Handsome full leather tree calf set of Shakespeare's works featuring 66 illustrations from the Boydell Gallery. Containing all Histories, Tragedies, Comedies and his poems including Venus and Adonis and the Sonnets. The Boydell Gallery was an ambitious projec [more...]
A Neat, worn but rakish, quarter leather binding of the Handy-Volume edition of the complete works of Shakespeare, including his poems. Complete in 13 volumes. Top edge gilt. Decorated initials. Compact 32mo. (130x90mm). Leather is rubbed to edges. Some f [more...]
Charming Folio Society edition of Mary and Charles Lamb's enduring prose adaptations of Shakespeare's plays, first published in 1807. Though intended for younger readers, the fairy-story style renderings have a timeless appeal. With an introduction by Kather [more...]
Charming collection of nature themed poetry chosen from a wide variety of authors including Bryant, Wordsworth, Holmes, Lowell, Keats plus some lesser known poets. Interesting prize binding. Half leather with marbled boards and matching marbling to endpapers [more...]
Pleasant Heron edition of Shakespeare's Complete Works. Containing all his plays; his longer poems, The Rape of Lucrece and Venus and Adonis; and all of his sonnets. Faux-leather burgundy cloth with gilt decoration. Infinitesimal foxing to top edge, very li [more...]
Attractive Heron edition of the monumental anthology of Poetry in the English Language, selected by W. H. Auden and Norman Holmes Pearson in 1952. Mustard faux-leather cloth with gilt titling and decoration. Very faint foxing to top edge, else crisp and cle [more...]
Charming little volume containing many popular shorter poems. With DJ. 32mo. 80pp. Red cloth boards. Some shelfwear, bumping and small tears to DJ. Contents clean and prim. Very good overall. [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...]
Terrific Folio Society edition of Shakespeare's sonnets. With an introduction by Katherine Duncan-Jones and numerous b/w engravings by a variety of artists including Peter Reddick and Simon Brett. Quarter cloth with fetching purple silk moire paper. With sli [more...]
Charming suede leather edition of this anthology of poetry on the theme of wayfaring, tramping, wandering and the spiritual appreciation of nature. Yapp edges. All page edges gilt. With decorative endpapers by Iris Bland. No date but c. 1920. Edges of cov [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...]
Charming volume of humourous or notable after dinner type speeches selected by Tim Heald from throughout history. Features illustrations by Paul Cox. Complete with slipcase. Some very light foxing to page edge, otherwise pristine. Very good condition overa [more...]
Cheeky but terrific volume containing a host of epochal writing. Includes Shakespeare's Hamlet, Plato's apology and death of socrates, Charles Lamb on Witches, selections from Jane Eyre, Frankenstein and more. QUarter faux Leather. Wear and soiling to cover [more...]
Interesting compilation of contemporary accounts and documents that reveal Shakespeare's life and world, with a view to how they manifested within his work. Including his letters and accounts, with numerous colour and b/w images. Decorated endpapers. Quarte [more...]
Neat quarter cloth volume from the plays of Shakespeare containing two comedies. With b/w frontispiece. Small 12mo. Very light foxing to fore-edge. Otherwise contents clean and tight. Good condition. [more...]
Interesting compilation of contemporary accounts and documents that reveal Shakespeare's life and world, with a view to how they manifested within his work. Including his letters and accounts, with numerous colour and b/w images. Decorated endpapers. Quarte [more...]
Interesting compilation of contemporary accounts and documents that reveal Shakespeare's life and world, with a view to how they manifested within his work. Including his letters and accounts, with numerous colour and b/w images. Decorated endpapers. Quarte [more...]
Handsome old paperback edition of Shakespeare great tragedy. With an introduction then several short commentaries to the rear. Some shelfwear and tanning. Otherwise clean and tight. A nice edition. Good overall. [more...]
Handsome old paperback edition of Shakespeare's great comedy. With an introduction then several short commentaries to the rear. Clean and tight. A nice edition. Very Good condition overall. [more...]
New Penguin Shakespeare edition of Richard II. Some shelfwear, tanning to page edge, previous owner's name. Contents clean and binding tight. Good condition. [more...]
