London: Constable and Company, 1914.
First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. Shaw, George Bernard. MISALLIANCE. The Dark Lady Of The Sonnets And Fanny’s First Play. With a Treatise on Parents and Children. Inscribed. London: Constable and Company Ltd., 1914.
“It is more dangerous to be a great prophet or poet than to promote twenty companies for swindling simple folk out of their savings”
. Small 8vo. 234 pp. + 2 pp. of ads. A near fine or better copy in light moss green cloth, gilt titles to the spine, t.e.g., in a bright, near fine slightly spine darkened example of the rather uncommon dustwrapper. A significant presentation copy inscribed in black fountain pen on the half-title: “To Robert Loraine, who created Hotchkiss (among / other good turns), from Bernard Shaw. / 17th May 1914”.
Loraine [1876-1935] was a man of action: actor-manager, soldier, aviator, Fabian & of course, a close friend to Shaw – perhaps best known as an actor he’s seen most commonly on holiday with the Shaws & Harley Granville-Barker or at Fabian events. Loraine & Shaw shared political affiliations & a passion for theatre: it was Loraine who premiered as the lead in Man & Superman on Broadway, the production was massively successful & launched Shaw as a force to be reckoned with in the United States.
“The whole strength of England lies in the fact that the enormous majority of the English people are snobs”. – Hotchkiss in GETTING MARRIED first performed in 1908 & published in THE DOCTOR’S DILEMMA, 1911.
Excellent example. Custom TBCL embossed cloth slipcase in fine condition.
