8vo. Original wrappers printed in red and black (rebacked, a few minor repairs). Provenance: Mrs. R. G. Hopkins (correspondence from bookseller Frank Hollings, 1929, laid in).

FIRST EDITION of Shaw's first significant separately published work, preceded only by two Fabian Society leaflets. Cashel Byron's Profession first appeared in the periodical To-Day, with this separate edition printed from the stereos of the corrected plates of that printing. Laurence A3a.