signed unbound
1905
by SHAW, George Bernard (1856 - 1950)
1905. unbound. fine. Unsigned autograph statement regarding the increased success of the sales of his plays in America. Oblong 8vo, 1 page, Adelphi Terrace, March 14th 1905, in full: "At a lecture of mine at Clifford's Inn (Guild of St. Edmundo) an American lady told me that she had been engaged in bookselling in America & that whereas the orders for my plays had formerly been perhaps 1000 occasionally, during the last year or so they had gone up to 2500 every three months." Fine condition. Irish playwright whose major works include Man and Superman (1902), Pygmalion (1912) and Saint Joan (1923). (Inventory #: 283694)