Shakespeare's Dog by Rooke, Leon - 1983

Knopf, 1983-05-12. Hardcover. Good. 8x5x0.

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Alfred A. Knopf Incorporated, 1983. Fourth Printing . Hard Back. Very Good/Good. 5" x 8. 157 Pages. August 1983 Printing. Top page edges are red. 3/4 inch tear bottom spine area of dust jacket. Dust jacket price 10.5 is unclipped. Three line gift inscription on front endpaper. A revisionist account of the early life of the Bard penned by his irreverent dog. Gives us the real story of how Will Shakespeare came to bed and wed Anne Hathaway. Willie Shakespeare's dog Mr. Hooker, who bemoans the insufferable life of a mutt and takes it as his sovereign business to make a man, nay a legend, of the Bard..

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Alfred A. Knopf Incorporated, 1983. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (4th ptg.) Slightly smaller book, black cloth spine, black boards, tiny hounds in shiny black on front, gilt lettering very fine on spine, 158 pages plus brief biographical note. Remainder at pages' bottom edge. DJ has black background with illustration of rough dog wearing an Elizabethan collar with a quill pen in its mouth. DJ has slight wear and microtear at both top tips, nicks and microtear with slight wear to spine tope dge, tiny creases inside both flaps, a brown stain near back middle. Near Good DJ/Very Good book.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1983 Book. Very Good +. Hardcover. First American Edition. Review copy with original publisher's information inserted. A very nice copy of book; light normal dust jacket wear. 158 pages..

Knopf, 1983. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Hardcover in price-clipped jacket..

Knopf. Used - Acceptable. Acceptable condition. Acceptable dust jacket. (canadian literature, dogs, humor, fiction) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books.

New York:: Alfred A. Knopf,, 1983.. Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First US printing. A novel by this award-winning writer - born in North Carolina, but living in Canada. "A tour de force of inventive wit - the eccentric and high-spirited story of William Shakespeare and how he came to bed and wed Anne Hathaway. Told from the point of view of the Bard's dog, this astonishing novel of comic bliss, has been hailed as a triumph of language and an amusing delight." 158 pp.

New York. 1983. May 1983. Knopf. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0394530314. 157 pages. hardcover. Jacket design by James Laughlin/JaeL Graphics. Kacket illustration by Gary Reed Price/JaeL Graphics. Signed by the Author. keywords: Literature Canada Shakespeare. FROM THE PUBLISHER - ‘Hey-nonny-nonny' Now, is that silly, or is that silly? But how about this? ‘Arf-arf.' Exactly Mr. Hooker's point. But when does a dog get credit? Some unshaven clown comes along, some oaf from Stratford-upon- Avon, and he writes ‘Hey-nonny-nonny' - what happens? The world can't wait to holler its mad delight. But say ‘woof-woof,' and what do you get? A bone fit for a cur. Perhaps a not unexasperating tweaky on the ear. Oh, it's a thankless life, meaner by the monstrous instant - a thing near to insufferable for a pooch of real parts. Which dignitary, by the way, is what this Willie Shakespeare's Mr. Hooker is, a dog of dogs in every way that your most… Read More

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.