76 With A note by Aspley cherry-gArrArd
266. SHAW, George Bernard and Charles RICKETTS. saint Joan. A chronicle play in six scenes and an epilogue ... with sketches by c. ricketts. Constable and Co. 1924.
folio. original
£750 linen-
backed boards, the boards with an all-over design of heraldic shields, printed paper spine label, top edges
gilt, others
untrimmed, with the dust- jacket; pp. vi + 182 + [2]; 16 plates of sketches and stage settings by charles ricketts, all but four in colour, and all mounted at large; bookplate of the collector W macdonald mackay, a couple of small chips
to wrapper,
otherwise a very nice copy.
the first edition with
these illustrations, limited to 750 copies. With prospectus and order form tipped in at rear.
included with this copy is a manuscript note from
the explorer, book collector and friend of george bernard shaw, Apsley cherry-garrard, discussing the influences on ricketts for his designs for the book. “[the] book given by mr shaw to ricketts and used by him for “the best drawings” he did for st Joan was by a contemporary of Joan, pol de limbourg, or paul of limbourg, a goupil volume at chantily in the museum. sidney cockerell took the shaws to see it when the rodin bust was being made. A reproduction was being made and mr shaw got one. ricketts returned it after st Joan”. on cherry-garrard’s lamer park headed notepaper, with a footnote “gbs/cs at lamer sept 29 1936”.
Also included is a theatre programme for the regent theatre performance of saint Joan featuring sybil thorndike. the settings and costumes for this production were also designed by ricketts.
267. SHAW, George Bernard. the simpleton of the unexpected isles: A vision of Judgment by a fellow of the royal society of literature. proof (unpublished). Privately printed. 1934 (but 1935).
£500
8vo. original paper wrappers, in half red morocco box, with gilt rules over marbled paper covered boards, spine lettered and panelled in gilt with raised bands with gilt rules, gilt bee block on lower board. Wrappers slightly dusty, chip to head of spine, otherwise a very good copy.
rough proof (second rehearsal copy), one of only 24 copies printed. this is the final proof state, the first and only proof state with a printed wrapper. in a letter to his printer William maxwell (23 march 1945) shaw comments that “it is possible that miss patch may need further copies of the simpleton before my return on the 15th June, if so, adorn them with a cover and title-page as on the next page but one of this sheet”.
shaw’s play opened in new york at the guild theatre on february 18th 1935. this final proof state must therefore have been intended as a rehearsal copy for the uk premiere at the
malvern festival in July 1935.
from the library of the film director, actor and writer bryan forbes, with his bookplate.
(Laurence AA20e). 269
268
268. SHAW, George Bernard. everybody’s political What’s What? Constable and Company. 1944.
£998
8vo. original cloth with both the first edition dust wrapper and the dust wrapper for the “second revised” edition. second wrapper, designed by theodora Winsten, a little rubbed at extremities with some old tape marks on the back, otherwise a very good copy, preserved in cloth chemise and morocco backed slipcase.
first edition, inscribed by GBS “for the library of the malvern festival theatre. g bernard shaw. Ayot st lawrence 17 oct 1944”. the second wrapper was produced for the “second revised edition” (in fact the fourth impression) printed in 1945, and is signed by the artist theodora Winsten. this wrapper is slightly too big for the book and was presumably added later.
A pleasing association copy. next to shakespeare, shaw was the most produced playwright at the malvern festival.
269. SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe. the complete Works. newly edited by roger ingpen and Walter e. peck. Published for the Julian Editions, in London by Ernest Benn Ltd. ... 1926-30.
£998
large 8vo. 10 vols.; original quarter vellum, spines lettered in gilt on black leather labels, green cloth sides with gilt borders, top edges gilt; spine of one volume a little soiled, otherwise a very good set in the slipcases, engraved bookplate in each volume.
“Julian edition.” limited to 495 sets for great britain and 285 sets for America. this handsome and scholarly edition comprises the poems in 4 volumes, the prose in 3 volumes, and the letters in 3 volumes. volume 1 includes the present editor’s preface and also the two prefaces written by mary shelley to Collected Poems 1839 and Posthumous Poems 1824.
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