Rolfe William Shakespeare (652 results)

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.

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: Very Good. 190pp, inc. index of words & phrases explained, & notes. Signed on ffep by owner. Redish brown cloth with / gilt on front & spine. cover has light edge wear. Text is clean with tight binding, no marks or tears. red paper edges. Illustrated. size 5.25 x 7" tall.

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. 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. 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: 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. …

Hard cover. Condition: Good. No dust jacket. No previous owner's name; clean tight pages, no bent corners; HC 73.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Good +. No Jacket. Reprint Edition. 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.…

Condition: New.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Dark gray cloth boards are mottled. Prior owner name on feb. Pages are clean, no markings in text, binding is sound. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Ex Libris.

Hard Cover. Condition: good. Dust Jacket Condition: --. 214 pages; ink & pencil notations to pg 127; shelf wear to edges of brown cover; no dj. Hardcover.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. The cover shows light edgewear with a couple of rubbed spots. The binding is sound.

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. No Dust Jacket. 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 276 pages; Olive green cloth hard covers with gold lettering front and spine spine is straight, binding tight. Pages are clean with light aging. No dust jacket.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Dust Jacket. Shakespeare's history first appeared in print in 1597 and is set in the England of 1402. Edited and with extensive end notes by William J. Rolfe who also likely provided the uncredited introduction. Illustrated with a handful of black and white drawings, and with appendix containing discussion of the work and index of words and phrases explained. --- In full olive/charcoal cloth-covered boards with gilt-stamped titling and decorations on cover and spine. --- Formerly a student's copy, with penciled notations throughout, inked front endpaper info. and 2 pages of separate study questions laid in, otherwise a sound and fully readable copy.; 16mo (6 to 7 in. tall); 276 pages. …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Dust Jacket. An early 20th century edition of Shakespeare's famous comedy, which was likely first performed about 1604. Edited and with extensive end notes by William J. Rolfe who also likely provided the uncredited introduction. Illustrated with a handful of black and white drawings, and with appendix containing discussion of the work and index of words and phrases explained. --- In full olive/charcoal cloth-covered boards with gilt-stamped titling and decorations on cover and spine. --- Interior with discreet penciled notations, prior owner's signature to front paste-down and dampstain to lower textblock edge; with lots of scratches to cover cloth, otherwise a sound and fully readable copy.; 16mo (6 to 7 in. tall); 232 pages.…

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. "Complete and unabridged, with notes". Wear on front edge of spine strip, staples are rusted. Book.

Condition: New.