The Doctor's Dilemma : A Tragedy by Bernard Shaw - 1948

Penguin Books, 1954. Mass Market Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Baltimore, Maryland: Pernguin Books, 1954. Mass market paperback. 192pp., This reprint edition first published 1954. Contains the 1911 88 page introduction by Shaw, with poscripts dated 1930 and 1933. A tragedy written in response to the current state of health care in Great Britain circa 1911. A sardonic and pointed diatribe against the unregulated private practice of medicine and its odiuos consequences for public health. Though largely overhadowed by more famous prose and theatric works penned by Shaw, the play has some resonance in light of contemporary debate surronding "national health policy'. No previous ownership marks. A clean, square, sound copy. Very good+.. First Thus. Soft Cover. Very Good+. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Penguin Books. Used - Acceptable. Acceptable condition. Spine is cracked.

Brentano's Publishers, 1913. Paperback. Good.

Penguin Books, January 1954. Mass Market Paperback. VG-.

London: Penguin, 1946. 1st. ed. thus PBK. No. 564 Red. 190 pp. Very good copy.

New York: Brentano's, 1911. Hardcover, green cloth boards, applied spine label. Good/No Dust Jacket. Contains several of Shaw's famous lengthy prefaces on Doctors, Marriage, and Censorship. 443 pages, edges roughcut. March printing, 2nd. 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.

London; Penguin, 1946. 1st. ed. thus PBK. No. 564 Red. Small split top spine, o/w good copy.

Penguin Books. Used - Very Good. Very Good condition. Later Printing, 1974. (Literature, Drama, Fiction) A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain a few markings such as an owner’s name, short gifter’s inscription or light stamp.

New York: Brentano's, 1920. Book. Good. Cloth. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Green cloth binding. No markings in the text with some light scattered soil spotting. There are some pages with a small water mark in the bottom margin. There are a coule of names printed on the front end paper with a date of April 20, 1923. The cover has some small soil spots and some light cloth bleaching. The title label on the spine has some light soiling and light wear..