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x, 134 pp. Illustrations from photographs. (8vo) original cloth, dust jacket. Housed in a custom chemise and morocco-backed slipcase. First Edition.

Inscribed on the half title: "Inscribed to my fan James Tierney, G. Bernard Shaw. Ayot Saint Lawrence, 26th May 1949". Laid in is a brief autograph letter, signed from Shaw to Tierney, on Shaw's personal stationery. In full: "Dear Mr. Tierney. It is my iron rule never to autograph a book for sale. If I did so I should spend my life doing nothing else; and my signature would not fetch a farthing. All I can do is to inscribe your book to you personally. You can do as you please with it; but if you present it to a charity my name must not be connected in any way with the transaction. I know Crowland. No place like it in England, with its old bridge and old bells. G. Bernard Shaw."