London: Folio Society, 2003. Hardcover. Light blue-green cloth boards with illustration, black lettering and gilt accents; blue-green clipcase; xix, 268 pp.; richly illustrated. This gorgeous book would make an incredible gift! This edition was originally published in London, by Penguin, in 1995. More
New York: Hurst, 1900(?). Hardcover. Red three-quarter leather binding with gilt tooled spine lettering and decoration and marbled paper-covered boards. Marbled endsheets. B&W frontispiece. Paraphrases of famous Shakespeare plays meant for a young audience. From the "Companion Books" series. More
Philadelphia: William T. Amies, 1878. Hardcover. Dark brown boards with five raised bands and gilt lettering and illustration; fully gilted textblock edges; 1468 pp.; [12] leaves of plates; richly illustrated. Carefully collated and compared with the editions of Halliwell, Knight, Collier, and others, with a comprehensive life of the great..... More
Munchen: Holbein-Verlag, 1920. Chodowiecki, Daniel. Number 74 of 200. Hardcover. Cardboard slipcase; Red leather boards with gilt design and lettering; four raised bands on spine; textblock edges are gilted; richly illustrated; tissue guards. Text in German. More
New York: Collins & Hannay, 1824. Hardcover. MISSING VOLUME SIX. Nine light brown casebound books with black text on the spine. The pages have deckled edges and each has black-and-white illustrations. Missing volume six! Contents are as follows: 1. Life. Dr. Johnson's preface. An essay on the learning of Shakespeare..... More
New York: Heritage Press, 1958. Farleigh, J. Hardcover. Off-white cloth and illustrated peach-colored paper boards, with gilt lettering and illustration on the spine; brown slipcase; three volumes; 1120, 1361, 1016 pp.; illustrations. Edited, with an introduction to each play and a glossary, by Peter Alexander. More
[London]: Hacon & Ricketts, 1900. Ricketts, Charles S. The Vale Shakespeare. Hardcover. Green boards with debossed design on the covers and gilt lettering and design on the spine; lxxxii pp. (pages are untrimmed, some are unopened); ornamental borders around the text. This is a limited edition print of this Shakespeare..... More
Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1986. Leather bound. Decorative leather; 2 raised bands and gilt lettering to spine. Silk moire end papers with matching satin place-holder ribbon. All edges gilt. No dust jacket, as issued. 234 pp. with the illustrations of Kevin King. Limited Edition published for the subscribers..... More
Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1983. Leather bound. Decorative blue leather; 2 raised bands and gilt lettering to spine. Silk moire end papers with matching satin place-holder ribbon. All edges gilt. No dust jacket, as issued. 539 pp. with the illustrations of Edwin A. Abbey. Limited Edition published for..... More
Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1982. Leather bound. Decorative blue leather; 2 raised bands and gilt lettering to spine. Silk moire end papers with matching satin place-holder ribbon. All edges gilt. No dust jacket, as issued. 609 pp. with the illustrations of Sir John Gilbert. Limited Edition published for..... More
Rochester, New York: Leo Hart, 1931. Kent, Rockwell. Hardcover. Three-quarter maroon leather with tan cloth boards, maroon slipcase, gilt letters on spine, gilt top edge, 82 pp., 21 illus. SIGNED BY ROCKWELL KENT on the limitation page. Poem by Shakespeare, with enhanced pen-and-ink illus. by American artist Rockwell Kent (1882-1971)..... More
Boston: Charles Williams, 1813. Hardcover. Four small leatherbound books. Volume five has a red plate with gilt text on the spine. Volume two has 552 pages; Volume four has 618 pages; Volume five is 536 pages; Volume six is 548 pages. Each has a black-and-white frontispiece. Volumes Two, Four, Five..... More
Philadelphia: Henry J. Johnson, 1878. Hardcover. Leather with gilt embossing and raised bands on spine. Gilt page edges. 909 pages; illustrated in black-and-white. Historical plays only in this edition. More
Philadelphia: E. Claxton & Company, 1881. Hardcover. A light tan leatherbound book with gilt text on a black plate on the spine. iii-lxx, 1-896 pages; illustrated with black-and-white plates. More
Rome: Galleria Dell'Obelisco / Carlo Bestetti, 1948. Softbound. Illustrated cardstock wraps. 11 pp. ads, frontispiece (drawing by Dali), title page, 3 sheets followed by 4 cardboard mounted color plates, followed by 2 sheets, followed by 4 cardboard mounted color plates, followed by 4 sheets. Dali traveled to Port Lligat in..... More
London, England: Hodder & Stoughton, 1908. Hardcover. Green boards with gilt text and illustrations on cover and spine. 143 pp. Many glued in color illustrated prints by Dulac. 1908 Hodder & Stoughton edition of "The Tempest" with illustrations by French illustrator, Edmund Dulac. More
Leipzig: Arndt Beyer, 1923. Hardcover. Light greenish-blue paper over boards with gilt design, red leather along spine, 89 pp, 8 bw illustrations. Text is in German. Includes 8 etchings by Edwin Scharff. This was printed in edition of 400 copies, signed by Edwin Scharff. More
London: W. Bulmer and Co., 1802. Boydell Edition. Hardcover. Black leather/boards with center/border motif of highly-elaborate gilt. Elaborately-gilded spine with 5 raised bands, also decoraded. Paginated as follows: (8) + 100 + (4) + 105 + (5) + 104 + (4) + 112 with 10 bw engraved plates total. All..... More
London: W. Bulmer and Co., 1802. Boydell Edition. Hardcover. Black leather/boards with center/border motif of highly-elaborate gilt. Elaborately-gilded spine with 5 raised bands, also decoraded. Paginated as follows: (8) + 112 + (4) + 127 + (5) + 120 + (4) + 143 with 9 bw engraved plates total. All..... More
London: W. Bulmer and Co., 1802. Boydell Edition. Hardcover. Black leather/boards with center/border motif of highly-elaborate gilt. Elaborately-gilded spine with 5 raised bands, also decoraded. Paginated as follows: (8) + 99 + (5) + 101 + (4) + 135 + (5) + 141 with 10 bw engraved plates total. All..... More
New York, NY: Johnson, Fry & Co., 1859. Hardcover. Half bound red leather, text block is faded marble. 623-1097 pp. Bw illustrations with tissue guards. Contents - King John ; King Richard The Second ; First Part of King Henry the Fourth ; Second Part of King Henry the Fourth..... More
New York: Royal Composing Room, 1980. Slipcased. Blue boards, blue slipcase. 200 unnumbered pages : illustrations. linocuts by Isadore Seltzer. More
Hammersmith, Middlesex, England: Doves Press, (1912). Edition of 200 + 15 on Vellum, this copy one of the 200 but one of very few bound in Red Morocco. Leather bound. Full Red Morocco with gilt ruling on covers and in spine compartments, with gilt title and date within the gilt-boxes..... More
London: William Heinemann, 1908. Fifth Impression, April 1917. Hardcover. Blue cloth, gilt letters on spine & front cover, gilt decoration on front cover, 134 pp. plus 40 color plates tipped in with titled tissue guards, BW illus. One of Will's classic dramas, rendered here in living color by renown English..... More
Munich: Julius Schroder, 1923. Hardcover. Vellum boards with tapered edges, stamped gilt geometric designs, top edge gilt, gilt lettering on spine, 138 pp, printed on real Zerkall laid paper, 32 bw etchings. Written in German. This is number 67 of 200 copies, signed by the artist, Max Ludwig, on the..... More
