26. The Apple Cart: A Political Extravaganza. London: Constable and Company Ltd.
First Edition. Near Fine in Near Fine-Fine dustjacket. Item #6902
First Edition. Near Fine in Near Fine-Fine dustjacket. Item #6902
First Edition. Play. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket with chipping to spine ends and light chipping to top front edge. Item #14243
First Edition. Small Octavo. Pale green dust jacket with dark green printed letters, signed by Major Charles Drake Westcott, American Consul in Paris at front free end paper. Good dust jacket, spine darkened, chipping at spine ends, cracks and tears at flaps, some small closed tears, near fine overall, offsetting at end papers, pages slightly agetoned. Item #38545
First Photoplay Edition, illustrated with scenes at the front dustjacket panel from the 1945 film starring Vivien Leigh and Claude Rains. Very Good-Near Fine, in Very Good plus dustjacket, red at spine faded, tiny chips at spine ends. Item #8190
Early Printing. Complete in Two Volumes. The first volume contains three unpleasant plays, “Widower’s Houses,” “The Philaderer,” and “Mrs. Warren’s Profession.” The second volume contains four pleasant plays, “Arms and the Man,” “Candida,” “The Man of Destiny,” and “You Never Can Tell.” Each volume with a preface and an introduction. Near Fine with vintage bookplates to front free endpapers of each volume, Volume I with vintage bookseller sticker to front inside cover, in Very Good dustjackets, cm loss to top spine ends, lighter wear to lower spine ends and flap corners, Volume I with cm deep chip to top edge of front cover, Volume II with dime sized chip to lower front flap corner. Item #19543
First Edition. This copy signed and inscribed by Shaw at front endpaper: "Inscribed for Donald Suddaby / G. Bernard Shaw. / 15th Oct 1925". Suddaby is best known for his juvenile science fiction novels, including The Star Raiders (1950), which involves a trip to Venus, and The Death of Metal (1952), a Disaster tale in which metal suddenly becomes soft. Bookplate of book review Albert Parsons Sachs at front pastedown. Near Fine in dustjacket split at spine and flap edges. Scotch tape mending at rear spine edge. Item #25399
First Edition. Hawkins dustjacket design. Collection of three plays by Shaw. Near Fine in Near Fine dustjacket, few nicks at top spine end. Item #7527
First American Edition. Original printed wrappers. Extremely uncommon first American printing of Shaw's first novel, a sporting tale of boxing. A Good copy only, with chipping to detached front cover's edges, lacking paper at spine ends, rear cover and rear ad page with lower fore-edge corner torn away. Item #17055
First Edition. Octavo, original blue cloth, 148 pages. "Sundry alcoholic potations, libations and mixtures, with charts, recipes, and tables to make everyman a proficient practitioner of the noble art of mixology." Townsend was the president of the Bartenders' Union of New York, Local 15, A.F.L. Near Fine in Good edge chipped dustjacket, couple quarter sized chips at front panel. Item #31235