Lot 163
Gregynog Press.- Shaw (George Bernard) Shaw Gives Himself Away: An Autobiographical Miscellany, one of 300 copies, presentation copy signed by Shaw on front free endpaper, Newtown, Gregynog Press, 1939.
Hammer Price: £700
Description
Gregynog Press.- Shaw (George Bernard) Shaw Gives Himself Away: An Autobiographical Miscellany, one of 300 copies, presentation copy signed by Shaw on front free endpaper, printed on pale green handmade paper, wood-engraved frontispiece portrait by John Farleigh, endpapers browned at margins, original black morocco with abstract design of author's initials onlaid in orange morocco, by the Gregynog Bindery and designed by Paul Nash, spine with raised band & onlay and lettered in orange, uncut, joints very slightly rubbed, 8vo, Newtown, Gregynog Press, 1939.
⁂ Affectionate presentation inscription signed by Shaw to his long-serving gardener and cook, husband and wife Harry and Clara Higgs - "To Harry and Clara Higgs who have had a very important part in my life's work, as without their friendly services I should not have had time to write my books and plays nor had any comfort in my daily life. G. Bernard Shaw, 1st January 1940".
Description
Gregynog Press.- Shaw (George Bernard) Shaw Gives Himself Away: An Autobiographical Miscellany, one of 300 copies, presentation copy signed by Shaw on front free endpaper, printed on pale green handmade paper, wood-engraved frontispiece portrait by John Farleigh, endpapers browned at margins, original black morocco with abstract design of author's initials onlaid in orange morocco, by the Gregynog Bindery and designed by Paul Nash, spine with raised band & onlay and lettered in orange, uncut, joints very slightly rubbed, 8vo, Newtown, Gregynog Press, 1939.
⁂ Affectionate presentation inscription signed by Shaw to his long-serving gardener and cook, husband and wife Harry and Clara Higgs - "To Harry and Clara Higgs who have had a very important part in my life's work, as without their friendly services I should not have had time to write my books and plays nor had any comfort in my daily life. G. Bernard Shaw, 1st January 1940".
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