Bernard Shaw
by Holroyd, Michael
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
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 cloth with gilt facsimile Shaw signature front, spine titles in gilt on green, blue and purple labels, decorated endpapers. Each volume is in fine condition without markings, folds or tears; each jacket is unclipped and in like fine condition. A very collectible set of the highly acclaimed Holroyd biography of George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950). An Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist, Shaw's influence on Western theatre, culture and politics extended from the 1880s to his death and beyond. He wrote more than 60 plays during his lifetime and was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1925.
Synopsis
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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- Bookseller
- Back Lane Books (Member of IOBA) (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3743
- Title
- Bernard Shaw
- Author
- Holroyd, Michael
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- MEMOIR AND BIO; MUSIC AND PERFORMING ARTS;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Back Lane Books (Member of IOBA)
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North Vancouver, British Columbia
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- Fine
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- Gilt
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