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...]
Nicely produced collection of Wilde's controversial play, originally written in French. With 16 striking b/w plates by John Vassos. With decorated end-papers. Previous owner's name to ffep. Some rubbing, bumping and fray to edges, Tanning to page edges but [more...]
'Souvenir of the First Anniversary Performance in London of the Universally Popular Play with Music'. Beautifully produced. With tipped in tissue guarded colour plates. Quarter vellum binding and decorative covers. All edges to gilt. 8vo. Marking to vel [more...]
Nicely produced edition Wilde's controversial play, originally written in French. With the sixteen b/w illustrations by Aubrey beardsley. No date but c. 1910. Bound in half vellum. Top edge gilt, fore-edge rough cut. Rubbing to edges with loss to top and [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...]
Definitive biography of the mercurial Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw. With b/w plates. Complete with slipcase. Dust jackets are price-clipped with mild bumping and shelf-wear. Rubbing to slipcase. Previous owner's name to ffeps. Volumes otherwise c [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...]
'Cranford series' edition of Sheridan's two great comedy dramas. With b/w illustrations throughout by Edmund J. Sullivan. Green cloth with elaborate gilt decoration. All edges gilt. Tissue guarded frontipiece. 8vo. Mild bumping to corners. Light fading [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...]
Charming Oxford Miniature edition of Browning's selected poems, including pieces from Pippa Passes, Poems, Men and Women and more. Red leather with all edges gilt. Inner dentelles. Small 32mo. (110x75mm). Rubbing to edges, slight cracking to tail front hin [more...]
Lerner's great adaptation of Pygmalion. With b/w illustrations by Cecil Beaton. DJ has some rubbing and bumping to edges, with small tears. Light foxing to page edges and edges of DJ. Else clean and tight. Good+ [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...]
Nicely produced edition of two of Congreve's late 17th century plays, featuring b/w illustrations and decorations by John Kettelwell. Fetching purple cloth boards with gilt decoration. Illustrated end-papers. Fore-edge rough cut. Complete with DJ. Some mi [more...]
Charming volume featuring a number of plays for Children including Cinderella and Red Riding Hood. With their text, music and directions on how to stage them. With numerous b/w images. With tissue guarded frontispiece. 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...]
Collection of Dobson's verse from various works. With 25 b/w illustrations by Bernard Partridge. First thus. Red cloth with gilt decoration. All edges gilt. Previous owner's name to half-title. Some fading to spine. Rubbing to joints and corners. Mild t [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...]
