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...]
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...]
Handsome half cloth edition of Lytton's story of a woman dispossessed and disinherited. Marbled boards. Some rubbing to cloth. Some very light tanning to page edges. Otherwise tight and clean. Good. [more...]
Nicely produced retelling of Shakespeare's comedies in prose. With decorated initials and b/w illustrations within the text. All edges gilt. Decorative end-papers. Spine slightly cocked. Prize plate to ffep. Ring mark to cover. Contents sound and clean. [more...]
From the Stage Shakespeare series. Red cloth with gilt decoration to spine. With 8 b/w images of actors in the various roles. Plus three tipped in postcards of Lewis Waller as Henry. Top edge gilt. Toning to spine. Previous owner's name to front pastedow [more...]
From the Stage Shakespeare series. Red cloth with gilt decoration to spine. With 6 b/w images of actors in the various roles. Top edge gilt. No date but c. 1900. Toning to spine. Previous owner's name to ffep. Contents clean and tight. Good. [more...]
Morley's universal library edition of Euripides plays including Hecuba, Rhesus, his Hercules plays, Helen and the Trojan Captives. Fore edge rough cut. Rubbing to label on spine. Mild shelf-wear and bumping to edges. Contents clean and tight. Good. [more...]
Pleasant red leather collins edition of Shakespeare's complete Historical plays. With frontisportrait and introduction. Top edge gilt. No date but c. 1960. Sunning to spine. Mild rubbing to edges. Contents clean and tight. Good/very good. [more...]
Dramatized biography of Georgiana Cavendish, written by her great-great granddaughter. With b/w images. No DJ. Contents clean and sound. Good. [more...]
Milton's 1634 play and 1638 poem. With notes and glossary. General shelf-wear. Previous owner's name to end-papers. Contents clean and sound. Good. [more...]
Includes his poems, dramas, speeches, unfinished pieces etc. Illustrated with 10 chalk drawings. Half cloth with marbled boards. Mild toning within, otherwise clean and tight. Good. [more...]
Dramatic account of the marxist Shining Path revolutionary/terrorist movement in Peru. With b/w images. Some toning to spine. Contents clean and tight. Good+ [more...]
Wide ranging series of eleven lectures on tragedy, encompassing Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Seneca, Shakespeare, Goethe and Victor Hugo. Fore-edge rough cut. Mild foxing to top edge. Contents clean and binding tight. Good+ [more...]
Ninth impression. Toning to spine of DJ. Mild rubbing t edges. Previous owner's name to front pastedown, beneath DJ flap. Contents clean and bright. Very good. [more...]
Dramatic account of the English victory for the Ashes in 1953. With b/w images. DJ has rubbing with tears to edges. Very faint foxing to page edges. Contents clean and sound. Good. [more...]
'A Leading Shakespearian scholar and experienced producer discuss how the plays can be staged so as to convey the fullest message to the present day audience.'' Tanning to spine and top edge. Binding tight and contents clean. Good+. [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...]
