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Shaw, George Bernard
Estimate
1,500 - 2,000 GBP
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Description
- Shaw, George Bernard
- Four autograph letters, one signed "G. Bernard Shaw", the others signed "G.B.S."
- Paper
i) addressed to the journalist Henry William Massingham, describing the writing of Shaw’s most recent play ("...It has been an infernal experience; and unless I can get my weekend in the country I shall perish, like Swift, in the mad house...") and declining his invitation to address Steinway Hall, 12 February 1920
ii) two letters to his friend and fellow-Fabian, Edward Pease: the first discussing his commission rates for a book, 10 September 1910; the second concerning a sub-standard 'Nursery Report' ("...the statement that Louis XIV formed our party system is about the limit to which hopeless muddlement can go..."), 26 August 1917
iii) to Oesterheld and Co., publishers in Berlin, about the possible translation of Strindberg’s works into English, 14 June 1927
in total 5 pages, with 2 autograph address pages, 8vo and 12mo, 10 September 1910 to 14th June 1924, minor staining, one letter creased
ii) two letters to his friend and fellow-Fabian, Edward Pease: the first discussing his commission rates for a book, 10 September 1910; the second concerning a sub-standard 'Nursery Report' ("...the statement that Louis XIV formed our party system is about the limit to which hopeless muddlement can go..."), 26 August 1917
iii) to Oesterheld and Co., publishers in Berlin, about the possible translation of Strindberg’s works into English, 14 June 1927
in total 5 pages, with 2 autograph address pages, 8vo and 12mo, 10 September 1910 to 14th June 1924, minor staining, one letter creased
Catalogue Note
"…I should be rather a dangerous substitute… I might easily set a pace in the way of entertainment that Dr Walsh might find it hard to live up to in his lowered condition. A very dull speaker who will make them long to have their beloved pastor back again is what is wanted…"