Pygmalion George Bernard Shaw Vintage Penguin Paperback 1950s My Fair Lady Eliza Doolittle

If you have only seen Audrey Hepburn in the movie the book makes a lovely nostalgic read and is interesting that it has an epilogue at the end that carries on the story from the play finale.

A super old 1950's paperback book that has that faded Vintage Charm. Well loved and full of character a proper little piece of 1950's history published the year after Audrey Hepburn played the character in the movie

Final pages include a record of the first performance of Pygmalion and a list of the principal works of the author.

ILLUSTRATED: Black and White

BOOK HIGHLIGHTS:

• Paperback
• Illustrated
• Collectable
• Vintage Historical Romance Novel

BOOK ERA:

• 1950's Vintage Books

This vintage book has been specially selected by Kitty for good quality and its individual appeal.

George Bernard Shaw.

Was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1856 and died at Ayot St. Lawrence in Hertfordshire in 1950.

After originally beginning his career as a novelist he then became a journalist and critic of books and the arts. He was instrumental in the Socialist revival of the 1880's and was a leading figure in the Fabian Society becoming an orator and pamphleteer. He went on to become a serious economist and philosopher publishing major works on both Wagner and Ibsen.

In 1882 Bernard Shaw deciding upon a new path and became a playwright eventually to become an irresistible force in the theatre.

George Bernard Shaw will always be remembered especially for his play 'Pygmalion' and the famous character Eliza Doolittle, later to be performed by the ethereal and effervescent Audrey Hepburn, who made the character entirely her own.

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Date: 1958 (first published 1916)
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Paperback
Dust Jacket: None as issued

GOOD:

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This is fresh from the attic in good vintage condition .

The pictorial card covers are a little rubbed at the corners and slightly frayed at the top of the spine.

Minor chipping to the spine title with overall age tanning and mild foxing to the covers mainly noticeable on the interior.

No foxing to the interior pages just heavily age tanned.

Front hinge straining a little but holding together well.

Original Price of 2/6 (two shillings and sixpence) on front cover.

Nice Reading copy and Good Vintage collectible 'Penguin Plays' Paperback.

Please remember this vintage book has been loved before and is not new condition is graded taking this into consideration.

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SIZE: Height 18 cms x Width 11 cms.
FORMAT: Paperback
PAGES: 159

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