Lot 118
Shaw, George Bernard. Typed Letter Signed, "G. Bernard Shaw," 1p, 10"x8", London, 1915 Feb. 9. Fine; with several holograph corrections. To Lawrence Pearsall Jacks, Principal at Manchester College, Oxford, and founder of The Hibbert Journal . In part: "…Unless I can publish simultaneously in America I lose my copyright and a substantial payment into the bargain….I am at present engaged in rehearsals at the theatre….You need never have any delicacy about terms with a successful playwright. Everything that he writes except for the theatre he necessarily writes at a loss…consequently any journalism that he does has to be done more or less for its own sake."
Estimated Value $500 - 750.
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