ROWSE, A. L. — William Shakespeare: A Biography
New York: Harper & Row, 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. A biography of William Shakespeare by the British scholar and poet. Includes a section of b&w plates at mid-volume; as well as a frontis plate with the Flower Portrait of the Bard. Indexed. Includes a reproduction of a complimentary note from British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan to A. L. Rowse, praising him for this work. --- In black and red cloth-covered boards w/gilt-stamped spine titling. Lacks the dust jacket but much of the original jacket has been clipped and pasted onto thefront endpapers. --- With considerable loss of spine gilding, else a good, firm copy. ; tall 8vo 9" - 10" tall; xiv, 485 pages. Very Good with no dust jacket .
