Lot 229A
Shaw (George Bernard) Corrected proofs of three plays as part of a collected edition, "Geneva"; "Cymbeline Refinished"; "In Good King Charles's Golden Days", 1948; ALs from Shaw, 1929 (4).
Hammer Price: £700
Description
Shaw (George Bernard, playwright and polemicist, 1856-1950) Corrected proofs of three plays as part of a collected edition, "Geneva"; "Cymbeline Refinished"; "In Good King Charles's Golden Days", all stamped "First Proof", printed proofs, "Geneva" with long correction by Shaw and with date corrections in all three by GBS, slightly browned, unbound, 8vo, 1948; ALs from Shaw to R. & R. Clark publisher's, making a correction, "On p. 163 of the Preface to Getting Married, line 2, the word "avoid" should be "make". Please correct plate accordingly. It has taken 20 years to discover this glaring error. I wonder do people ever really read my prefaces! GBS", 10th April 1929, v.s., v.d. (4).
Description
Shaw (George Bernard, playwright and polemicist, 1856-1950) Corrected proofs of three plays as part of a collected edition, "Geneva"; "Cymbeline Refinished"; "In Good King Charles's Golden Days", all stamped "First Proof", printed proofs, "Geneva" with long correction by Shaw and with date corrections in all three by GBS, slightly browned, unbound, 8vo, 1948; ALs from Shaw to R. & R. Clark publisher's, making a correction, "On p. 163 of the Preface to Getting Married, line 2, the word "avoid" should be "make". Please correct plate accordingly. It has taken 20 years to discover this glaring error. I wonder do people ever really read my prefaces! GBS", 10th April 1929, v.s., v.d. (4).
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