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SHAW. Widowers' Houses A Comedy, 1839, 1st Ed.

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Bernard Shaw's first full-length play: Heading: Author: Shaw, George Bernard Title: Widowers' Houses. A Comedy by G. Bernard Shaw. First Acted at the Independent Theatre in London. Place Published: London Publisher:Henry and Co. Date

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Playwright, Author IRWIN SHAW - Hs Book Signed, 1st Ed: Irwin Shaw (1913-1984) Playwright, author. Shaw is best known for two of his novels: The Young Lions (1948), about the fate of three soldiers during World War II, which was made into a film of the sam

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SHAW. Widowers' Houses A Comedy, 1839, 1st Ed.

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George Bernard SHAW. Widowers' Houses A Comedy. London: Henry and Co., 1893. Octavo. Original blue cloth, upper cover and spine lettered in gilt, custom slipcase and chemise (cloth spine a trifle bumped, damage to ‘spine' of the slipcase). First edition - rare.

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SHAW. Widowers' Houses A Comedy, 1839, 1st Ed.

Name: SHAW. Widowers' Houses A Comedy, 1839, 1st Ed.
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Price: 150 USD
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