First edition. With dramatic b/w illustrations by Lawson. Tartan paper to boards, quarter cloth. large 8vo. Rubbing to edges. Toning to spine. Occasional very light spotting within. Otherwise clean and binding tight. Good+ [more...]
First edition of Steen's first collection of plays, featuring colour illustrations by the author of characters and costumes. Includes a signed letter by Steen, describing her work to an admirer. 4to. DJ is toned, with tears to edges and loss to spine, rear [more...]
Quarter cloth binding of Galsworthy's collected plays, including The Silver Box and Strife. Raised bands and gilt decoration to spine. Blind stamped decoration. 8vo. Toning to front cover. Foxing to fore-edge. Contents clean and binding sound. Good. [more...]
Charming collection of quotes from Shakespeare that touch or lie somewhere between the extremes of Love and Hate. With illustrations by Edward Ardizzone. Small 32mo. With pictorial covers. Crease to spine. Contents clean and tight. Good. [more...]
Nicely produced calendar, with colour illustrations and quotations from Shakespeare for each month. With gilt raised decorations and initials. Bradel style binding with beveled edges and parchment style paper to boards. 12mo. Toning to covers. Previous ow [more...]
The First volume (of four) of the Variorum edition of the dramatic works of playwrights Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher, who collaborated in the early 17th century. Top edge gilt, fore-edge rough cut. With a tissue guarded frontisportrait of Beaumont. 8 [more...]
The First volume (of four) of the Variorum edition of the dramatic works of playwrights Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher, who collaborated in the early 17th century. Top edge gilt, fore-edge rough cut. With a tissue guarded frontisportrait of Fletcher. 8 [more...]
(excluding the eight dramas). Handsome cloth binding with blindstamped decoration to cover and gilt to spine. Tissue guarded frontisportrait. Toning to spine. Previous owner's name and bookplate to end-papers. Contents clean and tight. Good/very good. [more...]
Handsome quarter leather Franklin library edition of four of Ibsen's key works. With marbled end-papers. All edges gilt. Illustrations by Tony Eubanks. elaborate gilt design to spine and covers. Some mild shelf-wear, else crisp and clean. Near fine. [more...]
Detailed exploration of Shakespeare's religious background and beliefs. Beveled edges. Previous owner's name to ffep. Light marking to covers. Contents clean and tight. Good. [more...]
A study of Shakespeare's evolving output in relation to changes in his life. DJ has tears with portion missing from front flap. Previous owner's name to ffep. Otherwise clean and tight. Good. [more...]
No date but c. 1890. A verse retelling of Shakespeare's play, with b/w and colour illustrations throughout. 4to. Rubbing to edges with small tears, cracking to spine and weakening to binding. Bookseller label and previous owner's name to cover. Toning wi [more...]
Collection of Coleridge's many essays on Shakespeare and Milton, plus pieces on Beaumont and Fletcher, Jonson etc. Some mild toning to spine. Mild shelf-wear. Previous owner's name to ffep. Contents clean and sound. Good. [more...]
Pleasant soft leather suede binding of Browning's verse drama Pippa Passes. With frontispiece. No date but c. 1910. covers have some rubbing and nicks but contents clean and tight. Good. [more...]
Broadway booklets edition of Macaulay's dramatic historical poems based on heroic episodes from early roman history, engraving to soft cover. Spine is rubbed with some loss. Binding starting but contents clean. Fair. [more...]
Shakespeare Head Press; Odhams; Basil Blackwell 1947
Printed in double columns. With all Shakespeare's plays and poetical works, including the Sonnets. Sunning to spine. Wear, bumping and rubbing to edges, Light foxing to fore-edge. Binding sound. Fair+ [more...]
Souvenir program for the 1949 first run of Novello's musical. With cast list, synopsis and b/w pictures of the performance. Soft velvet wraps with glassine jacket. Rubbing to edges. Jacket creased with tears and loss. Contents clean and sound. Good. [more...]
No date but c. 1908. Charming collection of Childrens' plays, with b/w illustrations by G. F. Christie, plus colour plates. Rubbing to spine with some loss. Staining to covers. Previous owner's inscription to end-papers. Tanning and spotting within. Bind [more...]
From the uniform edition of Barrie's plays. Handsome blue leather edition of Barrie's comedy. Top edge gilt. Marbled end-papers. Rubbing to edges . Foxing to page edges. Contents clean and sound. Good+ [more...]
