George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) was an Irish playwright and critic. After moving to London in 1876, he worked for years as a music and art critic, wrote book and theater reviews, and was an active member of the Socialist Fabian Society. In his first play, "Widowers' Houses" (1892), he emphasixed social and economic issues. He remarked that his early plays forced the spectator to face unpleasant facts, such as prostitution in "Mrs. Warren's Profession" (1893). He then wrote "pleasant plays," and plays with high comedy to explore society's foibles. His other writings and speeches made him a controversial public figure for much of his life. He received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1925. Our selection presents two of the three plays in "Three Plays for Puritans:" "The Devil's Disciple" and "Caesar and Cleopatra." The third play never enjoyed continued acclaim. The "Three Plays" continued what became Shaw's traditional preface - an introductory essay in an electric prose style dealing as much with the themes suggested by the plays as with the plays themselves. For example, "The Devil's Disciple" (1901) is set in New Hampshire during the Revolutionary War and is an inversion of traditional melodrama. It is also sardonic and dashing. "Caesar and Clopatra" (1901) became Shaw's first great play. Illustrating our deluxe edition, George Him made more than 70 line and wash drawings for the book; 15 of these are full-page illlustrations which were hand-colored by pochoir in the studio of Walter Fisher in New York. Mr. Him also designed our book, and chose Monotype Plantin type for the text. The composition was performed in Philadelphia by Westcott & Thomson. The text and illustrations were printed at the Sign of the Stone Book in Bloomfield, Connecticut. The cream wove paper was specially made for us by the Curtis Paper Company in Newark, Delaware. The off-white paper is a rather heavy-weight wove, carefully fabricated to take the hand coloring of the pochoir process. The spine is a bright red vellum book-cloth stamped in black and gold leaf with a dramatic design by Mr. Him. The sides are of Tweedweave in a nugget-gold hue. This is number 822 of 1500 copies, and is signed by George Him. The offer includes both the essential four page Limited Editions Club Monthly Letter and prepublication announcement. This is a reasonably priced offering, making it accessible to LEC collectors of any budget, and should fit well in any library of English literature. This is definitely a book not only to collect but to read. It would also make an awesome gift to a special reader, a book of great plays in a gorgeous edition. Thank you for reading this presentation, and good luck in your searches. Feel free to contact me with any questions.