Description
For sale: a Rare and Exceptional first hardcover edition, later printing of Saint Joan: a Chronicle Play in Six Scenes and an Epilogue by Bernard Shaw with a dust jacket protected in an archival wrap. First Edition unstated, 1924 Dodd Mead with full list of printings. Nineteenth printing, February 1946 stated on the copyright page.
The book is in Good condition with clean, lightly faded boards with a large damp stain on the front and a large dent on the back edge. Also with, clean and bright title paper label on a convex spine, clean, toned page blocks, tight binding, moderate spine tilt, rolled and rubbed spine ends, and lightly rubbed corners. The interior of the book is in Very Good condition with the previous owner’s name on the first free end paper. No other marks, inscriptions, or other signs of ownership inside. The interior pages are clean and lightly toned, making it an excellent addition to any collection.
The dust jacket is in Good condition with toned paper, a sunned spine with moderate surface wear, and heavy edge wear with a 1/2″ gap on the front and spine ends. Looks good in a new Brodart archival wrap.
Saint Joan is a play by George Bernard Shaw, an Irish playwright, critic, polemicist, and political activist. The tragedy outlines the life of the peasant girl who led French troops to victory over the English in the Hundred Years’ War. An avid socialist, Shaw regarded his writing as a vehicle for promoting his political and humanitarian views and exposing hypocrisy. With Saint Joan, he reached the height of his fame, and it was this play that led to his Nobel Prize in Literature in 1925.
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