Brush Up Your Shakespeare!
by Macrone, Michael
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0060163933
- ISBN 13
- 9780060163938
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Harper & Brothers, Publishers, New York, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover (1/4 Cloth 3/4 Board). Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Illustrated. List of illustrations, acknowledgements, index of words and phrases, index of characters by play. The text is illustrated with black-and-white drawings. 1/4 dark blue coloured cloth covered back strip with gilt coloured titles. 3/4 mid blue coloured boards with gilt coloured embossed design to the lower edge of the front panel stop Illustrated dustwrapper blue and black coloured titles to the front panel and back strip stop black and white photograph of author to the rear fold over panel. A romp through Shakespeare, as, " ... Brush Up Your Shakespeare! Presents several hundred of the most famous lines and newly minted words from Shakespeare's canon, complete with background notes, explanations, and literary anecdotes that set the phrases in their original context and show what was meant and whether Shakespeare was adapting an already well-known phrase or creating a new one."  from the front fold over panel blurb. A little rubbing of the book corners and back strip edges. Age toning of the text block edges with a's view scattered foxing spots. Some rubbing of the dustwrapper edges and panels with fading of the back strip and to the right hand edge of the rear panel. Full number line. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [VI], VII - XVII, [3], 235, [1] pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Illustrated. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; Britain; Renaissance 16thc to 17thc; Essays & Literary Criticism. ISBN: 0060163933. ISBN/EAN: 9780060163938. Inventory No: 0287850. . 9780060163938
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787 (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0287850
- Title
- Brush Up Your Shakespeare!
- Author
- Macrone, Michael
- Illustrator
- Illustrated
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (1/4 Cloth 3/4 Board)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0060163933
- ISBN 13
- 9780060163938
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers, Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1990
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Shakespeare, language, quotations, terms and phrases Literature & Literary; Britain; Renaissance 16thc to 17thc; Essays & Literary Criticism. Illustrated Unbranded ISBN: 0060163933 EAN: 9780060163938 Macrone, Michael Brush Up Your Shakespe
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About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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