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George Bernard Shaw
Stereotyped postcard announcing his absence in South Africa.
Sent to Rev. Cornelius Greenway, Brooklyn, New York.
[n.p., 1932]
This postcard is signed by Shaw’s secretary, Blanche Patch,
with the note, "He asked me to acknowledge the receipt of
your kind letter."
Sidney P. Albert -- George Bernard Shaw Collection
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George Bernard Shaw
The Adventures of the Black Girl in her Search for God.
London: Constable & Company Limited, [1932].
Shaw wrote this work in South Africa in 1932 while Charlotte Shaw
recovered from injuries suffered from an automobile accident during
their trip. It represents his thoughts regarding what he called "a
Gospel of Shawianity," formulated over the previous four decades,
dealing with man’s relationship to man, God and the universe, and
leading ultimately to the conclusion that God is a female deity,
"the mother of us all."
This is a copy of the first edition containing an ending that was cut
in later editions.
Sidney P. Albert -- George Bernard Shaw Collection
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George Bernard Shaw
Autograph letter, signed
Computation of his royalties from The Adventure of the Black Girl in
Her Search for God.
Shaw computed his royalties on this letter from William
Maxwell.
Sidney P. Albert -- George Bernard Shaw Collection
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Charles Herbert Maxwell
Adventures of the White Girl in her Search For God.
London: The Lutterworth Press, [1933]
This parody of Shaw’s Adventures of the Black Girl includes
such passages as: "The dramatist was a paradoxical Irishman … He
was fond of digging in the philosopher’s garden, but still fonder of
standing on his head in public -- the attitude so happily delineated by
Mr. Beerbohm." Other parodies in the collection include Brigid
Brophy’s The Adventures of God and his Search for the Black Girl,
London, 1973.
Sidney P. Albert -- George Bernard Shaw Collection
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W. R. Matthews
The Adventures of Gabriel in his Search for Mr. Shaw.
A Modest companion for Mr. Shaw’s Black Girl …Illustrated by
Ruth Wood.
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1933.
This is one of the best parodies of Shaw’s fable, by W. R.
Matthews, the Dean of St. Paul’s.
Sidney P. Albert -- George Bernard Shaw Collection
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MGM Studios
Photograph taken in April, 1933, at a Hollywood lunch given by
Marion Davies.
Seated to the left of Shaw is Charlie Chaplin, and to the right
of Marion Davies is Louis B. Mayer. Clark Gable was also present.
Sidney P. Albert -- George Bernard Shaw Collection
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Thiraluk Sayam Rat
Phiphitthaphan, Suan Lumphini,
Phraphutthasakkarat 2468
The souvenir of the Siamese Kingdom Exhibition at Lumbini Park,
B.E. 2468
[Bangkok : s.n., 2470 i.e. 1928]
George Bernard Shaw’s copy. Accompanied by typescript letter
to George Bernard Shaw from Bangkok journalist; typescript
interview (12 p.) with Shaw entitled 'Talk with Bernard Shaw at
the Gulf of Siam' dated 1933, and three successive copies of the
Bangkok Nation containing interview and photograph.
In December 1932 Shaw embarked on a four-month world cruise on
a Canadian Pacific liner, the Empress of Britain. During a
stop in Bangkok he was interviewed by a correspondent for the
local vernacular newspaper, The Nation who presented him
with this book as a token of thanks.
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