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...]
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...]
Handsomely produced compendium of English Poetry. With b/w illustrations by various artists including John Tenniel and Birket Foster. Decorative green cloth. All edges gilt. Tissue guarded frontispiece. 8vo. A number of middle signatures are loose. Rubbin [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...]
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...]
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...]
Collection of short biographies of notable 16th century figures including Shakespeare, Walter Raleigh, Phillip Sidney, Thomas More, Francis Bacon and Edmund Spencer. Top edge gilt, decorative cloth. Bumping and rubbing to edges. Contents clean and sound. G [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...]
