![]() ![]() Editions printed prior to this included other plays, were bundled magazine volumes or unauthorized publications. ![]() This is the rare first printing of the first and only authorized edition of this title in its own separate volume at the time of publication in 1939. Please email with questions or to request photos. Whether this is a Putnam imprint or a 'collection' put together by a contemporary enthusiast of Shaw's work, I cannot say. The publishing house Putnam's seems to have issued Pygmalion be rebinding the Everybody Magazine sheets until they were told to stop it. This copy is a bit of a mystery - they are the first American issues of these plays & at least in the case of Pygmalion, this is also the first separate publication. All three have half-title pages inserted in this copy, on the same paper and in the same font as the title page. It is pages 193-212 of Everybody's Magazine, but the volume and issue number are not present (it's January 1915). It is Everybody's Magazine November 1914. It is pages 289-312 of Everybody's Magazine. The first play is Androcles and the Lion. 1914-1915." There is no publisher or copyright page. A title page says, "Three Plays by Bernard Shaw. Some wear to hinges and scuffs to corners, but overall the binding is attractive. Raised cords on the spine, with titles in gold. ![]()
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