Published by Blackie
Seller: Country House Library, Gloucester, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Used; Good. With their beautiful covers, intricate illustrations, and timeless stories, vintage books are a must-have for anyone who appreciates the art of reading and collecting. These antique books make for a wonderful literary gift, offering a glimpse into the past and the opportunity to experience the joy of reading in its original form. Books can range from brilliant works of fiction and literature, to rare and hard-to-find editions of beloved childhood favourites and beyond! Add this wonderful title to your home library and take time out of your busy schedule to read. Whether you read to relax or if you want to push the limits of your own understanding, reading is something that anyone and everyone can truly enjoy. Title: The Works of William Shakespeare Vol V I Author: William Shakespeare edited by Henry Irving and Frank A. Marshall, illustrations by Gordon Browne, W. H. Margetson and Maynard Brown Publisher: Blackie Publication Date: Undated Format: Hardcover Condition: This book is in acceptable condition. Wear and blemishing to the boards and spine. The free endpapers and titles pages are torn and damaged. Age spots and markings present on the textblock and pages.
Published by Scribner and Welford, New York, 1889
Seller: Alan Angele Popular Culture, IOBA, Upper Nyack, NY, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Gordon Browne, Maynard Brown, and W.H. Margetson (illustrator). 1st Edition. First American Edition. Brown cloth with gilt embossed design on front cover and title on spine. This volume contains notes and introductions by Frank A. Marshall and other Shakespeare scholars, and 71 illustrations. The plays included are: Othello, Antony and Cleopatra, Coriolanus, King Lear.
Published by Blackie & Son; Charles Scribner's Sons no date., London and New York:
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
384 pp. plus pub. cat. With full-page illustrations by Maynard Brown and four maps (the map listed at p. 368 is bound at p. 338) Small 8vo, publisher's pictorial tan cloth stamped in gold, place and blue. First edition. 19th c. village library bookplate on pastedown; remnant of library pocket removed at rear; 4-digie accession number at base of contents page; a few gatherings starting; cloth rubbed at corner tips.
Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Gordon Browne, Frank Dadd, W. H. Margetson, Maynard Brown et al. (illustrator). Henry Irving's complete eight volume edition of the complete works of William Shakespeare, beautifully illustrated throughout. The 'Henry Irving Shakespeare', complete in eight volumes, and in the publisher's original decorative cloth bindings.The complete works of Shakespeare, with notes and introductions to each play by British playwright F. A. Marshall and other Shakespearian scholars.Henry Irving was a Victorian English stage actor who established himself as representative of English classical theatre, becoming the first actor to be awarded a knighthood in 1895.Illustrated with a frontispiece to each volume and further vignette illustrations throughout. Four plates to volume I, four to volume II, four to volume III, four to volume IV, four to volume V, three to volume VI, three to volume VII. Collated, complete.Volume I - Love's Labour's Lost, The Comedy of Errors, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Romeo and Juliet, King Henry VI - Part I. With a general introduction by Edward Dowden, professor of English Literature at the University of Dublin.Volume II - King Henry VI - Part II and Part III, The Taming of the Shrew, A Midsummer Night's Dream, King Richard II.Volume III - King Richard III, King John, Merchant of Venice, King Henry IV - Part I and Part IIVolume IV - King Henry V, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Much Ado About Nothing, As You Like It, Twelfth Night; or, What You WillVolume V - All's Well that Ends Well, Julius Caesar, Measure for Measure, Troilus and Cressida, MacbethVolume VI - Othello, Antony and Cleopatra, Coriolanus, King LearVolume VII - Timon of Athens, Cymbeline, The Tempest, Titus Andronicus, The Winter's TaleVolume VIII - Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, King Henry VIII, Pericles, Prince of Tyre, Poems. With an index of subjects treated in the notes. In the publisher's original decorative cloth binding. Bumping to back strip head and tail, otherwise externally excellent. Volume I front hinge strained and a touch tender. Volume II, VI, VII front hinge strained but firmly held, as are front and rear hinges of volume III. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright, with instances of spotting and foxing. Very Good. book.