ALS signed “G. Bernard Shaw,” one page both sides, 4.5 x 7, July 29, 1924. Letter to his close friend and biographer Archibald Henderson. In part: "Here at last is what I have been able to do at odd moments and on rainy days to fill up that book for Harper. I can do more, and ought not to have done this, as it involved postponement of more important work for which I was too lazy. As to the agreement…the thing you sent me is absurd: Harper thinks he can escape his legal responsibilities by making a private agreement with someone to indemnify him, a proceeding which exposes him to prosecution…all he can exact from an author is an assurance that the book does not contain any hidden libel. For all overt libel, sedition, blasphemy or obscenity the publisher and printer are liable…Harper probably thinks that he could murder me and have you hanged for it if he could produce an agreement to that effect. Thanks for the notes on the New York Joan." In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope, addressed in Shaw's own hand.
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