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Shaw, George Bernard
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1,500 - 2,500 GBP
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Description
- Shaw, George Bernard
- The Intelligent Woman's Guide to Socialism and Capitalism. London: Constable and Company Ltd., 1928
- paper
8vo (228 x 148mm.), FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR TO NANCY ASTOR ("For Nancy, | to teach her more in half an hour | than she will learn in a hundred years | in parliament | G. Bernard Shaw | 29th. March 1940") on half-title, original olive cloth with design in gilt and green on upper cover and spine, top edge gilt, minor spotting to edges, binding slightly worn and soiled
Literature
Laurence A187a
Condition
Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where 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."
Catalogue Note
Nancy Astor (1879-1964) was the first woman to sit as an MP in the House of Commons. Despite their fundamental political differences, a friendship between Shaw and Nancy Astor developed from 1926 or 1927 and was to endure until Shaw's death in 1950.
Writing, in 1941, to Upon Sinclair Shaw, Shaw noted: "Nancy is a unique and amusing phenomenon. It would take me a whole chapter to describe her. Her hospitality is utterly indiscriminate as far as class and party is concerned... I refused all her invitations until I happened to meet her in person at a London party. In ten minutes we were as thick as thieves..." (see ed. J.P. Wearing, Bernard Shaw and Nancy Astor (2005), p.xv)