The Intelligent Woman's Guide to Socialism, Capitalism, Sovietism & Fascism (Vols I and II)
Pelican Books A1 and A2. Volume I is a 1st Edition, Volume II is the first reprint, both from 1937.
As a lifelong socialist, Shaw believed that economic inequality was a poison destroying every aspect of human life, perverting family affections and the relations between the sexes. According to him, all British institutions were “corrupted at the root by pecuniary interest” – and idealism, integrity and any piecemeal attempts at political reform were futile in the face of the gross injustice built into the Empire’s economic system. Begun in 1924 – the year of the British Labour Party’s first period of office under Ramsay MacDonald (who hailed it as “the world’s most important book since the Bible”) – and first published in 1928, The Intelligent Woman’s Guide draws on Shaw’s decades of activism and remains a brilliant, thought-provoking classic of political propaganda.
Condition grading for Vol 1: Fair. Foxing and marks to front cover. Wear to spine. Wear to edges of both covers. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
Condition grading for Vol 2: Very Good book in Good dust jacket. Some wear to spine ends of book. Some damage to spine ends of foxed dust jacket. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
Pelican Books A1 and A2. Volume I is a 1st Edition, Volume II is the first reprint, both from 1937.
As a lifelong socialist, Shaw believed that economic inequality was a poison destroying every aspect of human life, perverting family affections and the relations between the sexes. According to him, all British institutions were “corrupted at the root by pecuniary interest” – and idealism, integrity and any piecemeal attempts at political reform were futile in the face of the gross injustice built into the Empire’s economic system. Begun in 1924 – the year of the British Labour Party’s first period of office under Ramsay MacDonald (who hailed it as “the world’s most important book since the Bible”) – and first published in 1928, The Intelligent Woman’s Guide draws on Shaw’s decades of activism and remains a brilliant, thought-provoking classic of political propaganda.
Condition grading for Vol 1: Fair. Foxing and marks to front cover. Wear to spine. Wear to edges of both covers. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
Condition grading for Vol 2: Very Good book in Good dust jacket. Some wear to spine ends of book. Some damage to spine ends of foxed dust jacket. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
Pelican Books A1 and A2. Volume I is a 1st Edition, Volume II is the first reprint, both from 1937.
As a lifelong socialist, Shaw believed that economic inequality was a poison destroying every aspect of human life, perverting family affections and the relations between the sexes. According to him, all British institutions were “corrupted at the root by pecuniary interest” – and idealism, integrity and any piecemeal attempts at political reform were futile in the face of the gross injustice built into the Empire’s economic system. Begun in 1924 – the year of the British Labour Party’s first period of office under Ramsay MacDonald (who hailed it as “the world’s most important book since the Bible”) – and first published in 1928, The Intelligent Woman’s Guide draws on Shaw’s decades of activism and remains a brilliant, thought-provoking classic of political propaganda.
Condition grading for Vol 1: Fair. Foxing and marks to front cover. Wear to spine. Wear to edges of both covers. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
Condition grading for Vol 2: Very Good book in Good dust jacket. Some wear to spine ends of book. Some damage to spine ends of foxed dust jacket. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
