William J Rolfe (Over 1,300 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Hard Cover in Very Good condition. Clean, Strong binding and unmarked pages. No underlining or notes in the margins. Minor scuffing on the covers. No Dust Jacket. Previous owners name first page. CAREFULLY PACKED in a sturdy BOX. All USA orders ship with tracking number and email confirmation. Payment may be made by Check, Money Order or Paypal. Because of the expensive cost of international shipping, INTERNATIONAL buyers MUST contact me first to arrange a shipping quote to your country.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. This is the ORIGINAL published in 1898 and NOT a reprint. Hard Cover in Very Good condition. Clean, Strong binding and unmarked pages. No underlining or notes in the margins. Minor scuffing on the covers. Spine faded. No Dust Jacket. Previous owners name first page. CAREFULLY PACKED in a sturdy BOX. All USA orders ship with tracking number and email confirmation. Payment may be made by Check, Money Order or Paypal.

Hardcover. Condition: Good to Very Good. Red-brown cloth matches others in the "English Classics" series from this decade. An original 1888 issue. Tight condition. Contemporary previous owners- name on inside edges at front not really offensive. Light wear as might be expected with no major faults. Light possible re-gluing to inside at front.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Pencil name on endpapers, pencil notes on frontispiece recto. 1885 Hard Cover. 210, 4, [2] pp. Cloth boards with gilt titles. Edited, with Notes by William J. Rolfe. With engravings. "Henry IV, Part 1 is a history play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written no later than 1597. It is the second play in Shakespeare's tetralogy dealing with the successive reigns of Richard II, Henry IV (two plays, including Henry IV, Part 2), and Henry V. Henry IV, Part 1 depicts a span of history that begins with Hotspur's battle at Homildon in Northumberland against Douglas late in 1402 and ends with the defeat of the rebels at Shrewsbury in the middle of 1403.[1] From the start, it has been an extremely popular play both with the public and critics.[2]"--Wikipedia.

Hardcover. Condition: Good to Very Good. Red-brown cloth matches others in the "English Classics" series from this decade. An original 1898 issue. Tight condition. Contemporary previous owners- name on inside edges at front not really offensive. Light wear as might be expected with no major faults.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Very good hardcover, no DJ. Covers show edge wear and corner rubbing. Previous owner's name on inside cover, pages are otherwise clean and unmarked, though tanned. Binding is tight, hinges strong.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

Hardcover. Condition: Good to Very Good. Red-brown cloth matches others in the "English Classics" series from this decade. An original 1886 issue. Tight condition. Contemporary previous owners- name on inside edges at front not really offensive. Light wear as might be expected with no major faults.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Light blue cloth cover has blind emboss on face and black print on spine. Spine is worn, chipped and has minor tearing along the back edge. The cover has edge wear, somewhat soiled and bumped tips. Previous owner's name written on front flysheet, the pages are clean, slightly discolored due to age, have minor notation marks, and somewhat firmly bound. The rear flysheet has some writing and has been folded into a geometric shape. This book is in good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Good to Very Good. Red-brown cloth matches others in the "English Classics" series from this decade. An original 1894 issue. Tight condition. Contemporary previous owners- name on inside edges at front not really offensive. Light wear as might be expected with no major faults.

Condition: New. pp. 170.

Hardcover. Condition: Good to Very Good. Red-brown cloth matches others in the "English Classics" series from this decade. An original 1894 issue. Tight condition. Contemporary previous owners- name on inside edges at front not really offensive. Light wear as might be expected with no major faults.

Hardcover. Condition: Good to Very Good. Red-brown cloth matches others in the "English Classics" series from this decade. An original 1889 issue. Tight condition. Contemporary previous owners- name on inside edges at front not really offensive. Light wear as might be expected with no major faults.

Hardcover. Condition: Good to Very Good. Red-brown cloth matches others in the "English Classics" series from this decade. An original 1887 issue. Tight condition. Contemporary previous owners- name on inside edges at front not really offensive. Light wear as might be expected with no major faults.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Reprint. Spine a bit toned, a few minor blemishes to boards. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked. 1894 Hard Cover. 186, 4, [2] pp. Cloth boards with gilt titles. Edited with notes by William J. Rolfe, illustrated with engravings. Shakespeare's All's Well That Ends Well is the story of its heroine, Helen, more so than the story of Bertram, for whose love she yearns. Helen wins Bertram as her husband despite his lack of interest and higher social standing, but she finds little happiness in the victory as he shuns, deserts, and attempts to betray her. The play suggests some sympathy for Bertram. As a ward to the French king, he must remain at court while his friends go off to war and glory. When Helen cures the King, he makes Bertram available to her. To exert any control over his life, Bertram goes to war in Italy. Helen then takes the initiative in furthering their marriage, undertaking an arduous journey and a daring trick. Few today, however, see a fairy-tale ending.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Reprint. Spine toned. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked. 1891 Hard Cover. 208 pp. Cloth boards with gilt titles. Edited with notes by William J. Rolfe, illustrated with engravings. Exiled by Duke Fredrick, who has seized her father's throne, the witty and vivacious Rosalind disguises herself as a shepherd and flees to the forest of Arden along with her cousin Celia and the court jester touchstone. Banished by his jealous older brother, the humble and chivalrous Orlando escapes to the same forest with his faithful servant Adam. What happens when Orlando, who loves Rosalind, comes across the shepherd?

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Reprint. A few spots on front board, spine toned. Binding tight and square, text clean, bright, and unmarked. 1891 Hard Cover. 173, [1], 2 pp. Cloth boards with gilt titles. Edited with notes by William J. Rolfe, illustrated with engravings. This classic comedy, set in the charming English town of Windsor, follows the hilarious misadventures of Sir John Falstaff as he attempts to woo two married women, Mistress Ford and Mistress Page, for financial gain. The clever wives, aware of his schemes, conspire to turn the tables on Falstaff, leading to a series of comic situations filled with mistaken identities, secret letters, and outrageous pranks.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Reprint. 1894 Hard Cover. 285, [1], 2 pp. Cloth boards with gilt titles. Edited with notes by William J. Rolfe, illustrated with engravings. In The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, Hamlet is mourning the death of his father, the King of Denmark. He is angry about the sudden marriage of his mother, Queen Gertrude, to his uncle, Claudius. One night, the king's ghost visits Hamlet. He tells his son that Claudius was the one who killed him. Hamlet vows to avenge his father's death.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Spine a bit toned, a few minor blemishes to boards. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked. 1898 Hard Cover. 153 pp. Cloth boards with gilt titles. Edited, with Notes by William J. Rolfe. With engravings. "Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors is the slapstick farce of his youth. In it, the lost twin sons of the old merchant Egeon - both named Antipholus - find themselves in Ephesus, without either one even knowing of the other's existence. Meanwhile, Egeon has arrived in search of the son he thinks is still alive - and has been sentenced to death for the "crime" of being from Syracuse. To add to the confusion, the two Antipholuses have twin servants, both named Dromio. As the four men unwittingly encounter each other, the play is crammed with wildly escalating misunderstandings before the truth emerges and Egeon is pardoned. Shakespeare bases his story on Plautus's Menaechmi, a play about identical twins who accidentally meet after a lifetime apart. He borrows from another Plautus play by having Adriana, the wife of one Antipholus, entertain the other. The spirited Adriana often gives speeches evoking strong emotions - as do other characters at times. Even here, Shakespeare suggests complexities beyond the farce.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Spine a bit toned, a few minor blemishes to boards. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked. 1898 Hard Cover. 180, 4, [6] pp. Cloth boards with gilt titles. Edited, with Notes by William J. Rolfe. With engravings. "Love and marriage are the concerns of Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew. Lucentio's marriage to Bianca is prompted by his idealized love of an apparently ideal woman. Petruchio's wooing of Katherine, however, is free of idealism. Petruchio takes money from Bianca's suitors to woo her, since Katherine must marry before her sister by her father's decree; he also arranges the dowry with her father. Petruchio is then ready to marry Katherine, even against her will. Katherine, the shrew of the play's title, certainly acts much changed. But have she and Petruchio learned to love each other? Or is the marriage based on terror and deception?

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Spine slightly toned, a few minor blemishes to boards. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked. 1898 Hard Cover. 216 pp. Cloth boards with gilt titles. Edited, with Notes by William J. Rolfe. With engravings. "In Othello, Shakespeare creates powerful drama from a marriage between the exotic Moor Othello and the Venetian lady Desdemona that begins with elopement and mutual devotion and ends with jealous rage and death. Shakespeare builds many differences into his hero and heroine, including race, age, and cultural background. Yet most readers and audiences believe the couple's strong love would overcome these differences were it not for Iago, who sets out to destroy Othello. Iago's false insinuations about Desdemona's infidelity draw Othello into his schemes, and Desdemona is subjected to Othello's horrifying verbal and physical assaults.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Spine a bit toned, a few minor blemishes to boards. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked. 1899 Hard Cover. 267, 4 pp. Cloth boards with gilt titles. Edited, with Notes by William J. Rolfe. With engravings. "Shakespeare's King Lear challenges us with the magnitude, intensity, and sheer duration of the pain that it represents. Its figures harden their hearts, engage in violence, or try to alleviate the suffering of others. Lear himself rages until his sanity cracks. What, then, keeps bringing us back to King Lear? For all the force of its language, King Lear is almost equally powerful when translated, suggesting that it is the story, in large part, that draws us to the play. The play tells us about families struggling between greed and cruelty, on the one hand, and support and consolation, on the other. Emotions are extreme, magnified to gigantic proportions. We also see old age portrayed in all its vulnerability, pride, and, perhaps, wisdom - one reason this most devastating of Shakespeare's tragedies is also perhaps his most moving.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Spine a bit toned, a few minor blemishes to boards. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked. 1899 Hard Cover. 176 pp. Cloth boards with gilt titles. Edited, with Notes by William J. Rolfe. With engravings. "William Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night," is a classic comedy of mistaken identities, a device employed in a number of the bard's plays, which is believed to have been written sometime between 1601 and 1602. When Viola is shipwrecked on the coast of Illyria she is separated from her twin brother Sebastian, who she mistakenly believes to be dead. With the help of the ship captain who rescues her, she enters into the service of Duke Orsino, who has fallen in love with Olivia, a wealthy countess whose father and brother have recently died. Olivia, stricken with grief, has promised herself to love no one until seven years have passed. The Duke employs Viola, now disguised as a young man named Cesario, to act as an intermediary between him and Olivia. The plan backfires though when Olivia, not realizing that Viola is in disguise, falls in love with her alter ego Cesario. Meanwhile Viola begins to develop feelings for the Duke. One of Shakespeare's most loved comedies, "Twelfth Night" draws its title from the Christian festival of the same name.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Spine a bit toned, a few minor blemishes to boards with minor loss of gilt, pencil notes and owner bookplate on front endpapers. Binding tight and square, text clean, bright, and unmarked. 1898 Hard Cover. 195 pp. Cloth boards with gilt titles. Edited, with Notes by William J. Rolfe. With engravings. "In A Midsummer Night's Dream, Shakespeare stages the workings of love. Theseus and Hippolyta, about to marry, are figures from mythology. In the woods outside Theseus's Athens, two young men and two young women sort themselves out into couples - but not before they form first one love triangle, and then another. Also in the woods, the king and queen of fairyland, Oberon and Titania, battle over custody of an orphan boy; Oberon uses magic to make Titania fall in love with a weaver named Bottom, whose head is temporarily transformed into that of a donkey by a hobgoblin or "puck," Robin Goodfellow. Finally, Bottom and his companions ineptly stage the tragedy of "Pyramus and Thisbe.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked. 1899 Hard Cover. 173, 2 pp. Cloth boards with gilt titles. Edited, with Notes by William J. Rolfe. With engravings. "In The Merchant of Venice, the path to marriage is hazardous. To win Portia, Bassanio must pass a test prescribed by her father's will, choosing correctly among three caskets or chests. If he fails, he may never marry at all. Bassanio and Portia also face a magnificent villain, the moneylender Shylock. In creating Shylock, Shakespeare seems to have shared in a widespread prejudice against Jews. Shylock would have been regarded as a villain because he was a Jew. Yet he gives such powerful expression to his alienation due to the hatred around him that, in many productions, he emerges as the hero. Portia is most remembered for her disguise as a lawyer, Balthazar, especially the speech in which she urges Shylock to show mercy that "droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven.

Condition: New. pp. 170.

Half-Leather. Condition: Very Good. 216pp. Inc. Index of words explained and notes. signed by owner on title page. Redish brown cloth cover with / gilt at front & spine. has light edgewear.Book & text clean with tight binding, no marks or tears illustrated. red page edges. . size 5.25 x 7" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages are clean with some notes. Notes inside covers. Cover corners and edges are unmarred. Binding is tight. 178pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 12 mo., hardcover, VG, well preserved copy, in brown treated cloth boards with gilt lettering. Looks great for 131 years old. Frontis shows "ghost of Hamlet". Engravings. 285 pp. including index. Pencil notes on back endpapers. Occasional underlining. All pages edged in red.

Hardcover1898. Condition: Good. Hardcover. No DJ. Text contains underlining/marking. Covers show light edge wear with rubbing/light scuffing. Binding is tight, hinges strong. Previous owners name on inside front cover.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

Condition: New.