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...]
Terrific early Folio Society edition of Shakespeare's sonnets. Printed on blue tinted paper with wood-cut decoration. No slipcase but with protective jacket. Some mild shelf-wear but contents clean and sound. Good+ [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...]
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...]
Pleasant Phoenix Library edition of Strachey's famous, punchy biographies and essays, including Shakespeare, Voltaire, Racine and others. Green cloth with gilt decoration. Mild shelfwear and rubbing. Marking to cover. Contents clean and binding sound. Goo [more...]
'as revealed by The Sonnets to Mr.W.H. and other Elizabethan Poetry.' Curious volume proposing that the true author of Shakespeare's sonnets (and his plays) was Anne Whateley, supposedly his intended wife before Anne Hathaway. DJ is marked with rubbing and t [more...]
Amusing Folio Society volume featuring 61 culturally significant lists including what are the seven wonders of the world and what are the seven ages of man according to Shakespeare. Each list is supported with context and background information. With b/w dec [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...]
Comprehensive account of the social, political and cultural life in Shakespeare's England. Dust jacket has loss to tail of spine, previous owner's name stamped to front, and general wear and tanning. Very light foxing to covers which are otherwise bright. [more...]
