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Shakespeare&Apos;S Life and Work

Sidney Lee · 1900 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Smith Elder & Co. 1900. Leather. Handsome biographical sketch of the life and work of William Shakespeare by Sidney Lee. A biographical sketch of the life and work of William Shakespeare, abridged for students from 1898 A Life of William Shakespeare by Sidney Lee, Englis…

The Works of Shakespeare

William Shakespeare; Charles Knight · 1873 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.61 | $383.13 | ¥61,181)

London, J S Virtue and Co. 1873-76. Leather. A bright copy of this beautifully illustrated edition of Shakespeare's works. This is the 'Imperial Edition' edited by Charles Knight. Illustrated, with a frontispiece, engraved title page and 24 plates to volume I. Vol…

Eight Illustrations to Shakespeare&Apos;S Two Gentlemen of Verona

Walter Crane · 1894 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)

London, J M Dent, 1894. First edition. Cloth. A beautiful limited edition suite of eight plates produced by Walter Crane depicting Shakespeare's 'Two Gentlemen of Verona&apos. This suite is one of 650 copies designed by Crane and engraved in Dallastype facsimile by Dun…

Pearson&Apos;S Shakespeare

William Shakespeare; Howard Staunton (Ed) · 0 · Rooke Books

£440.00 (€527.41 | $581.30 | ¥92,826)

London, C Arthur Pearson, c1920. Leather. A three volume set of William Shakespeare's complete works. Illustrated by Sir John Gilbert. Illustrations to this work are engraved by the Brothers Dalziel. Undated, dated using Copac. Edited by Howard Staunton, a Shakespearean sch…

Songs and Sonnets by William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare · 1926 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1926. Leather. A smart volume from the Macmillan Golden Treasury Series containing the poems of Shakespeare, bound in half calf. A smart half calf binding, with marbled endpapers. Bounde by Riviera & Son, with binder's stamp to front blank…

Shakespeare&Apos;S Europe: Unpublished Chapters of Fynes Moryson&Apos;S Itinerary Being a Survey of the Condition of Europe at the End of the 16th Century

Charles Hughes · 1903 · Rooke Books

£59.00 (€70.72 | $77.95 | ¥12,447)

London, Sherratt & Hughes , 1903. First edition. Hardback. The first edition of this scholarly survey of Fynes Moryson"s unpublished writings on late sixteenth-century Europe, edited and introduced by Charles Hughes. In the publisher's original quarter paper vellum with pap…

37 Vols Shakespeare New Cambridge Editions

William Shakespeare; J. Dover Wilson [Ed.]; Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch [Ed.]; G I. Duthie [Ed.]; Alice Walker [Ed.]; J. C. Maxwell. [Ed.] · 1948 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.40 | $594.51 | ¥94,936)

Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1948-1966 . Cloth. A substantial collection of volumes from 'The New Shakespeare', comprising his many notable plays alongside critical introductions, with the original dust wrappers. In the publisher's original cloth binding…

Shakespeare&Apos;S Comedy of the Tempest

William Shakespeare · 1908 · Rooke Books

£265.00 (€317.64 | $350.10 | ¥55,907)

London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1908 . First edition. Cloth. Beautifully illustrated throughout with colour plates by Edmund Dulac, this is a wonderful first edition of Shakespeare's late play. The first edition of this work to feature the illustrations of Dulac. The first trad…

The Works of William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare; Henry Irving [ed.]; Frank A. Marshall [ed.] · 1895 · Rooke Books

£490.00 (€587.34 | $647.36 | ¥103,375)

London, Blackie & Sons, 1895 . Cloth. 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 dec…

Three Plates in Colour from Shakespeare&Apos;S Tragedy of Hamlet

William Shakespeare · 1910 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London , Hodder and Stoughton Ltd. 1910. First edition. Unbound. A first edition of this very scarce, beautifully produced folio of three colour plate illustrations from W. G. Simmonds, highlighting key dramatic moments from the play. In the publisher's original green paper…

The Plays of William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare · 1803 · Rooke Books

£1,125.00 (€1,348.49 | $1,486.28 | ¥237,340)

London, By T. Bensley for Wynne and Scholey and J. Wallis , 1803-1805 . Leather. An impressive set containing the plays of William Shakespeare, handsomely bound in a contemporary gilt-decorated straight grain morocco, complete in ten volumes. Complete in ten volumes. Uniformly b…

Sergeant Shakespeare

Duff Cooper · 1949 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Rupert Hart-Davis, 1949. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this intriguing study into a lesser known period of Shakespeare's life, during which the author proposes he spent as a soldier. The first edition, first impression of this work. With the publis…

The New Temple Shakespeare

William Shakespeare · 1934 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.34 | $653.96 | ¥104,430)

London, J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. 1934-1936. Cloth. A thirty-seven volume set of the New Temple Shakespeare, small volumes of each play and a collection of sonnets. Thirty-seven volumes of a forty volume set. Scarce in the dust wrappers The New Temple Shakespeare. A collection of s…

The Works of Shakespeare: With Life, Glossary, Etc

William Shakespeare · 1881 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.81 | $191.57 | ¥30,590)

London, Frederick Warne and co, [1881]. Leather. The Albion edition of the works of the legendary Shakespeare, in a full calf prize binding. The 'Albion' edition.Illustrated with a monochrome frontispiece portrait of Shakespeare. Bound in a full calf prize binding for…

Catalogue of the Books, Manuscripts, Works of Art, Antiquities and Relics at Present Exhibited in Shakespeare&Apos;S Birthplace.

Richard Savage [ed], Sidney Lee · 1910 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

Stratford-Upon-Avon, Trustees and Guardians of Shakespeare's Birthplace, 1910. First edition. Cloth. An illustrated first edition of this catalogue documenting the works and antiquities on exhibition in Shakespeare's Birthplace. A first edition of the work.In the publi…

William Shakespeare: The First Folio, 1623. The Dr. Williams&Apos;S Library Copy

Sotheby's · 2006 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.41 | ¥10,127)

London, Sotheby's , 2006. First edition. Cloth. Scarce catalogue for the auction sale of Dr. Williams's copy of the first Shakespeare Folio of 1623, a lovely copy. The first edition of this work. Scarce catalogue of Sotheby's auction sale of the first Shakespeare&…

A Book of Homage to Shakespeare, to Commemorate the Three Hundredth Anniversary of Shakespeare&Apos;S Death

Israel Gollancz · 1916 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

Oxford , Humphrey Milford , 1916. Cloth. An illustrated, limited edition collection of essays in homage to William Shakespeare. A limited edition of 1250 copies, of which 1000 are for sale. In the publisher's original decorative cloth binding with gilt detail. With 9 full-p…

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare · 1981 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.85 | $151.93 | ¥24,261)

London, Bickers and Son, c1920. Fine Binding. A smart copy of William Shakespeare's works. From the library of Peter Pleydell-Bouverie, the husband of noted doyenne of transatlantic high society Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie. In a full tree calf binding. With a prize inscriptio…

The Text of Shakespeare Vindicated from the Interpolations and Corruptions Advocated by John Payne Collier Esq. In His Notes and Emendations

Samuel Weller Singer · 1853 · Rooke Books

£185.00 (€221.75 | $244.41 | ¥39,029)

London, William Pickering, 1853. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of this critical work exploring the claims of the controversial scholar John Payne Collier, written by Samuel Weller Singer. First edition. A fascinating work of literary criticism exploring the work…

The Plays of Poems of Shakespeare

William Shakespeare; A. J. Valpy [ed.] · 1832 · Rooke Books

£1,200.00 (€1,438.39 | $1,585.37 | ¥253,163)

London, A. J. Valpy, 1832-1834 . First edition. Leather. The fifteen volume first Valpy edition of the works of William Shakespeare, in full calf bindings, and illustrated with the plates of Boydell's edition. The first edition from A. J. Valpy, complete in fifteen volumes.…