William Shakespeare Mary Cowden Clarke (46 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Condition is Fine. Pages are exceptionally clean and the binding is snappy tight. Appears unread. Light green boards are clean and square. Gold and dark green designs and lettering on the spine. Part of Spencers World's Greatest Literature Series. Undated. Spencer published different editions of this series over the years, and they varied in color and design. If you are trying to match a set that you already have, make sure this is the right edition. Images available upon request. This is a very nice, clean and solid copy. 630 pages.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. World's Greatest Literature. This book, edited by Mary Cowden Clarke appears to be part of a set published in 1936 as part of The Spencer Press which was an imprint of Cuneo Press. It seems to be part of a set of World's Greatest Literature.

Condition: New.

95 pp. 12mo, publisher's printed wrappers with small vignette of Shakespeare. Light dampstain at the fore-edge throughout the text; dust-soiling and chipping to wrappers.

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. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. H C Selous (illustrator). Reprint. Brown half-leather with lightly marked dark red boards. Banded spine with gilt decoration is rubbed at ends. Rubbed corners. Sound binding with taped hinges, except p. 153-160, which are detached. Clean pages. Text block edges are a little darkened. Contains many black and white illustrations. Contents: King John, King Richard II, King Henry IV parts I & II, King Henry V, King Henry VI parts I, II & III, King Richard III, King Henry VIII. No dust jacket, as published. Estimated date only. Illustrator: H C Selous. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 3-4kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 05415080156. All our books are sent by tracked mail. This book is heavier than 1kg, and may incur additional delivery charges on some delivery services to some locations.

Cloth. Condition: Good. SELOUS, H C (illustrator). GOOD only condition set of Shakespeare in three large volumes - Comedies, Histories and Tragedies. Filled with engravings by Selous. Original publisher's cloth bindings rubbed and worn with hinges showing webbing. Title pages loose to Vol 1. Nevetheless, a good Victorian set, filled with engravings. 0. Book.

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: Fair. No Jacket. Mary Cowden Clarke (illustrator). Black Engraved Hardcover. Hardcover: Fair Condition For Age. No Jacket. Pages Yellowed But Remain Clean. Tanned Leaf Edges. Binding Secure. Spine Loose From Binding But Still Attached On One Side. Bumped Board Corners And Some Wear To Boards. Photograph Is Added By Selling Site And Not Ours, Therefore May Not Reflect This Edition Or Condition.

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.

New Edition. Worn copy bound in full aniline calf with gilt decoration to the boards and spine, with a leather gilt blocked title to the spine. Some wear and tear as with age. Remains well preserved overall; tight, bright and clean. Provenance; includes a prize bookplate from the London Committee and presented to Robert Cooper Seaton. Physical description; xx, 715 pages. Notes; A reissue of the edition of 1864. Subjects; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616). Complete works of William Shakespeare. Plays. Poems. Genre; Drama. 1 Kg.

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.

HARDCOVER. 1st edition thus. 3 volume set, quarto, half-leather, brown pebbled boards, gilt to cover reads "Shakespeare", spine reads "The Plays of Shakespeare", tissue guards, b/w engravings, backstrip and portion of rear cover on Vol. II is dampstained. Vol. I - The Comedies Vol. II - The Histories Vol. III - The Tragedies undated, circa late 1800's. tight bindings, clean throughout, scraped and worn leather corners and edges, toning at opposite engraving pages, gilt to front boards are clear, spine faded but remains clear, wear to the solid boards, Vol. II is dampstained on spine and portion of back cover, old price sticker on ffep, Good.

New Edition. Worn copy bound in full aniline calf with gilt decoration to the boards and spine, with a leather gilt blocked title to the spine. Some wear and tear as with age. Remains well preserved overall; tight, bright and clean. Provenance; includes a prize bookplate from the London Committee and presented to Robert Cooper Seaton. Physical description; xx, 715 pages. Notes; A reissue of the edition of 1864. Subjects; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616). Complete works of William Shakespeare. Plays. Poems. Genre; Drama. 1 Kg.

Leather. Condition: Very Good. None (illustrator). An attractive leather bound copy of the complete works of Shakespeare. An attractive leather bound copy of the complete works of Shakespeare, edited by Charles and Mary Charles Cowden Clarke. Both Charles and Mary are best known for their works on Shakespeare, and the former delivered important lectures on the Elizabethan playwright between 1834 and 1856. The present work includes the plays and sonnets of Shakespeare, as well as his poems The Lover's Complaint, The Passionate Pilgrim, and the Phoenix and the Turtle. There is evidence that a bookplate has been removed from the front pastedown. In a full red calf binding. Externally, very smart. Very lightly rubbed to the boards and the joints. The calf is lightly worn to the tail of the spine. The rear hinge is starting, but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Aside from some light foxing to the front and rear of the volume, pages are bright and clean. Very Good. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Undated, published ca. 1880 or thereabouts. Reprint. Three folio volumes bound in dark brown half-leather and cloth with gilt lettering, ornate borders and decorations. Illustrated with full page plates and drawings in text. Condition: the spine of Vol. I has been rebacked with the original spine strip reattached. Bindings rubbed with minor wear; front & rear hinges of Vol. III are very fragile and the back one is nearly detached; overall, a very good set.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Magnificent 1872 Embossed Leather edition published by D. Appleton and Company, 549 & 551 Broadway, New York. Some slight scuffing to leather cover, but cover is 1/4 inch thick and sturdy. Gilt is still intact on cover. Page edges are gold. Marbled end papers. This book was VERY well cared for. Nice b/w frontispiece; classic picture of Shakespeare by Martin Droeshout/J. D. Armytage. Front blank pages has some very slight foxing, but I do not see evidence of foxing anywhere else in the book. CLEAN AND TIGHT all the way. Would make wonderful gift. BR Box 158.

[Shakespeare] FINE LEATHER PRIZE BINDING. Octavo (25 x 19cm), pp.lxi [3] 1002 [2]. With an engraved portrait of Shakespeare and his facsimile signature underneath. Title page lettered in red and black. Contemporary burgundy full morocco, boards lavishly gilt-tooled, upper with the gilt armorial device of the Licensed Victuallers' School. Gilt titles, tooling, and raised bands to spine. Gilt dentelles to turn-ins. All edges gilt. Blue and white marbled endpapers. Lightly spotted throughout, most heavily to preliminaries, rear blanks, and endpapers. Some offsetting from portrait. Front flyleaf cancelled. Single white mark to top edge. Gentle scuffing to boards, sunning to spine, rubbing to joints, raised bands, and extremities. Very good. A fine leather-bound tome of the Bard's work.

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: Very Good. lii 725p 730p 700p 746p set of four hardback volumes, all in very good condition, orange-brown half calf boards with gilt borders, a little wear to cover surfaces and corners, gilt designs and titles on spines, marbled edges and endpapers, firm binding in all volumes, light foxing to title pages, first volume has Shakespeare portrait frontispiece with protective tissue intact, pages clean and bright across all volumes, an excellent copy of an uncommon set Language: English.

4 vols. Tall 8vo (9 x 6 ins). Contemporary half calf on marbled paper-laid boards with matching page edges and endpapers, spines gilt ruled in six compartments with contrasting labels (rubbed at edges of spines and corners - otherwise a VG set). Pp. various, with engraved portrait frontispiece in vol I (previous owner's bookplate on front paste-down of vol I; no inscriptions).

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.

1st edition in this form. Good copies (3) in half aniline calf over buckram boards. Spine and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Some foxing to spine cover. Scattered foxing internally. Remain quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; 3 v. : ill. ; 33 cm. Notes; Half-title: The plays of Shakespeare.Added engraved title pages; engraved head- and tail-pieces. Titles and text withing single line border. Vol. 3 includes: The story of Shakespeare's life and Shakespeare's will. Contents; [v. 1]. The comedies -- [v. 2]. The historical plays -- [v. 3]. The tragedies. Subjects; William Shakespeare compilations. 19th century William Shakespeare. 16th century theatre. 17th century theatre. 1 Kg.

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.

1st edition in this form. Good copies (3) in half aniline calf over buckram boards. Spine and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Some foxing to spine cover. Scattered foxing internally. Remain quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; 3 v. : ill. ; 33 cm. Notes; Half-title: The plays of Shakespeare.Added engraved title pages; engraved head- and tail-pieces. Titles and text withing single line border. Vol. 3 includes: The story of Shakespeare's life and Shakespeare's will. Contents; [v. 1]. The comedies -- [v. 2]. The historical plays -- [v. 3]. The tragedies. Subjects; William Shakespeare compilations. 19th century William Shakespeare. 16th century theatre. 17th century theatre. 1 Kg.

[Dramatic Works] FINELY BOUND SET. Complete in four volumes. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[8] liv; 725 [3]; pp.[8] 730 [2]; pp.[8] 700 [2]; pp.[8] 751 [3]. With an engraved frontispiece portrait of the Bard to volume I. Contemporary tan full polished calf by BICKERS & SON of London, with raised bands, gilt titles to twin brown labels, and further gilt decoration to spines. All edges and endpapers marbled. Light toning with some spotting to first and final leaves of each volume. Heavy pencil ownership to first blank of each volume. Spines sunned with a little light wear and bumping to bindings. A lovely near fine set.

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.