George Bernard Shaw
86 copies for sale · $20–$4,000 · 34 first editions · 9 signed
Notable copies for sale
The Intelligent Woman's Guide to Socialism and Capitalism (first edition, signed) — Burnside Rare Books$1,500
Sixteen Self Sketches (first edition, signed) — James Cummins Bookseller$1,500
Too True To Be Good, Village Wooing & On the Rocks (first edition, signed) — James Cummins Bookseller$3,250
Too True To Be Good, Village Wooing & On the Rocks (first edition, signed) — James Cummins Bookseller$2,500
Typed/Autograph Letter Signed. “G. Bernard Shaw.” (signed) — Heritage Book Shop$2,500
Autograph Letter Signed. “G. Bernard Shaw.” (signed) — Heritage Book Shop$2,500
Misalliance, The Dark Lady of the Sonnets, and Fanny's First Play. With a Treatise on Pare (first edition, signed) — James Cummins Bookseller$1,750
Pygmalion; A Romance in Five Acts (first edition) — Biblioctopus$4,000
Irrational Knot, The (first edition) — David Brass Rare Books$950
Prefaces (first edition) — Rulon-Miller Books$650
Drop-title Playwrights and Amateurs (first edition) — James Cummins Bookseller$500
Saint Joan (signed) — David Brass Rare Books$3,500
What these are worth
Heartbreak House, Great Catherine, and Playlets of the War3 copies from 3 sellers
Each page gathers every copy on the market, what similar copies have fetched, and the spread between them.
Works on the market
TWO PLAYS FOR PURITANS: ; Easton Press7 copies · $273–$293
TWO PLAYS FOR PURITANS4 copies · $24–$134
Two Plays For Puritans: The Devil's Disciple and Caesar and Cleopatra4 copies · $20–$24
MISALLIANCE, The DARK LADY Of The SONNETS And FANNY'S FIRST PLAY. With a Treatise on Paren3 copies · $95–$1,750
PYGMALION AND CANDIDA; Easton Press3 copies · $273–$323
MAN AND SUPERMAN : ; Easton Press3 copies · $273–$298
Saint Joan2 copies · $20–$3,500
Too True To Be Good, Village Wooing & On the Rocks2 copies · $2,500–$3,250
Peace Conference Hints2 copies · $100–$350
Cashel Byron's Profession2 copies · $20–$250
PYGMALION2 copies · $37–$66
BERNARD SHAW'S SAINT JOAN, MAJOR BARBARA, ANDROCLES AND THE LION2 copies · $43–$66
ARMS AND THE MAN2 copies · $41
PYGMALION AND THREE OTHER PLAYS2 copies · $38–$40
Pygmalion; A Romance in Five Acts1 copy · $4,000
Autograph Letter Signed. “G. Bernard Shaw.”1 copy · $2,500
Typed/Autograph Letter Signed. “G. Bernard Shaw.”1 copy · $2,500
Works of the Standard Edition1 copy · $1,750
The Intelligent Woman's Guide to Socialism and Capitalism1 copy · $1,500
Market context
79 copies of George Bernard Shaw's works have left the market recently; the median last-listed price was $93 (last listed prices at time of sale or removal, not confirmed sale prices).
Recent auction results (hammer prices, premiums not included):
Group of 6 works, various dates (bonhams, 2026-07-09)£650
Back to Methuselah, first edition, 1921; and 8 others by the same (9) (forum, 2026-04-23)£190
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