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178533894London: John Bell British Library Strand 1785. First in the "literary edition" of Shakespeare's plays by Bell. With two frontispiece engravings in the volume. 12mo the play bound into later blue paper wrappers lettered caligraphically in brown on the upper wrapper. iv 5-103 pp. A fine copy very well preserved and with the wrappers as pristine. FIRST OF THE EDITION. The is from Steevens' and Johnson's Scholarly Edition of Shakespeare 1773. This edition prints Observations prior to each play.<br> The "Literary" Shakespeare was published serially beginning in 1785 and collected in 20 vols. What distinguishes this edition from the others by Bell is the elaborateness of the presentation. This was the culmination of a 15 year effort to publish an edition of the Bard's works which had a high cultural value due to its edition annotation and beauty of its typography and illustration. Indeed this edition proved a social triumph for Bell with his assembled 1800 subscribers including the Royal Family except for the Sovereign along with the Queen of France monsieur the King's brother and a collection of 70 nobles.<br> The edition was printed on smooth wove paper and in this edition Bell first replaced the long s � with the modern small rounded s an innovation which quickly caught on. There are many more portraits in this edition than in the earlier "acting" editions of Shakespeare. The engraved frontispieces feature a prominent actor or actress in the role. In contrast to the engravings of the earlier edition these portraits have oval borders and lush backgrounds. The actors themselves are rendered in a much softer more romantic style. <br> The artists Bell commissioned were all under the age of 25 and relatively unknown. Most notable among them was the young Johan Heinrich Ramberg who had come to England from Hanover under the patronage of George III. It is because of these young artists that these portraits are so different from those in the "acting" edition. Ramberg brought with him a European aesthetic and all the artists brought the burgeoning romantic artistic trends to the drawing boards. John Bell, British Library, Strand hardcover
1966mbb006525London: The Folio Society 1966. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 230x170x16mm. NOBILI LILA D. 230x170x16mm469g . . 500g Postage Incorrect see below for 1kg . . The Folio Society. London. 1966. . . . Pp88. First Folio Edition. First Printing. Green cloth hard boards. Gold and Black decoration and lettering to front and spine. Mark on front and back endpapers. Red top pages. Original marbled slip case wear to base. . . Australia_Post_Zoned_International_Shipping_Rates_FOR_THIS_PARCEL . . AP-Zone1_NZ:_AU$30.00 . . AP-Zone3_Canada_USA:_AU$47.80 . . AP-Zone4_UK_Europe:_AU$54.80 . . Domestic_tracked_OR_registered_flat_rate_FOR_THIS_ITEM_Within_Australia:_AU$13.00 The Folio Society hardcover
201641285Folio Society 2016. Sm folio First Edition thus with coloured frontispiece; blue buckram upper board with illustrated label repeating frontispiece backstrip lettered in silver blue-green endpapers a near fine copy in publisher's slip-case. First volume in a new Folio Society series presenting Shakespeare in a larger format. Folio Society, hardcover
0582782856.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
190810595<p>Heinemann. London. 1908. FIRST RACKHAM EDITION. 1st printing. 4to. 10.1 x 7.7 inches. Colour frontis and thirty nine tipped-in colour plates each with a printed tissue paper guard and 30 fine line drawings by Rackham throughout the text some full page. Finely bound in recent full tan morocco. Spine with raised bands the compartments ruled decorated and lettered in gilt. Red title label gilt. Some light foxing throughout but still a very good copy of this beautiful book in an attractive leather binding. Rackham at his very best.</p> Heinemann. London. 1908 hardcover
10121Heinemann. London. 1929. REPRINT RACKHAM EDITION. 4to. 9.7 x 7.2 inches. Colour frontis and thirty nine tipped-in colour plates each with a printed tissue paper guard. Thirty black and white illustrations some full page throughout the text. A lovely clean copy. Small crease to the bottom corner of the frontis plate otherwise a very good copy Finely bound for Henry Sotheran of London in recent full dark brown Levant Morocco. Spine with raised bands the compartments ruled in blind and lettered in gilt. Marbled endpapers. Decorative gilt border roll on the inside of the boards. All edges gilt. Original blue cloth spine and both boards bound in at the back. A fine copy of this beautiful book. Rackham at his very best. Heinemann. London. 1929 hardcover
190934589London: Hodder and Stoughton 1909. First Edition First Printing with the Thomson Illustrations. With 24 mounted colour plates by Thomson including a frontispiece each with a cptioned tissued guard. Quarto handsomely bound in the publisher's original green cloth with gilt titles to the spine and red titles with dark green pictorial decorations to the upper cover. xxxvi 143 1 pp. A beautiful copy bright and fresh the binding is very attractive and finely preserved internally well preserved with some of the usual spotting occasional to the foredges a bit of mellowing the plates and tissue guards all in excellent condition. SHAKEPEARE'S PLEASANT WORK PRESENTED IN aS PLEASING AN ILLUSTRATED format as one could hope to find. Hugh Thomson’s delightfully detailed and skillful illustrations would be hard to surpass making this a true gem in its pretty binding. Thomson's pen-and-ink drawings are in much the same style as those he did for works by Jane Austen and Charles Dickens.<br> As You Like It is a pastoral comedy by William Shakespeare believed to have been written in 1599 and first published in the First Folio in 1623. The play's first performance is uncertain though a performance at Wilton House in 1603 the house having been a focus for literary activity under Mary Sidney for much of the later 16th century has been suggested as a possibility. <br> The play follows its heroine Rosalind as she flees persecution in her uncle's court accompanied by her cousin Celia to find safety and eventually love in the Forest of Arden. In the forest they encounter a variety of memorable characters notably the melancholy traveller Jaques who speaks one of Shakespeare's most famous speeches "All the world's a stage" and provides a sharp contrast to the other characters in the play always observing and disputing the hardships of life in the country. Hodder and Stoughton hardcover
2572London: Geo. W. Jones 1916. . Large 8vo stiff buff wrappers with laurel wreath motif printed in black and red on front cover; bottom edges of covers chipped and small segment of front lower outer corner missing. slightly soiled A Three other copies located: one holding in OCLC Bibliotheque national Paris COPEC adds British Library and Cambridge University. A tour de force by this master printer. [London: Geo. W. Jones, 1916]. unknown
190431872Stratford-On-Avon: The Shakespeare Head Press 1904. 10 volumes. First Edition printed by the Shakespeare Head Press. Limited and Numbered this being copy number 525. Illustrated with the Droeshout and Chandos portraits as frontispieces as well as the additional gravure frontispieces of known portraits of Shakespeare to every volume. 4to handsomely bound in three-quarter emerald-green morocco over turquoise cloth covered boards the spines with raised bands gilt stopped the compartments with panels in gilt featuring double fillet border lines corner tools and central ornamental tooling all in gilt two compartments lettered and numbered in gilt marbled endleaves top edge gilt. The text-blocks and illustrations are all in good order clean and fresh and very handsome the bindings have wear to the edges and tips one board detached but easily repaired an honest set internally very pleasing one portrait with a small water stain at a corner of the blank portion of the leaf. FIRST AND BEST EDITION PRODUCED BY THE SHAKESPEARE HEAD PRESS IN STRATFORD-ON-AVON. The Shakespeare Head Press was the dream child of A. H. Bullen who wished to produce beautiful editions of Shakespeare’s works-- set printed and bound in the famed author’s home town of Stratford-Upon-Avon. The press expanded significantly over the years and printed many wonderful editions by a plethora of writers.<br> The books were printed for A.H. Bullen and F. Sidgwick at the press in the house of Julius Shaw the poet's friend and one of the witnesses to his will. The text with essays by H.C. Beeching Robert Bridges Henry Davey E.K. Chambers J.J. Jusserand and M.H. Spielmann. The type was composed under the supervision of T.E. Summerton. The whole was printed by F.S. Cooper. The work was begun in July 1904 and finished in January 1907.<br> Colin Franklin writing in THE PRIVATE PRESSES says that in the years after the death of A. H. Bullen the Press's founder the Shakespeare Head Press "became the most mature and sophisticated of the private presses producing some works in the grand manner which are a great pleasure to read and examine now" p. 147. This set indeed is "in the grand manner" beautifully printed on fine paper and very handsomely bound and presented.<br> This is a pleasing set internally showing the full effect of the beautiful Shakespeare Head Press printing of Shakespeare. The bindings have seen much better days but are still reasonably presentable. The Shakespeare Head Press hardcover
1172139768.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
