CONTRIBUTIONS TO BOOKS.

THE BEST OF FRIENDS. Ed. V MEYNELL. 1956. Rupert Hart Davis. Dw.
Further letters to S C Cockerell. Inscription of front end paper. Some 10 letters from
T H White with others by G B Shaw, W De La Mare, L Housman, S Sassoon, F Stark,
A Guiness, M Beebohm, H Belloc, L Binyon, Shane Leslie, W Meynell, T Sturge Moore,
A Munthe, T Watts-Dunton,etc. £12.00

THE MERCURY BOOK. Ed. H Cotton MINCHIN. 1927. 2nd Series.
Williams & Newgate. Dw. Introducedby J C Squire. Being selections from
Vols 3 & 4 of The London Mercury. Many first book form J Stephens, J Freeman,
J C Squire, M Hewlett, A E Coppard, A Meynell, R Nichols, A Huxley, V Lindsay,
C Aiken, W J Turner, J Conrad, K Mansfield, T Hardy,S Sassoon, R Graves,
G B Shaw, A P Herbert, E Blunden, D H Lawrence, M Baring, etc. £18.00

T E LAWRENCE BY HIS FRIENDS. Ed. A W LAWRENCE. 1937.
Jonathan Cape. Dw slightly discoloured. (G B Shaw, E M Dowson, A P Wavell,
Lord Allenby, R Storrs, B H Liddell-Hart, D Garnett, A Cherry-Garrard,
W S Churchill, C Weizmann, W Rothenstein, S Cockerell, H Williamson,
R Graves, E M Forster, L Woolley, James Hanley whose signature is on
front end paper.) Illustrated. £135.00

THE FIRST CUCKOO . Ed. Kenneth GREGORY. 1976. George Allen & Unwin. Introduced by B Levin. A Collection of the most witty,amusing & memorable letters
to the Times 1900-1975. Dw slightly frayed. (G B Shaw, G M Trevelyan, M Stopes,
J Squire, O Sitwell, T Hardy, V Sackville-West, A L Rowse, P G Wodehouse, J M Wylie,
I Zangwill, J Galsworthy, R Hughes, W S Churchill, Conan Doyle, T S Eliot, H Williamson,
R Graves, H G Wells, J Masefield, A A Milne, A P Herbert, etc.). £8.00

FABIAN ESSAYS IN SOCIALISM. 1889. Fabian Society. Edited by Shaw.
He contributes 2 essays, the first on the economic basis for socialism:
the second on the transition to social democracy. Other essayists include
Sidney Webb, Hubert Bland & William Clarke. Green decorated boards
somewhat marked & faded, spine sunned. Name on front end paper.
One of 1000 copies. 233pp. £16.00

THE GBS CALENDAR. 1911. Frank Palmer. A SHAW quotation for every day
of the year selected by Marion Nixon. Bound in full leather with gilt. Top edge gilt.
Ribbon marker. Very slight edge foxing but contents very good. 96pp. £10.00

TABLE TALK OF GBS. 1925. Chapman & Hall. Dw frayed. 191pp.
'Conversations of things in general between Bernard Shaw & his Biographer'
by Archibald Henderson. Port/frontis of Shaw & two further b&w portrait photos
of Shaw & Henderson. 1 st English edition.
Some foxing to edges, but contents very good. £60.00

ARCHER, William. THREE PLAYS . 1927. Constable.
(Martha Washington, Beatrix Juana & Lidia.)
The uncommon dw is frayed & torn.
34pp foreword by Shaw. 269pp. £40.00

BARLING, E M. BACK TO G B S OR A MIDSUMMER NIGHTMARE. (1931)
Ad-Visers Ltd. An "extravaganza". Shaw Tercentenary Celebration Malvern AD 2156.
The author's note contains a statement from G B S, dated 1931, that he would not
”take action for libel etc if this play were produced or published.” The name of
George Fearon is signed on the front end paper. Fearon was a member of the
Shakespeare Memorial Theatre in Stratford upon Avon & went on to co-author
a book on 'The Shakespeare Industry.' £12.00

BRIEUX. THREE PLAYS. 1911. A C Fifield. 45pp preface by GBS.
The first of the three plays is translated by Mrs Bernard Shaw.
Brown boards. Top edge gilt. £16.00

DEANS, Majorie. MEETING AT THE SPHINX. (1946) Macdonald & Co. Dw frayed. Introduced by G B Shaw. Behind-the-scenes story of Gabriel Pascal's production
of Shaw's Caesar & Cleopatra with revisions & letters by Shaw. Illustrated. £8.00

HARRIS, Frank. BERNARD SHAW. 1931. Victor Gollancz. Dw.
An Unauthorized Biography based on firsthand information with a 10pp
postscript by Shaw. The book opens with 3 substantial letters from Shaw to
Harris dealing with this bibliography. Very good copy. £12.00

HARRIS, Frank. OSCAR WILDE. 1938. Constable. Dw. Name on
front end paper. 1st British publication with an entirely new & important
34pp preface by Shaw. £15.00

HOLMES, Maurice. SOME BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES
ON THE NOVELS OF GEORGE BERNARD SHAW. (1928) Dulau & Co.
With some comments by GBS. Edition limited to 500 copies.
Original wraps. Fine copy. 20pp. £25.00

FLORENCE FARR, BERNARD SHAW AND W B YEATS. 1941. Cuala Press.
Edited by C BAX. Edition limited to 500 numbered copies. Bkplt on paste-down.
Small stain (not unseemly) on upper blue paper covered boards. £80.00

SHAW, G B & YEATS, W B. LETTERS TO FLORENCE FARR. 1946.
Home & Van Thal. Dw price clipped & frayed. 67pp. £8.00

SHAW, Charles MacMahon. BERNARD'S BRETHREN. 1939. Constable.
Port/frontis of Shaw's parents. The author was a cousin of GBS.
The book contains comments by GBS. Dw rubbed & torn. Illustrated. £20.00
SHAW, Charles MacMahon. BERNARD'S BRETHREN. 1939.
Blue boards, gilt. Very slight foxing to prelims otherwise very good indeed. 161pp. £5.00

THRING, G Herbert. THE MARKETING OF LITERARY PROPERTY. 1933.
Constable. Begins with 13pp letter to the author from GBS.
Blue boards & gilt. Covers & spine sunned. Slight foxing throughout. 242pp. £6.00

WILSON, R A. THE MIRACULOUS BIRTH OF LANGUAGE . 1941.
British Publishers Guild. Introduced by G B Shaw. First thus. Original wraps. £6.00

WINSTEN, Stephen. SALT AND HIS CIRCLE. 1951. Hutchinson.
Biography of Henry S Salt. Preface by GBS. Price clipped dw has several small tears.
Slight foxing to edges not affecting text.
Port/frontis & 29 black & white photographic illustrations. 224pp. £8.00