[Rarebooks] FS: SIGNED G. B. Shaw ADVENTURES OF THE BLACK GIRL with LETTER

[Charles Agvent]

(SHAW, George Bernard). THE ADVENTURES OF THE BLACK GIRL IN HER SEARCH 
FOR GOD. London: Constable & Company Limited, (1932). First Edition. 
Pictorial boards and twenty woodblock illustrations within by John 
Farleigh. Laurence A210a. This copy INSCRIBED and SIGNED to “Catherine 
Inge/from/Bernard Shaw” and dated “30/11/32” on the half-title page. 
Pasted to the facing blank page is an AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED "G. B. S." 
from Shaw to “My dear Mrs. Inge” discussing a concert as well as the 
publication of this book. In full: “It was extraordinarily recreative to 
hear those boys' voices after the screams of the female bourgeoisie of 
the west country at the Three Choirs Festival. And imagine its being the 
first time I ever heard a note of music at St. Pauls! THE BLACK GIRL is 
now equipped with a preface (at the end, as Sir Walter Scott 
recommended) and a lot of fascinating pictures. The one on page 56 is a 
speaking likeness of myself in my radiant youth. Keep it on the top 
shelf out of the Dean's reach. The book will not be published until the 
5th." Tipped to the half-title page with a small piece of tape is a 
short note by the recipient stating that she had lent the book in 1946 
for the [National Book League] exhibition for Shaw's 90th birthday. 
[Mary] Catherine Inge was the wife of William Ralph Inge, the dean of 
St. Paul's. Foxing to endpapers and to two pages of text. Very Good, 
lacking the scarce dustwrapper. (#021568)        $2,000

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