Press Cuttings: A Topical Sketch Compiled from the Editorial and Correspondence Columns of the Daily Papers

Overview:

  • Title: Press Cuttings: A Topical Sketch Compiled from the Editorial and Correspondence Columns of the Daily Papers
  • Author: Bernard Shaw
  • Year: 1909
  • Publisher: Constable & Co. Ltd.
  • Pages: 39
  • Binding: unknown
  • Type: Chapter Book
  • Title Reference: Press Cuttings: A Topical Sketch Compiled from the Editorial and Correspondence Columns of the Daily Papers
  • Notes:
    • Paper wrapper July publication, format, and price from listing in "Messrs. Contable's List", The Spectator #4229 (1909-07-17) p111, as "Now Ready." The book is listed also in the complex column (perhaps weekly) "Books of the Day", The Observer 1909-07-11 p5. (The play was "billed for production at the court theater" on the 9th, forbidden by the censor, and produced privately that afternoon.)
    • HathiTrust Digital Library provides full view of one copy without original cover: Title page displays the full title above in a larger size typeface and continues, without line break, in a smaller size typeface: by Bernard Shaw, as performed by the Civic and Dramatic Guild at the Royal Court Theatre, London, on the 9th July 1909.
    • British Library (BL, below) and others report "London: A. Constable & Co[.], 1909" but the title page displays "Constable and Company Ltd. London: 1909."