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Bernard Shaw; [includes work by Siegfried Trebitsch] Translations and Tomfooleries [including "Jitta's Atonement"] New York Brentano's [1926] First Edition Hardcover Very Good+ (no dust jacket) [good solid copy, mild wear at bottom edge, dust-soiling to top edge, previous owner's signature and date of purchase on ffep, along with a vintage bookseller's label]. About half the volume is devoted to "Jitta's Atonement," Shaw's translation of Siegfried Trebitsch's play "Frau Gitta's Suhne." The second section, "Trifles and Tomfooleries," consists of six shorter dramatic pieces by Shaw: "The Admirable Bashville; or, Constancy Rewarded"; "Press Cuttings; a topical sketch compiled from the editorial and correspondence columns of the daily papers during the Women's War in 1909"; "The Glimpse of Reality; a tragedietta"; "Passion, Poison, and Petrifaction; or, The Fatal Gazogene; a brief tragedy for barns and booths"; "The Fascinating Foundling; a disgrace to the author"; and "The Music-Cure; a piece of utter nonsense." Price: 9.00 USD