[Rarebooks] FS: Uncommon WWI G. Bernard Shaw item not noted in bibliographies

Charles Agvent agvent at erols.com
Thu Nov 17 12:58:29 EST 2005


One of over 100 fine Shaw items listed on our website:  http://www.erols.com/agvent

SHAW,  George Bernard. COMMON SENSE ABOUT THE WAR in The New  York
Times  Current  History of the European War. Volume I, Number  I.  New
York:  The  New  York  Times Company  December  1914.  First  Edition.
Printed  wraps;  208  pages. Laurence A130a for  the  English  Edition
issued  in  November 1914 as a supplement to THE NEW  STATESMAN.  This
American  Edition  is not noted by Laurence and in addition to  Shaw's
piece,  which  is given head billing, it includes articles  by  Arnold
Bennett,  John  Galsworthy,  Rudyard  Kipling,  H.  G.  Wells,  G.  K.
Chesterton,  A. Conan Doyle, H. Rider Haggard, and others. All of  the
above,  as well as a few others, have portraits within as well. Not in
Lomazow's guide to first issues of magazines. Near Fine        $250.00

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