SHAW George Bernard - ANS on a letter from a bookseller 1945 Category_History

SHAW George Bernard - ANS on a letter from a bookseller 1945 Category_HistoryGeorge Bernard SHAW (1856 1950) Autograph Note Signed with initials in red ink (G. B. S.) on the lower half of a typed letter addressed to him by Gilbert H. Forbes. Half page 4to, n. p., 25 October 1945. In reply to Forbes announcement that he was opening a bookshop in Rye, Shaw responds Well, good luck to you. Responding to Forbes request for a copy of Shaws portrait which had appeared in the Leader, Shaw informs him that I have no recollection of

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