William Shakespeare Edited Charles Mary (13 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. LOUIS RHEAD (illustrator). LIGHT GRAY TEXTURED COVER, GOLD DESIGN FRONT, RED REINFORCED SPINE. LIGHT WEAR OUTSIDE AND FADING SPINE. TIGHT AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT. BEAUTIFUL ARTWORK BY RHEAD. FORMER OWNERS NAME INSIDE FRONT. BEAUTIFUL COLOR ARTWORK FRONTISPIECE. SHAKESPEARE MOST FAMOUS WORKS. INTERESTING AND ENTERTAINING. William Shakespeare (bapt. 26 April 1564 ? 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon" (or simply "the Bard").[6][c] His extant works, including collaborations, consist of some 39 plays, 154 sonnets, three long narrative poems, and a few other verses, some of uncertain authorship. Louis John Rhead (November 6, 1857 ? July 29, 1926) was an English-born American artist, illustrator, author and angler who was born in Etruria, Staffordshire, England. He emigrated to the United States at the age of twenty-four. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.

Condition: Fair. Acceptable condition. N.d., ca. 1860s-1890s. Volume 1. Spine ends frayed. Boards rubbed and edgeworn; front board detached, rear board missing. (plays, comedies) NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.

Condition: Fair. Acceptable condition. N.d., ca. 1860s-1890s. Volume 3. Spine ends bumped and chipped. Joints cracked and torn. Boards rubbed and edgeworn; front board loose, but still attached. (plays, tragedies) NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First published in 1864, this is a one volume edition in a handsome full leather school prize binding. 18.5 x 24.5 cm, printed in double columns, lxi, [2], 1002 [2] pages, portrait frontispiece. Some creasing and chipping to title pages and frontispiece, foxing to a few pages first and last but otherwise very sound and clean internally. Binding with crest of Newcastle-upon-Tyne Grammar school on front board, school prize label on pastedown, not much wear but joints neatly reinforced with paper.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Half maroon calf with maroon cloth covers. Some rubbing and marks to covers and spine. Corners bumped and rubbed. 1003 pages. Heavy book. Foxing to some pages. Black and white illustrations.

1/2 leather. Condition: Good+. Undated, circa 1880. Good+. 3 Volumes. Tall 4to., bound in half black calf and purple textured cloth with gilt decoration and colored title labels to the spine, marbled edges. Numerous images by Selous. Rubbing to edges, spine and boards. Tips rubbed through. Cloth has some stains and fading. Scattered light foxing throughout.

Half Leather. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. H. C. Selous (illustrator). No date of publication, though circa 1860s (Cassell Petter & Galpin existed in this configuration from 1858 to 1878). Complete set in three volumes, including comedies, histories, and tragedies. Burgundy dyed leather over spines and corners, with buckram burgundy cloth over boards. Beveled edges. Gilt stamped lettering on spine and top cover. Raised spine bands create six compartments on each spine. Leather is rubbed and scuffed, with a little loss of some lettering on spine. Light wear at corners and spine ends. There is a little light scattered foxing, mostly seen on first and last few leaves, and more so on tissue guards than the actual leaves. All three volumes remains tight, and are otherwise very clean and intact. Due to size and weight additional charges will apply for Priority and/or International shipping.

HardBack. Condition: Good. No jacket. First Edition. Presumed 1st Edition, Cassell Peter and Gilpin, no date circa 1890 from Copac. 7 VolumeDivision Complete Set. Profuse engraved illustrations by Selous, Watson, Barnard, Small et al, including; portrait double frontispieces to each volume, many tissueguarded full page plate illustrations all in very good order, intext illustrations, chapter head pieces, coloured endpapers. Volume I cracked to upper hinge, front free endpaper detached but present, Volume VII lacking front free endpaper, all volumes shaken, Vol I upper board bowed, else internally good clean tight sound, no bookplate, inscriptions or ownership marks of any kind, remarkably free from foxing or browning. Bound in bright gilt embossed, lettered, ruled and lustrated pictorial red cloth, featuring elaborate gilt and black illustration including portrait, fleursdelys, flora, stars, scrolled leaves, and many ruled compartments. Great shelf presence though sloped, with 2 gilt title and volumedivision labels, and elaborate black illustration. A great Edition of the more uncommon 7 volume set with wonderful illustrations, at reduced price due to shaken boards, all edges very bright gilt. Heavy sets such as these incur additional postage, especially overseas and particularly and possibly prohibitively outside Europe. Please inquire.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. H.C. Selous (illustrator). 3 volumes. No date, c.1890. 32x25cm. Bound in half leather over marbled boards, two spine labels lettered in gilt, all edges marbled, green endpapers, front hinge starting in one volume, ink name to first blank of each. Edges of boards a bit rubbed and scuffed, marbling to boards scuffed, leather scratched and scuffed around edges and corners, spines sunned. Contents clean, the books are tight and square. Overall an attractive set, with numerous illustrations in the text and full page plates.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. VG, no DJ. Four volume set. Scarce thus. Moderate edgewear, light signs of general wear to exteriors, bindings solid and straight, interiors clean and unmarked, pages aged. Lightly read, but a very nice set.

Hardback. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: No DW. Full leather decorated in black. Gold on burgundy title labels. Modern gift inscription to verso of front endpaper in Volume IV. Very clean tight texts in handome leather bindings (photos on request) which show a little shelf wear. Set is in very good condition with minor signs of wear and/or age. SPECIAL POSTAGE RATES APPLY (GB 2025 £8) Packed weight 4500g.

First edition with these illustrations. Signed deluxe edition. Publisher's original white buckram with titles in gilt to the upper board and spine. Top edge gilt. All four original red cloth ties present as called for. Illustrated with 13 full page colour plates, two full page black and white illustrations, 20 chapter headings and 14 tail-pieces by Arthur Rackham. An excellent example, the binding square and firm with just a little light marking to the cloth. The contents, with some patina to the vellum endpapers, the bookplate of Amy Beatrice Huntington to the blank reverse of the front endpaper and another of H. C. Drayton opposite, are otherwise fine, clean and bright throughout. Housed is a bespoke blue cloth solander case. Limited to 750 copies of which this is hand numbered 178 and signed by Arthur Rackham on the limitation page. This deluxe edition contains an additional colour plate not included in the trade issue. A beautifully illustrated collection of 20 comedies and tragedies retold in the prose of Charles and Mary Lamb aimed at making Shakespeare accessible to younger readers. Comprising The Tempest; A Midsummer Night's Dream; The Winter's Tale; Much Ado about Nothing; As You Like It; The Two Gentlemen of Verona; The Merchant of Venice; Cymbeline; King Lear; Macbeth; All's Well that Ends Well; The Taming of the Shrew; The Comedy of Errors; Measure for Measure; Twelfth Night; or, What you Will; Timon of Athens; Romeo and Juliet; Hamlet, Prince of Denmark; Othello; and Pericles, Prince of Tyre. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

Half Calf. Condition: Very Good. lxi, 1003 pp. Brown half calf over tan cloth boards. Five raised bands to spine witb attractively gilt panels and leather title label. Slight to some pages, the rest are clean. Marbled endpapers and edges. Frontis portrait engraving. A solid VG copy. Large 8vo.