931-1932 28 Vols The Works of George Bernard ShawLondon: 1930-193228 volumes of this limited edition set of the works of George Bernard Shaw -
1933 The Adventures of the Black Girl in her Search for GodLondon : 1932A first edition copy of this work by George Bernard Shaw, with illustrations throughout. -
1934 Short Stories, Scraps and ShavingsLondon: 1934Smart copy of this standard edition collection of short stories and sketches of Bernard Shaw, adorned with wood engravings by John Farleigh. -
1905-1919 Works of George Bernard ShawLondon: 1905-1919Seven volumes of the plays of George Bernard Shaw, owned and thoroughly annotated by prolific actor Esme Percy, remembered for specialising in the plays of Shaw. -
1930-38 33vols The Works of George Bernard Shaw Limited Edition Dustwrapper PlaysLondon: 1930An excellent collection of the complete thirty three volume limited edition works of noted Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw, presented in the uncommon dustwrapper. -
1946-7 5vols Selected Works of George Bernard ShawLondon : 1946-7A selection of the works of George Bernard Shaw. -
1891 The Quintessence of Ibsenism George Bernard Shaw First Edition EssayLondon : 1891The first edition of this popular essay by George Bernard Shaw.