PLAYS: PLEASANT AND UNPLEASANT (IN TWO VOLUMES) by Shaw, Bernard - 1898

Brentano's New York 1905, 1905. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Octavo, hardcover, in green cloth, boards; no dust jacket 340 pp. Front hinge cracked, else good. Paste-on box on spine. Contains preface, introduction., Arms and the Man, Candida, The Man of Destiny and You Never Can Tell.

Tauchnitz, Leipzig, 1922. kartoniert.

Brentano's, 1906. Book. Good. Hardcover. Plate on spine is chipped a bit and has some scratches, mild corner wear..

Constable, 1923. hardcover. Acceptable. 0x0x0. 340 mostly-well-bound pages (last 4 pages are detached but included) with some stains that do not affect readability of the text; front and back covers are beginning to separate at the hinges; no dust jacket; cover is quite worn and damp-stained but sturdy; 1/2" section of spine cover missing at top; spine cover ripped and unreadable; outer edges of text block darkened with age

NY, Herbert S. Stone and Co. 1914. Very Good/No Jacket. Octavo, hardcover, dark blue cloth, no dust jacket 338 deckled pp. Front hinge starting, else VG. Contains preface, intro., Arms and the Man, Candida, The Man of Destiny and You Never Can Tell.

New York: Bretano's Publishers, 1916. a solid copy; internally, pages are white and bright; ---------- SATISFACTION GUARANTEED --------- FAST, COURTEOUS SERVICE ------ ALL DUSTJACKETS ARE COVERED WITH NEW CLEAR MYLAR PROTECTOR -----. Early Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+/No Dustjacket. 5 x 7.5".

New York: Brentano's, 1914. Later Printing. Hardcover. Very Good -/No. Green Cloth Covers are lightly soiled and rubbed at corners; front cover has a bump at lower right edge and upper right corner is lightly bumped; spine is rubbed at ends and paper label has some small chips at lower edge and some scuffing along top edge; rear cover has a small white spot near lower end and upper left corner is lightly bumped; right and lower book edges are rough-cut; top book edge is stained green by publisher but now dulled; white endpapers; book interior is clean and tight; 12mo; 340 pages 1.19#; P3;

London: Constable and Company, 1928. This 1928 printing by the original London publisher of four George Bernard Shaw plays features Shaw's original Preface that provide both history and background to each theatrical piece. Although the first two plays, "Arms and the Man" and "Candida," are among Shaw's most famous and are found in our modern repertory, the other two are less commonly performed. "The Man of Destiny" concerns an interlude in the life of Napoleon, when he meets a mysterious lady near an inn in Lombardy. "You Never Can Tell" is a comedy concerning a young dentist and his relationship to a new patient, her two siblings, and their authoress mother. This 76-year-old book is in very good, clean condition. It has green cloth covers and gilt lettering on the spine. The interior binding is tight and secure, and the pages are clean throughout. The free front end paper is missing. The book is from my personal collection and has my signature… Read More

New York: Brentano's, 1913. Hardcover, green cloth boards, applied spine label. Good/No Dust Jacket. Volumes I and II. The First Volume, Containing the Three Unpleasant Plays and the Second Volume, Containing the Four Pleasant Plays. Volume 1, 245 pages, includes Widowers' Houses, The Philanderer, and Mrs. Warren's Profession. Volume 2, 340 pages, includes Arms and the Man, Candida, The Man of Destiny, and You Never Can Tell. Cover wear and darkening. Previous owner's stamp, M. L. Smith; Lucy Smith was the wife of T. R. Smith, editor of the Century magazine and chief editor at Liveright in the 1920s. Shaw, 1856-1950, was an Irish dramatist and social critic. The leading playwright of his time, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1925.

NY: Brentano's. G. 1921. Green binding, spine paper title label scratched & chipped, edge wear, owner name, ft hinge cracked, few damp stains edges. .