TITLE: Sixteen Self Sketches by Bernard Shaw
AUTHOR: Bernard Shaw
PUBLISHER: Constable and Company Ltd
PLACE: London
YEAR: 1949
EDITION: First
NO.OF PAGES: x + 134 pages including 23 photographs and single black and white frontispiece
BINDING: Original red cloth with gilt text on the spine along with dust jacket
SIZE:
Height: 21 cm
Width: 14 cm
Depth: 2 cm

PRESENTATION COPY

Inscribed by the author to his friend Judy on the half-title: "to dear Judy (Mrs Lehaworth Ilusters from G. Bernard Shaw, Ayot Saint Lawrence, 11th March 1949."

In "Sixteen Self Sketches by Bernard Shaw," the author - a master dramatist and essayist, literary and social critic, Fabian Socialist and free-thinker - speaks openly and candidly about his life, his goals, successes and failures, his family, love and marriage, and his opinions on everything from religion to politics. Fascinating, witty and genially written, the book is illustrated by an engraved frontispiece portrait of Shaw, and 22 sepia-toned photographs from various periods in his life. The book was written when Shaw was in his nineties. This is the First Trade Edition, issued by Constable and Company in 1949.

CONDITION:
This lot will be sold in "as is" condition.
There may be some minor tears/creases scratches, or holes commensurate with age that may not be visible in the images.

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