Shakespeare's Comedy of As You Like It

American Book Company, New York. c1898 by Harper and Brothers; W.P.3 on the copyright page designates a 3rd printing by American Book thus an early 1900s printing. Hardcover. Reprint Edition. This is one of 40 English Classics Shakespeare's Works Series by ABC. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Good +; light wear to tips, head, board bottoms, and tail; suntoned spine; light soiling to boards. No DJ. Brick red grained boards and spine with bright gilt titles on the spine and front board; embossed border on front and rear board. Tinted textblock edges. Clean internals. Inner hinges are sound and not split. 208 pp 12mo. As You Like It is a pastoral comedy written in 1599 and published in the First Folio in 1623. The play follows its heroine Rosalind as she flees persecution in her uncle's court and accompanied by her cousin Celia they find safety and, eventually, love, in the Forest of Arden. In the forest, they encounter a variety of memorable characters, notably the melancholy traveler Jaques who speaks many of Shakespeare's most famous speeches and provides a sharp contrast to the other characters in the play, always observing and disputing the hardships of life in the country. A clean very presentable copy.…