SHAW, Bernard

Pygmalion

First edition, an unauthorized edition printed a week or two after the first American performance, and preceding the authorized publication by nearly two years. Large octavo. Illustrated by May Wilson Preston. An issue of Everybody's Magazine bound in publisher's purple cloth gilt. A large stain on rear panel, else near fine. The true first edition of a classic play, filmed several times, most notably in 1938 directed by Anthony Asquith and Leslie Howard, and featuring Leslie Howard and Wendy Hiller; and probably most famously in 1964 as the musical My Fair Lady directed by George Cukor and featuring Audrey Hepburn and Rex Harrison, a film that won eight Oscars including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor. Rare.

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