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The Norton Shakespeare, Based On the Oxford Edition
by William Shakespeare
"Based on the Oxford edition."
Includes bibliographical references (p. 3381-3407) and indexes.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 3381-3407) and indexes.
The Mercury Shakespeare, Edited For Reading and Arranged For Staging By Orson Wells and Roger Hill, the Merchant Of Venice
by Orson Wells William Shakespeare
Four Great Historical Plays Of William Shakespeare - Henry IV Part I, Henry IV Partii, Henry V, Richard IIi
by Introductory Notes By Henry W Simon William Shakespeare
Playwrites Books & Ephemera
Comedy of Errors. The Temple Shakespeare. Limp leather binding
by Shakespeare, William; Gollancz, Israel [ed.]
London: J M Dent & Sons Ltd. VG : in very good condition without dust jacket as issued. Previous owner inscription to fep. 1919. Reprint. Red limp leather cover. Teg. 130mm x 100mm (5" x 4"). viii, 94pp. .
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A$36.05
The Comedy of As You Like It. The Temple Shakespeare. Limp leather binding
by Shakespeare, William; Gollancz, Israel [ed.]
London: J M Dent & Sons Ltd. VG : in very good condition without dust jacket as issued. Previous owner inscription to fep. 1919. Reprint. Red limp leather cover. Teg. 130mm x 100mm (5" x 4"). xiv, 143pp. .
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A$36.05
Second Part of King Henry IV. The Temple Shakespeare. Limp leather binding
by Shakespeare, William; Gollancz, Israel [ed.]
London: J M Dent & Sons Ltd. VG : in very good condition without dust jacket as issued. Previous owner inscription to fep. 1919. Reprint. Red limp leather cover. Teg. 130mm x 100mm (5" x 4"). xiv, 163pp. .
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A$30.24
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Shakespeare: The Critical Heritage--Volume 5: 1765-1774 [This volume only]
by Vickers, Brian; Editor
London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1979. Hardcover. Good/Near fine. VOLUME FIVE ONLY! Blue cloth boards in dust jacket, octavo, 569pp., not illustrated. Book has mild sun to edges of boards and spine, binding tight, pages 60-99 have some erasable pencil marginalia and underlining, otherwise clean. DJ has toning, mild rubbing.
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A$61.98
The Works of Shakespeare. The Henry Irving Edition. Volume VII & VIII combined
by Shakespeare, William
London: Gresham Publishing Co Ltd. G : in good condition without dust jacket. Cover rubbed with minor marks. 1922. Reprint. Green hardback cloth cover. 230mm x 170mm (9" x 7"). vii, 258pp, 260pp. Colour frontis. Numerous b/w plates and vignettes. Much Ado About Nothing; As You Like It; Twelfth Night; Julius Caesar; All's Well that Ends Well; Troilus and Cressida. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. .
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A$50.39
King Richard III. The Temple Shakespeare. Limp leather binding
by Shakespeare, William; Gollancz, Israel [ed.]
London: J M Dent & Sons Ltd. VG : in very good condition without dust jacket as issued. Previous owner inscription to fep. 1919. Reprint. Red limp leather cover. Teg. 130mm x 100mm (5" x 4"). xiv, 194pp. .
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A$30.24
Prefaces to Shakespeare, first series
by Granville-Barker, H
Sidgwick & Jackson, 1953. 1st edition. Hard covers, dust jacket. V.g./V.g. . Owner's pencil signature. Covers Love's Labours Lost, Julius Caesar and King Lear
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A$11.63
Tragedy of Pericles. The Temple Shakespeare. Limp leather binding
by Shakespeare, William; Gollancz, Israel [ed.]
London: J M Dent & Sons Ltd. VG : in very good condition without dust jacket as issued. Previous owner inscription to fep. 1919. Reprint. Red limp leather cover. Teg. 130mm x 100mm (5" x 4"). xii, 128pp. .
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![Dramatic Miscellanies [sic]; Consisting of Critical Observations on Several Plays of Shakespeare; with a Review of His Principal Characters, and Those of Various Eminent Writers, as Represented By Mr. Garrick and Other Celebrated Comedians (3 Volume set)](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/964/067/1413067964.0.b.jpg)
Dramatic Miscellanies [sic]; Consisting of Critical Observations on Several Plays of Shakespeare; with a Review of His Principal Characters, and Those of Various Eminent Writers, as Represented By Mr. Garrick and Other Celebrated Comedians (3 Volume set)
by Davies, Thomas, 1713-1785
London; 1783 and 1784: Printed for the Author. Octavo. . Vols. 1: Portrait frontispiece, xxiv, 451(1)pp. errata and with subscriber's list. dated 1784. Vol. 2: 425pp. dated 1783. Vol 3: 508pp, dated 1784. The subscriber's list in Vol. I has listed Dr. [Samuel] Johnson, James Boswell, Dr. [Benj.] Franklin, Samuel Ireland (The Forger), Mrs. Siddons, and several others as subscribers. Davies writes that Shakespeare is the toast and honor to the English stage...he presents men to us as they really existed...
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A$426.09
Pearson's Shakespeare (3 Volume set)
by Shakespeare, William; Howard Staunton and John Gilbert
London; Nd(ca.1920): C. Arthur Pearson. Small Quarto. In three volumes: 745 (1)pp.; 770(1)pp. and 815(1)pp. Illustrated by Sir John Gilbert and engraved by the Brothers Dalziel. One of the loveliest 19th century editions of Shakespeare in the original cloth which usually had to be rebound but here is beautifully preserved save for the corners which show a bit of wear. This set was edited by the renowned chess master, Howard Staunton. Today most devotees of chess whether beginners or international...
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A$1,471.93
Prefaces to Shakespeare, fourth series
by Granville-Barker, H
Sidgwick & Jackson, 1953. 1st edition. Hard covers, dust jacket. V.g./V.g. . Owner's pencil signature. Covers Othello.
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A$11.63
Shakespeare Rare Print Collection
by Eaton, Seymour
Philadelphia: R.G. Kennedy, 1900. Quarto. Connoisseur edition issued for private circulation. 12 parts in portfolio each containing twelve loose plates, except the first which contains fourteen. A delightful group of plates covering much of the Shakespeare corpus including locations, autographs, and the plays. When the College English Association devoted its 1984 issue to Shakespeare, they used several of the plates from this collection to illustrate the themes. A very nice set lacking three of the ties.
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A$131.70
THE PLAYS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE IN MINIATURE
by Shakespeare, William
London: C. Whittingham for John Sharpe, 1804. Sharpe's Edition. Vol. 7 has dent to lower front cover with tide marks to the preliminaries, all else about fine. Sharpe's Edition" Nine volumes. 12mo (4 1/4"). Portrait frontispiece in Vol. 9. Bound in full red straight grained morocco, a.e.g., the spines simply stated Shakespeare in gilt along with rules, volume numbers, and simple gilt ornaments. Makeshift bookplate of Sir George Denys. This edition quite scarce.
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A$1,394.46
Historie of the Life & Death of King John. The Temple Shakespeare. Limp leather binding
by Shakespeare, William; Gollancz, Israel [ed.]
London: J M Dent & Sons Ltd. VG : in very good condition without dust jacket as issued. Previous owner inscription to fep. 1919. Reprint. Red limp leather cover. Teg. 130mm x 100mm (5" x 4"). ix, 134pp. .
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A$30.24
The Secret of the Green-Room Containing Authentic and Entertaining Memoires of the Actors and Acresses in the Three Theatres Royal (2 Volume Set)
by Haslewood, Joseph, 1769-1833
London: For J. Haslewood, 1795. Octavo. In two volumes. A new edition, with improvements to which is prefixed A sketch of the history of the English stage. Volume I: lx, 361 pages, with an index of the performer's names. Volume II: 391 pages with a similar index of additional performers. Many were spouters (the tradition of amateurs who memorized parts of the major plays and occasionally rose to prominence). Chapter I has a long section on the controversial Mrs. Harriet Esten. Haslewood complains...
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A$271.15
Comedy of Measure for Measure. The Temple Shakespeare. Limp leather binding
by Shakespeare, William; Gollancz, Israel [ed.]
London: J M Dent & Sons Ltd. VG : in very good condition without dust jacket as issued. Previous owner inscription to fep. 1920. Reprint. Red limp leather cover. Teg. 130mm x 100mm (5" x 4"). xv, 144ppl. .
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A$30.24
A Fly in Shakespeare's Amber
by Craik, Thomas Wallace
Durham: University of Durham. VG : in very good condition without dust jacket as issued. Previous owner's inscription on front cover verso. 1980. First Edition. Card covers. 220mm x 140mm (9" x 6"). 16p. .
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A$14.73
Mr. Donnelly's Reviewers (Inscribed : "To My Dear Wife, I.D., June 15, 1889
by O'Connor, Wm. D
Chicago: Belford, Clarke and Co, 1889. Octavo. 101 pages.(4)pp ads at rear which advertises Donnelly's works. Inscribed "To my dear wife/I.D./June 15, 1889, also signed by Mrs. Ignatius Donnelly at end of book. His work The Great Cryptogram attempted to prove Francis Bacon was, in fact, the author of Shakespeare's plays. This work relates to what people had written about his views of the Shakespeare-Bacon theory. Bound in green cloth lettered in gilt, spine plain, light spots of rubbing. A nice copy.
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A$271.15
Venus and Adonus. The Temple Shakespeare. Limp leather binding
by Shakespeare, William; Gollancz, Israel [ed.]
London: J M Dent & Sons Ltd. VG : in very good condition without dust jacket as issued. Previous owner inscription to fep. 1920. Reprint. Red limp leather cover. Teg. 130mm x 100mm (5" x 4"). xvi, 112pp. .
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A$36.05
Comedy of the Merry Wives of Windsor . The Temple Shakespeare. Limp leather binding
by Shakespeare, William; Gollancz, Israel [ed.]
London: J M Dent & Sons Ltd. VG : in very good condition without dust jacket as issued. Previous owner inscription to fep. 1919. Reprint. Red limp leather cover. Teg. 130mm x 100mm (5" x 4"). ix, 147pp. .
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A$30.24
Troilus and Cressida. The Temple Shakespeare. Limp leather binding
by Shakespeare, William; Gollancz, Israel [ed.]
London: J M Dent & Sons Ltd. VG : in very good condition without dust jacket as issued. Previous owner inscription to fep. 1922. Reprint. Red limp leather cover. Teg. 130mm x 100mm (5" x 4"). xii, 179pp. .
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A$30.24
A Midsummer Night's Dream. Constable edition. 1914
by Shakespeare, William; Heath Robinson, W [illus.]
London: Constable and Co. Worn condition without dust jacket. Covers are worn, faded and stained. Browning to eps and text block. Inner hinge cracking. Contents shaken. Previous owner's name to fep. 1914. Reprint. Blue hardback cloth cover. 295mm x 230mm (12" x 9"). [185pp]. 12 tipped-in colour plates and numerous b&w illustrations. Heavy book - extra shipping needed for overseas. .
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A$348.88
Comedy of the Tempest. The Temple Shakespeare. Limp leather binding
by Shakespeare, William; Gollancz, Israel [ed.]
London: J M Dent & Sons Ltd. VG : in very good condition without dust jacket as issued. Previous owner inscription to fep. 1919. Reprint. Red limp leather cover. Teg. 130mm x 100mm (5" x 4"). xii, 118pp. .
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A$30.24
Touching at a Distance. Shakespeare's Theatre
by Ungelenk, Johannes
Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press Ltd. VG : in very good condition without dust jacket. 2013. First Edition. Illustrated hardback laminated board cover. 240mm x 160mm (9" x 6"). 279pp. Edinburgh Critical Studies in Shakespeare and Philosophy. .
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A$131.80
Shakespeare: The Globe & The World
by SCHOENBAUM, S
New York: Oxford University Press, 1979. Softcover. Fine. First edition. Fine in glossy wrappers.
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A$34.09
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