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Shaw, George Bernard
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
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Description
- Shaw, George Bernard
- Collection of letters, comprising:
- paper
Three autograph letters signed and a postcard, to Edith Lyttelton, assuring her that he is "working like 50,000 steam navvies at this business of the Select Committee" for the Joint Committee on Stage Plays and discussing a love affair, 6 pages, 8vo, mostly Adelphi Terrace, London, 28 July 1909 to 16 September 1941; autograph letter signed, to William Poel, refusing permission to perform O'Flaherty VC but expressing his support for repertory companies ("...they are really keeping the drama alive whilst the commercial people are killing it..."), 2 pages, 8vo, with autograph envelope, Kenmale, Co. Kerry, 10 October 1917; With Bernard Shaw's Compliments, four corrected proofs of Shaw's text accompanying a photogravure reproduction of a sculpture of St Joan by Clare Winsten, together with a related autograph letter signed, to Harold White, 5 pages, 1947; autograph card signed, to E.S.P. Haynes, on Alfred Warwick Gattie, Ayot St Lawrence, 31 December 1930; autograph letter signed, to Spenser Wilkinson, in pencil, on the theatre, South African politics, and Ellen Terry's letters, 1 page, South Africa, 17 February 1932; autograph note at the foot of a typed letter signed by Lanham Titchener, in red ink, about televising Geneva, 1 page, 12 April 1939; Printed letter signed by Shaw and W.B. Yeats, to Sean O'Casey, proposing the foundation of an Irish Academy of Letters, 1 page, n.d.; and four other items relating to Shaw
Condition
Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, when appropriate.
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."