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TRANSLATIONS AND TOMFOOLERIES. Inscribed.
London: Constable and Company, 1926.
First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. Shaw, George Bernard. TRANSLATIONS AND TOMFOOLERIES. Signed. London: Constable, 1926. First Edition Inscribed and dated in the year of publication by George Bernard Shaw on the title-page. "To Evelyn Hope/a souvenir/from George Bernard Shaw/22 October 1926". 8vo. 246 pp. + 2 pp. of adverts. A fine copy in green cloth, gilt titles to the spine in a bright, fresh dustwrapper. Custom TBCL embossed cloth slipcase in fine condition. Includes Jitta's Atonement, Shaw's translation of Siegfried Trebitsch's play, Frau Gitta's Suhne, Trifles and Tomfooleries, six shorter dramatic pieces by Shaw, The Admirable Bashville or, Constancy Rewarded, Press Cuttings, a topical sketch compiled from the editorial and correspondence columns of the daily papers during the Women's War in 1909, The Glimpse of Reality, a tragedietta, Passion, Poison, and Petrifaction or, The Fatal Gazogene, a brief tragedy for barns and booths, the first publication of, The Fascinating Foundling, a disgrace to the author, and The Music-Cure, a piece of utter nonsense.
Item #32149 Price: US$1,270.00