Tremendous illustrated 'Savoy' edition of Shakespeare's complete works. Including all his plays and his sonnets plus his longer poems, the Rape of Lucrece etc. Printed in double columns. With a brief biography. With 28 colour images, including the Chandos p [more...]
Impressive illustrated edition of Green's pioneering history of England that eschews War and International politics and focuses on English people and society; which, according to Green, was more influential to the nation and its development than battles and ki [more...]
Charming special edition of Shakespeare's Works, bound in publisher's lambskin with decorative floral design to spines. With introductory essays and glossary. Full leather. Top edge gilt. Frontis-portraits. Small 8vo. (185x135mm) light marking and scratch [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...]
Nice stout, half leather binding of Shakespeare's complete works, including his Histories, Comedies and Tragedies as well as his sonnets and longer poems. With 64 b/w images of pictures of shakespearian scenes done by well known artists including Hamilton and [more...]
Displaying 'The multiform phases of the Human Mind, collated, elucidated and alphabetically arranged'. Extracts and examples of Shakespeare's plays that present philosophical and moral lessons on human behaviour, giving, if you will, Shakespeare philosophy. R [more...]
Neat quarter leather binding of the Everyman edition of Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories and Tragedies, plus his poems. Reprinted editions from 1929, 1931 and 1932. Blue leather with gilt decoration to spine. Top edge gilt. 12mo. Rubbing to leather at top [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...]
First edition from the Folio Society series of Shakespeare's complete plays. Illustrated with the designs for costumes and stages by Tanya Moiseiwitsch done for the Stratford Company's tour of Australia and New Zealand. With an introduction by Ivor Brown. [more...]
Quarter leather binding EX-LIBRARY copy of the Lambs' great renderings of the stories of Shakespeare. With an introduction by Andrew Lang and b/w illustrations by Robert Anning Bell. Tags removed but stamps and such to ffep and front pastedown. Spine cocked [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...]
Elegant collection of significant english verse from a variety of poets, from Chaucer to Arnold. Limp blue leather. Top edge gilt. Fore-edge uncut. Decorated end-papers. Toning and creasing to spine. Light bumping and rubbing to edges. Contents clean and [more...]
Terrific volume containing 40 high quality images of great paintings depicting fairies. Including Puck by Reynolds and works by William Blake and Millais, and many inspired by A Midsummer Night's Dream. Each with a description and introduction. DJ has some [more...]
First printing From the Folio Society series of Shakespeare's complete plays. Illustrated with the designs of costumes by Audrey Cruddas and b/w images of decor and staging by Roger Furse. With an introduction by Laurence Olivier. Complete with Dust Jac [more...]
From the Arden edition of Shakespeare's complete works. Nicely produced volume with Shakepeare's coat of arms in gilt to cover. Some toning to spine. Foxing to fore-edge. Very occasional pencil notes within. Contents clean and tight. Good+ [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...]
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...]
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...]
Fascinating ruminative exploration of the art of translation that examines effective examples and those that miss the mark. Dust jacket has some minor shelf-wear and bumping and is price-clipped. Previous owner's inscription to ffep. But otherwise crisp and [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...]