19th Jun, 2025 13:00
Autograph Letters, Historical Documents and Manuscripts
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SHAW GEORGE BERNARD: (1856-1950)
SHAW GEORGE BERNARD: (1856-1950) Irish playwright, Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1925. A.L.S., with his initials G.B.S., to the recto of a correspondence card, Ayot St. Lawrence, Welwyn, Hertfordshire, 31st March 1926, to Miss. Dorothy Furniss. Shaw writes, in full, ´On measuring I find that all the illustrations are too wide for my page. They are practicable for an édition de luxe only. Still, if the blocks should turn up by any chance it would be interesting to know that they still exist. But don´t bother to search for them´. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, VG
Dorothy Furniss (1879-1944) English artist, daughter of the illustrator Harry Furniss (1854-1925) with whom she sometimes collaborated. Harry Furniss completed a number of portraits of Shaw during his lifetime, several of which are held in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery in London.
€300 - €400
€300 (1bid)
Buyer's premium: 25%
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SHAW GEORGE BERNARD: (1856-1950) Irish playwright, Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1925. A.L.S., with his initials G.B.S., to the recto of a correspondence card, Ayot St. Lawrence, Welwyn, Hertfordshire, 31st March 1926, to Miss. Dorothy Furniss. Shaw writes, in full, ´On measuring I find that all the illustrations are too wide for my page. They are practicable for an édition de luxe only. Still, if the blocks should turn up by any chance it would be interesting to know that they still exist. But don´t bother to search for them´. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, VG
Dorothy Furniss (1879-1944) English artist, daughter of the illustrator Harry Furniss (1854-1925) with whom she sometimes collaborated. Harry Furniss completed a number of portraits of Shaw during his lifetime, several of which are held in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery in London.
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Auction: Autograph Letters, Historical Documents and Manuscripts, 19th Jun, 2025
