Shakespeare's Prophetic Mind

33 Park Road, London, PADdington: Rudolf Steiner Press, 1964. Copyright A. C. Harwood, 1964. Green cloth boards, bright gilt cover and spine titles, light shelf wear. Pages near fine, clean. Some toning at endpapers. Stylish vintage inscription at front endpaper: "Happy Birthday Martha, My love to you, Mother, 1969." Bind fine, square; hinges intact. Scarce beige matte dust wrapper, moderate toning; unclipped 10/6 net, protected in new clear sleeve. Simple wrapper with cover and spine titles, brief summary at front flap; back panel with other titles available from Rudolf Steiner Bookshop. Sharp first edition in very good attractively toned wrapper. From contents of volume at front: "Approximate Chronology of the Plays (Not including plays only partly by Shakespeare); 1593 Love's Labour's Lost. Comedy of Errors. Taming of the Shrew. Two Gentleman of Verona; 1594 Romeo and Juliet; 1595 Midsummer Night's Dream. Richard the Second; 1596 King John. The Merchant of Venice; 1597 First Part of Henry the Fourth; 1598 Second Part of Henry the Fourth. Much Ado about Nothing; 1599 Henry the Fifth. As You Like It. Julius Caesar; 1600 Troilus and Cressida. Merry Wives of Windsor. 1601 and 1602 Twelfth Night. Hamlet; 1604 All's Well that Ends Well. Measure for Measure. Othello; 1606 Macbeth. Lear; 1607 Antony and Cleopatra. Coriolanus. Timon of Athens; 1608 Pericles, Prince of Tyre; 1610 Cymbeline; 1611 Winter's Tale. and, The Tempest. Shakespeare was 28 in 1592; 35 in 1599; and, 42 in 1606." A. C. Harwood is best known as a lecturer and writer on education. His last book on this subject 'The Recovery of Man in Childhood' was widely read. Presented here is Harwood's insightful study of Shakespeare's plays and has lectured often on them in Britain, USA, Canada and South Africa. His main theme is an unusual, but apparent one, the developing image of humanity in the whole chronological sequence of the plays. He has here condensed his principal discoveries in this study into a highly informative and concise volume. Made and printed in Great Britain by The Garden City Press Limited, Letchworth, Hertfordshire. 63 pages. Insured post.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall.