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Published by David & Charles, Newton Abbot, 1980
ISBN 10: 0715379984ISBN 13: 9780715379981
Seller: Buybyebooks, Honiton, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Mrs J M Cameron ++ (illustrator). First. HB DJ 1st Ed. See pic. DJ not priced, not clipped. Dark brown cloth boards, gilt titles spine. 17.7 x 13cm. 64 pages. b/w photos. Collection of 18 love poems addressed to the great actress Ellen Terry by playwright George Bernard Shaw. Published here for the first time. The original manuscript came to light in the early 1950's. The repro of the relevant page from Sotheby's sale catalogue makes interesting reading. Later doubts were expressed as to the authenticity of the poems. Here presented in facsimile from the original manuscript together with a repro of an authenticated original manuscript of a virtually unknown poem by Shaw, to enable the reader to compare the handwriting and judge for themselves. The photos are of Ellen Terry taken at various stages in her long theatrical career. Condition: Minor age discolouration on DJ spine, otherwise like new. VGC.