Years G B S by Patch Blanche (28 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good ++. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. G++ book in chipped and edge worn d/j but still a good solid reading copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair to Good. No Jacket.

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Ed. A close-up portrait of George Bernard Shaw and friends by his secretary of 30 years. Frontispiece photograph of G.B.S. and Patch in the study at Whitehall Court. 316 p. with index. Pages are roughly cut and somewhat yellowed. A couple of pages have been earmarked at bottom. Interior clean and unmarked. Tiny brown spot on p. 100. Covers are turqroise blue, fading and with a stain at bottom of spine. Silver lettering on black. Corners and edges are bumped.There is a large triangular pale stain on the back cover which mirrors the triangular piece missing of the dust jacket backside. Front of dust jacket is fine, blue with several small pictures of Shaw and friends. Original price $3.00. Back corner has been clipped. Mylar-protected. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: with no dust jacket. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Fair; Reading copy, grey cloth over boards, covers soiled and edge wear, typical library marks and labels, ; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Binding Tight Pages Clean Boards Worn At Edges Previous Owner's Name On First Page. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Lt. blue cl., silver lettering on navy backstr., backstr. sl. faded, ink call letters to backstr. cover edges faded. Sm. library stamp on free endpapers. Frontis. 316pp. Clean ex-lib.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Third Printing. Dustjacket is good minus. DJ has an approx. 3" tear on the front which has been taped on the inside. DJ also has chipping to the spine ends and light rubbing to the rear.

Condition: New.

Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Thirty Years With G. B. S. Book.

Condition: Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. (Irish Dramatists, 20th century, Biography) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: Fair. First edition copy. . No Dust Jacket Book Good. No dust jacket. Spine and board edges sunned. Minor shelfwear. Owner's name on pastedown; also embossed on title page. (dramatists, biographies).

hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. sunning to spine; mild age spotting to FEP. Clean Copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Ex Library Copy - 1951 First Edition, inside front page has library stamp and card. There is foxing to the front and back few pages, overall in fair condition. Binding is a bit loose at the front of the book, but main pages are ok. Boards are a bit bumped and library self number is added to the spine. MESSAGE FROM LENNON BOOKS (A) Postage costs are estimates only - prices may decrease / increase depending on the order. Prices outside of Europe / Worldwide Postage costs will be advised on confirmation of order. All orders are shipped via with Royal Mail and a proof of postage can be provided. Tracked orders can be requested. (B) If you think that this book is over your price limit then please email me with your proposed price, we will discuss offers on all of our books. (C) Books are sold as seen in the photos with an as accurate description as possible, please request more photos if required. No Signature.

Hardback. 1st. Mr Shaws private secretary for the last 30 years of his life Previous owner inscription to ffep 256 pp. book.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 256 pp, dustjacket with a couple of tiny closed tears to edges. Spots of foxing to foredge, otherwise internally clean. Life with Shaw, by his secretary for the last 30 years of his life.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

HARDCOVER. Dymock Book Arcade, 1951. First edition, first printing. A very good copy with age tanning to the pages The d/w is good with some repaired edge wear.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. 1st edition. 22cm. VG h/c in plastic protected pict DJ with two small tears lower front. 2cm worn patch top rear cover. Jacket taped to pastedowns,mirror spots opposite. Small inked name to FFEP, dealer stamp at bottom. 256 pages, b/w frontis photo. An engrossing look at the most productive literary years of George Bernard Shaw as experienced by his secretary of 30 years.

Condition: New.

Condition: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original orange cloth covers, black lettering to spine. 8vo 8½" x 5¼" 256 pp. Monochrome frontispiece. Near Fine condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with small chips to spine tips [text not affected], shallow rubs to corners, not price clipped 12/6, spine not faded. Dust wrapper supplied in archival acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. BIO (Résumé, Memoir).

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. None stated (illustrator). First edition. A fascinating and insightful biographical work on Bernard Shaw by his private secretary Blanche Patch, previously owned by a member of Holbrook Jackson's family. The first edition, second impression.Previously owned by a member of Holbrook Jackson's family, with their owner's stamps to the endpapers and fore edge. Jackson wrote a biography on Bernard Shaw, with Shaw financing his Christian Socialist weekly magazine, 'The New Age'.A biographical work on the noted Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw, written by his private secretary 'Blanch Patch', providing unique insight into his life from someone who had personal access to his life.In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally lovely. Stamp belonging to 'M. G. Jackson', and a past owner's inscription to the front endpapers. The dust wrapper has spotting small chips and closed tears to the extremities, and slight loss to the head of the front. Internally firmly bound with age toned pages with only the odd spot. 'M. G. Jackson' stamps to fore edge. Near Fine. book.

8vo, with a frontispiece (slightly soiled at head); original orange cloth; upper cover soiled, spine slightly rubbed and faded; with a photograph of Shaw, signed and annotated by Patch, loosely inserted; from the library of Michael Holroyd, with his bookplate and his extensive ink annotations and highlighting throughout.First edition. A presentation copy, inscribed on the half-title 'To Gladys & Hesketh Pearson with best wishes for 1951. From Blanche Patch. 10th January, 1951'. An American edition appeared the same year. Laurence B356.

Paperback / softback. Condition: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.

Paperback / softback. Condition: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.