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1903 Ode on Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood; 1903 Lycidas; 1903 Hebrew Melodies; 1904 Thomas Carlyle on Shakespeare from the Hero As Poet; 1904 Goethe on Shakespeare Being Selections from Carlyle"S Translation of Wilhelm Meister; 1904 Emerson on Shakespeare from His Essays on Representative Men.

William Wordsworth; John Milton; Lord Byron; Thomas Carlyle; Johann Wolfgang von Goethe; Ralph Waldo Emerson · 1903 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)

London, The De La More Press, 1903-1904. Paperback. A very scarce selection of significant poetry and literary criticism from the De La More Press, encased in the exceptionally scarce slip case. Very scarce. In the publisher's original soft covers, encased in the especially…

Hey Nonny Yes: Passions and Conceits from Shakespeare

William Shakespeare; Hallam Fordham [assembled by] · 1947 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, Produced by S John Woods; The Saturn Press, 1947. First edition. Hardback. An illustrated first edition compilation taken from Shakespeare. A first edition in original unclipped dust wrapper. An entertaining collection of expressive exchanges from Shakespeare varied bod…

The Works of William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare, [ed. by Charles Cowden Clarke, Mary Cowden Clarke] · 1878 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)

London, Bickers and Son, 1878. Leather. A charming full calf edition of Shakespeare's Works, collaboratively edited by authors and Shakespearean experts Charles and Mary Cowden Clarke. A charming The Works of William Shakespeare, scrupulously edited by author husband and wi…

On Some of Shakespeare&Apos;S Female Characters

Helena Faucit, Lady Martin · 1893 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London and Edinburgh, William Blackwood and Sons, 1893. Cloth. A charming collection of correspondence from an actress discussing the portrayal of famous Shakespearean heroines. Fifth edition.In publisher's original cloth binding.Featuring a frontispiece portrait of the aut…

A Printer of Shakespeare

Edwin Eliott Willoughby · 1934 · Rooke Books

£475.00 (€569.36 | $627.54 | ¥100,210)

London , Philip Allan, 1934. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this work on Shakespeare. Uncommon with the dustwrapper. Edwin Willoughby was a librarian and academic who established himself as an internationally renowned scholar on the printing of Shakespeare and the hist…

The Plays of William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare; Alexander Chalmers [ed.] · 1826 · Rooke Books

£850.00 (€1,018.86 | $1,122.97 | ¥179,324)

London, Printed for C. and J. Rivington; T Egerton; J. Cuthell; et al. 1826 . Leather. A neatly bound complete eight volume set of plays by William Shakespeare, in full brown morocco. A handsomely bound set of plays by William Shakespeare.William Shakespeare was an English playw…

Hey Nonny Yes: Passions and Conceits from Shakespeare

Hallam Fordham · 1947 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, The Saturn Press, 1947. First edition. Hardback. A delightful volume of less-familiar fragments from the works of Shakespeare, illustrated by Edward Ardizzone. First edition.With the publisher's original price-clipped dust wrapper. This charming anthology comprises…

Shakespeare&Apos;S Tragedies

William Shakespeare · 1901 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, George Newnes, Limited, 1901. Leather. A smartly bound collection of the tragedies of renowned playwright William Shakespeare, bound by Riviere & Son. One volume of a three volume set of the Comedies, Tragedies, and Histories of William Shakespeare. Being the tragedies o…

The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare; Shakspeare&Apos;S Himself Again: Or the Language of the Poet Asserted

William Shakespeare; Andrew Becket · 1812 · Rooke Books

£1,975.00 (€2,367.35 | $2,609.25 | ¥416,664)

London, Thomas Tegg; A. J. Valpy for Messrs. Law and Whittaker, 1812-1816 . First edition. Leather. Thomas Tegg's very scarce twelve volume illustrated edition of the plays of William Shakespeare, uniformly bound with Andrew Becket's very scarce study of Shakespeare&ap…

A Notebook on William Shakespeare

Edith Sitwell · 1948 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Macmillan and Co. Ltd, 1948. First edition. Cloth. A series of essays and notes on the plays of Shakespeare, from British poet and critic, Edith Sitwell. The first edition. With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper. Containing essays on King Lear, Macbe…

The Plays of William Shakespeare, with Notes of Various Commentators

William Shakespeare; Manley Wood [ed. · 1806 · Rooke Books

£2,400.00 (€2,876.78 | $3,170.74 | ¥506,325)

London, George Kearsley, 1806 . Leather. The very scarce complete fourteen volume Manley Wood edition of the plays of William Shakespeare, in attractive half morocco bindings. A very scarce fourteen volume edition of Shakespeare's comedies, histories, and tragedies.A deligh…

A Book of Shakespeare&Apos;S Songs

William Shakespeare · 1903 · Rooke Books

£595.00 (€713.20 | $786.08 | ¥125,527)

New York, G. Schirmer, 1903. Vellum. A limited edition anthology of the poems of Shakespeare, put to music, with striking decorations throughout. A very scarce limited edition of two hundred copies, of which this is numbered thirty-three.A charming volume collecting together the…

Shakespeare&Apos;S Comedy of As You Like It

William Shakespeare · 1909 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,974)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, [1909] . Cloth. A beautifully presented facsimile of Shakespeare's 'As You Like It', with colourful illustrations by Hugh Thomson throughout. In the original publisher's green cloth binding, with decorative gilt design to the fro…

The Girlhood of Shakespeare&Apos;S Heroines: A Series of Fifteen Tales

Mary Cowden Clarke · 1879 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Bickers & Son , 1879. Leather. A smart copy of this collection of stories on Shakespeare's heroines, with illustrations. New edition, condensed by the author's sister, Sabilla Novello. Illustrated with frontispiece and eight plates. Collated complete. A collect…

The Handy-Volume Shakespeare

William Shakespeare · 1866 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.50 | $495.43 | ¥79,113)

London, Bradbury, Agnew, & Co. [1866-67]. Leather. Pocket sized edition of the works of the national bard in uniform publisher's morocco bindings, a lovely set. Collected works of William Shakespeare in uniform publisher's full morocco bindings with decorative embossin…

Londres Au Temps Du Shakespeare

Georges Duval · 1907 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Paris, Ernest Flammarion, 1907. Cloth. A fascinating French history of London during the life of Shakespeare. This work paints a remarkable picture of London as it was when William Shakespeare was active.Written by Georges Duval (1847-1919), a French journalist and playwright.In…

Eight Illustrations to Shakespeare&Apos;S Tempest

Walter Crane · 1893 · Rooke Books

£900.00 (€1,078.79 | $1,189.03 | ¥189,872)

London, J M Dent, 1893. First edition. Cloth. A beautiful limited edition suite of eight plates produced by Walter Crane depicting Shakespeare's 'Tempest&apos. This suite is one of 650 copies designed by Crane and engraved in Dallastype facsimile by Duncan C Dallas. Th…

The Works of William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare; Henry Irving; Frank A Marshall · 1922 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, The Gresham Publishing Company, 1922. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated, twelve volumes, in six of William Shakespeare's works. Edited by Henry Irving and Frank A Marshall. Illustrated, with a frontispiece and six plates to volume III-IV; a frontispiece and seven pla…

A Tribute to the Genius of William Shakespeare Being the Programme of a Performance at Drury Lane Theatre on May 2 1916 the Tercentenary of His Death

W L Courtney et al. · 1916 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Macmillan and Co, 1916. First edition. Cloth. A literary, illustrated tribute to the Bard of Avon. In the original quarter calf binding with illustrated boards. This work is a programme of a performance at the Drury Lane Theatre on May 2 1916, the Tercentenary of his dea…

The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare, from the Text of Johnson, Stevens, & Reed. With Glossarial Notes, Life, Etc. Volumes I - IV; the Supplementary Works of William Shakespeare, Comprising His Poems and Doubtful Plays; with Glossarial and Other Notes.

William Shakespeare; William Hazlitt · 1881 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)

London, George Routledge and Sons, c1850. Leather. A uniformly bound, half-calf collection of this Hazlitt edition containing the complete plays of William Shakespeare, supplemented by his poetry and doubtful plays. Complete in five volumes, including the supplementary works.  …