Two Plays for Puritans [The Devil's Disciple; Caesar and Cleopatra]. drawings by George Him New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1966.
One of 1,500 numbered copies signed by the illustrator. This being copy no. 1403.
Small folio. [ii, blank], [xxxiv], [1]-215, [1, blank], [1, signed limitation page], [1, blank] pp. With thirteen inserted plates. Publisher's full red linen, spine stamped in gold and black, front cover decoration stamped in gold, top edge stained mustard yellow, hand-colored frontispiece, with original gold-stamped slipcase. Book and slipcase are fine.
George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950) was a popular Irish playwright and Nobel Laureate. A prominent political activist and ardent socialist, many of his writings deal with the prevailing social problems of his day. Shaw's blend of drama, comedy, and social commentary made him one of the most popular authors of his time, as well as the first person to win both a Nobel Prize for Literature and an Oscar (for the adaptation of his play Pygmalion).
Newman & Wiche, 381.
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