Splendid tree calf leather binding of Shakespeare's plays. Bound in full leather with gilt decoration, raised bands, inner and outer gilt dentelles. Marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. Done by 'Oxford Binding'. With a glossary by W. J. Craig. A couple of [more...]
Handsome binding of Goethe's great verse play. The first of Goethe's Faust play featuring the material of the legend of Johann Faust, though full of the authors own invention. Half red leather with raised bands and gilt to spine. Marbled end-papers with mat [more...]
Handsome undated (but c.1909 and presumably first) edition of As you like it with Thomson's 40 colour tipped in plates. Green cloth with gilt decoration. Small 4to. [XXXV] 143pp. Some wear, bumping and rubbing to covers, contents clean and prim. A bright c [more...]
Fine india paper edition of Oxford's complete works of Shakespeare. 1932-1936. All edges gilt. Blue cloth with gilt titling. With price-clipped DJs. Some rubbing and tears to DJs. Some light marking to page edges. Contents clean and tight. Good conditio [more...]
Eleven volumes of early reprints (1918-1930) of the plays of George Bernard Shaw including: Three Plays for Puritans; Heartbreak House; Saint Joan; Androcles and the Lion; Pygmalion; Misalliance; The Dark Lady of the Sonnets; Fanny's First Play; John Bull's o [more...]
Handsome later printing of the Temple edition of The Tempest. 32mo. [xii] 118pp. Neat leather volume with frontisportrait and text printed in red/black. Top edge gilt. With preface and glossary by Israel Gollancz. Dust jacket has some small tears to extre [more...]
Hadsome Temple edition of Richard II. 32mo. [x] 141pp. Neat leather volume with frontispiece and text printed in red/black. Top edge gilt. With preface and glossary by Israel Gollancz. Spine has rubbing to extremities. Slight scratch to cover. Binding [more...]
Series of pioneering essays into the adaptation and production of Shakespeare on screen and on television. Slight shelfwear but interiors are crisp and clean. Very good overall. [more...]
Handsome Temple edition of Shakespeare's great tragedy King Lear. 32mo. [xiii] 189pp. Neat leather volume with frontispiece and text printed in red/black. Top edge gilt. With preface and glossary by Israel Gollancz. Previous owner's inscription to ffep. [more...]
A 'straightforward' exploration of the work of six of the most important british dramatists of the last few decades. Wu charts how each writer responded to social and political changes. Also includes an interview with Ayckbourn and a preface discussing Stopp [more...]
New Temple edition of Shakespeare's As you Like it, featuring two engravings by Eric Gill. Red cloth. 32mo. [xix] 130pp. Dust jacket is price-clipped with small tears to extremities and some tape repairs to top of spine. Previous owner's inscription to f [more...]
From the uniform edition of Barrie's plays. Handsome blue leather edition of Barrie's Comedy. Top edge gilt. Marbled end-papers. Some rubbing and shelfwear to covers. Previous owner's signature to ffep. Contents clean and prim, binding tight. Good/very go [more...]
From the uniform edition of Barrie's plays. Handsome blue leather edition of Barrie's humorous exploration of fate and second-chances in which middle aged couples are able to start over by visiting a magical wood. Top edge gilt. Marbled end-papers. Some rubb [more...]
'The Story of Hassan of Baghdad and how he came to make the Golden Journey to Samarkand: A play in five acts.' Flecker's play. Green cloth. With a 1951 play bill and a newspaper clipping to front pastedown. Foxing to fore-edge, previous owner's inscription. [more...]
Handome leather volume of three of Shaw's plays. Top edge gilt. Some rubbing to extremities. But contents clean and tight. Good/very good condition. [more...]
Eleventh printing of the Temple edition of Henry V. 32mo. [x] 173pp. Neat leather volume with tissue guarded frontispiece and text printed in red/black. Top edge gilt. With preface and glossary by Israel Gollancz. Spine has rubbing and cracking. Binding [more...]
Pleasant edition of Goldsmith's poetry and drama with an introduction by Austin Dobson. Decorative gilt to spine, coloured top-edge. Previous owners name to ffep. Contents clean and tight. Good condition. [more...]
From the uniform edition of Barrie's plays. Handsome blue leather edition of Barrie'splay. Top edge gilt. Marbled end-papers. Some rubbing and shelfwear to covers. small tear to top of spine Previous owner's signature to ffep. Contents clean and prim, bind [more...]
Nice volume featuring the 'stories' from a great number of operas. With b/w illustrations by L. R. Brightwell. The stories are not adapted from the stage performance, but rather describe it, singing an all. With DJ. DJ has some tears. Page edges have some [more...]
