three plays preface bernard von brieux eugène (4 Ergebnisse)

1911 Edition. A very good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Slight dust-dulling and toning. Otherwise remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 321 pages; Complete with a tissue-guarded, portrait frontispiece. Subjects: Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950. 1 Kg.

3rd Edition. Very good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description: 321 p. ; 20 cm. Contents: Maternity -- The three daughters of M. Dupont -- Damaged goods -- Maternity (new version). Subjects: French drama. Brieux, Eugène, -- 1858-1932 -- Translations into English. French drama -- 19th century -- Translations into English. Brieux, Eugène, -- 1858-1932. 19th century drama. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Fifth Edition. Fifth edition (First Jonathan Cape edition). ***English versions by Bernard Shaw, St. John Hankin & John Pollock. ***VIII page foreword and one-page note to fourth edition by Charlotte F. Shaw, LIII (53-page) preface by Bernard Shaw. Sepia frontispiece of Brieux. ***Very good in mustard yellow-tan cloth boards with printed titles on paper label to spine. No inscriptions. Spine tight. Fore-edge and bottom edge of pages rough-cut (untrimmed) as called for. Fore-edge and bottom edge of text-block foxed not affecting interior pages. Interior pages clean. In a very good buff textured dustwrapper which has not been price-clipped, showing original publisher's price of 7s 6d net. Edges of dustwrapper slightly creased, browned and rubbed. Light sporadic foxing to front panel of dustwrapper. Dustwrapper slightly rubbed, creased and discoloured. Spine slightly browned. Head of spine of dustwrapper slightly rubbed, creased and nicked. Tiny loss to corners of dustwrapper. Tiny closed tear to top edge of rear panel of dustwrapper. Small closed tear to bottom corner of front panel of dustwrapper. ***319 pages plus VIII-page foreword and LIII-page preface. 196 mm x 134 mm. ***Scarce. A very early Jonathan Cape title to find in the original dustwrapper in collectable condition. ***George Bernard Shaw thought Eugene Brieux 'incomparably the greatest writer France has produced since Molière'. He was a social realist; his play: Damaged Goods (Les Avariés) which dealt with the subject of venereal disease caused controversy at the time it was first shown in 1911. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.

Half title, front. port. Uncut in orig. light brown buckram, lettered in black; spine sl. darkened. t.e.g. v.g. Contains: Maternity (Maternité, 1903); The Three Daughters of M. Dupont (Les Trois Filles de M. Dupont, 1897); Damaged Goods (Les Avariés, 1902). These plays first appeared in English in 1911; the translations were made between 1905 and 1906, but publication was delayed due to censorship issues.