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GEORGE BERNARD SHAW

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GEORGE BERNARD SHAW

<b>535. GEORGE BERNARD SHAW</b>
<hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1856-1950). Leading British playwright of <i>Major Barbara</i> and <i>Pygmalion</i> awarded Nobel Prize for literature in 1925; founding member of Fabian Society, a socialist educational organization later affiliated with the Labour party. AES “<i>G. Bernard Shaw</i>,” 4to, 1p, London, Jun 4, 1904. Shaw replies at bottom margin of TLS “<i>Dick Sheppard,</i>” a name used by <b>H. R. L. Sheppard</b> (1880-1937), Vicar of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, London, a well-known religious broadcaster and pacifist in the 1920s and 30s, requesting permission to include extracts of some of Shaw’s writings in an anthology, mentioning five of his works. Shaw responds, “<i>Yes, of course: anything you like. Forgive delay.</i>..” Boldly penned and signed, adding “<i>4th June 1904</i>.” Annotated in an unidentified hand in red pencil. Top and right margins evidence some soiling and wear; toning at edges; o/w VG.

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