Bernard Shaw: Volume 1 1856-1898 The Search for Love

Creased spine , inscriptions of previous owners x 2, yellow age spotting on outmost pages.

The first volume of Holroyd's biography of Bernard Shaw recounts his Dublin childhood, a series of love affairs and his marriage in 1898. It also records Shaw establishing himself in London literary society as a leading member of the Fabian Society, a music critic and a playwright.