Bernard Shaw

by Holroyd, Michael

Michael Holroyd was born in 1935 and is half-Swedish and partly Irish. Recognised as one of the greatest biographers of our time, he is the author of acclaimed biographies of Hugh Kingsmill, Lytton Strachey, Augustus John, and Shaw. He was awarded the CBE in 1989. Born in London, he now lives in London and Somerset and is married to author Margaret Drabble.

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Bernard Shaw: Volume 1 1856-1898 The Search for Love

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London: Penguin,. Hardback. 486pp. Biography of the Irish dramatist, essayist and socialist thinker. Over 30 black and white plates. Slightly rubbed and bumped though spine is uncreased. Biro mark to back cover otherwise clean and sound. Good, sound copy . Paperback. Revised edition. 1990.
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London: Chatto & Windus, 1988. Later printing. Hardcover. Very good/very good. 2nd impression. 8vo. Pp viii + 486 + 32pp monochrome halftone photographs. Black cloth boards with the title stamped in gilt on a green panel on the spine. A clean, unmarked and tightly bound copy in a bright, unclipped dust jacket.
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Bernard Shaw: Volume 1 1856-1898 The Search for Love

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London: Chatto & Windus,. Hardback. 486pp. First volume of Michael Holroyd's acclaimed biography of the Irish playwright and political thinker, George Bernard Shaw. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Smart blue boards wilt gilt facsimile signature to front and green lable with gilt titles to spine. Dust wrapper is lightly rubbed. Near fine copy in very good … Read more about this item
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Bernard Shaw : The Search for Love, 1856-1898

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Bernard Shaw

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Bernard Shaw, (The Life of George Bernard Shaw) Vol. 1: 1856-1898 - The Search for Love; Vol 2: 1898-1918 - The Pursuit of Power; Vol 3; 1918-1950 - The Lure of Fantasy; -(vol 1, 2, & 3 book set of "Bernard Shaw")- -(hard covers with dust jackets)-
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London: Chatto & Windus, 1988. -----The scans you see are the books you get. All three are black cloth with gilt & blue or green or pink design on spines, pictorial endpapers, (viii) 486, (ix) 421, (ix) 544 pages plus a total of 96 pages of b & w photos through-out the 3 books, with no mention of additional printings… Read more about this item
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Bernard Shaw: 1856-1898 : The Search for Love

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Bernard Shaw - Volume 1: 1856-1898, The Search for Love

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Bernard Shaw, Three Volumes, Holroyd, Michael. Published by Chatto and Windus, London. Vols. 1-3; 1988, 1989 and 1991 respectively. First Editions. Volume 1 - 1856-1898, The Search For Love; Volume 2 -1898-1918, The Pursuit Of Power; Volume 3- 1918-1950, The Lure Of Fantasy. 8vo up to 9½" tall. viii+486pp, x+422pp, x+545pp with black and white plates and indexes. Black… Read more about this item
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Bernard Shaw (Vol. 1: 1956-1898, The Search for Love)

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New York: Random House, 1988 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Grey boards, black cloth spine with foil titles, pictorial endpapers, viii, 486, [1] pp, 16 ff b & w photo plates, bibliographical notes, index. Bottom corners bumped, else fine. DJ in Brodart archival cover. According to the DJ, "Michael Holroyd counterpoints… Read more about this item
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Bernard Shaw: Vol I: The Search for Love

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London: Chatto & Windus, 1988. First edition. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. Chatto & Windus, London, 1988. First edition. Book condition: very good, just a little very light shelf wear. Dust jacket condition: very good, unclipped and with a little light shelf wear around the edges. In The Search for Love, Michael Holroyd takes Shaw from his birth in… Read more about this item
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Bernard Shaw: Volume III: 1918-1950: the Lure of Fantasy

by Michael Holroyd

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Bernard Shaw: a biography--The Search for Love (Volume 1); The Pursuit of Power (Volume 2)

Bernard Shaw: a biography--The Search for Love (Volume 1); The Pursuit of Power (Volume 2)

by Holroyd, Michael

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New York, New York: Random House. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Large 8vo 9" - 10. Fine-looking, structurally sound set of two hardcover copies, little discernible wear to the two-tone covers, handsomely bound, with silver lettering to covers and spines, with bright interiors, unmarked in both cases. Bright and shiny dust jackets, illustrated, little worn, though one is… Read more about this item
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Bernard Shaw : the one-volume definitive edition

Bernard Shaw : the one-volume definitive edition

by Holroyd, Michael

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London : Chatto & Windus, 1997. One-Volume Definitive Edition. Hardcover. Signed by the author. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: xiv, 834p., [20]p. of plates ; 25cm. Subjects: Shaw, Bernard (1856-1950) -- Biography.
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Bernard Shaw: 1856-1898 : The Search for Love

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Bernard Shaw: Volume III: 1918-1950: The Lure of Fantasy (Bernard Shaw)

by Michael Holroyd

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1991-10-01
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Bernard Shaw: A Biography (Volumes 1-4)

by Michael Holroyd

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1988
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Hardcover
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0151166412
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New York: Random House, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First US edition of the five-book definitive biography. published in four volumes. Sturdy, clean hardcovers w/dust jackets. Minor foxing.
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