edited lamb charles mary (16 risultati)

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. reprint edition. 304 pages. 7.75x5.00x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. Significantly worn exterior; text block has light age toning and waving, as well as slightly shaken spine, but is readable. 368 pages. Book.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. LOUIS RHEAD (illustratore). LIGHT GRAY TEXTURED COVER, GOLD DESIGN FRONT, RED REINFORCED SPINE. LIGHT WEAR OUTSIDE AND FADING SPINE. TIGHT AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT. BEAUTIFUL ARTWORK BY RHEAD. FORMER OWNERS NAME INSIDE FRONT. BEAUTIFUL COLOR ARTWORK FRONTISPIECE. SHAKESPEARE MOST FAMOUS WORKS. INTERESTING AND ENTERTAINING. William Shakespeare (bapt. 26 April 1564 - 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon" (or simply "the Bard").[6][c] His extant works, including collaborations, consist of some 39 plays, 154 sonnets, three long narrative poems, and a few other verses, some of uncertain authorship. Louis John Rhead (November 6, 1857 - July 29, 1926) was an English-born American artist, illustrator, author and angler who was born in Etruria, Staffordshire, England. He emigrated to the United States at the age of twenty-four. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. This is a small format hardback book (approx. 6" x 4"). The book is in Very Good condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping, rubbing and wear. The text pages are generally clean, though there is some light generalized toning / yellowing. "Charles Lamb (10 February 1775 27 December 1834) was an English essayist, poet, and antiquarian, best known for his Essays of Elia and for the children's book Tales from Shakespeare, co-authored with his sister, Mary Lamb (17641847). Friends with such literary luminaries as Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Robert Southey, William Wordsworth, Dorothy Wordsworth and William Hazlitt, Lamb was at the centre of a major literary circle in England. He has been referred to by E. V. Lucas, his principal biographer, as "the most lovable figure in English literature". ".

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good-. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Dust Jacket. First Edition; Tenth Printing. 10th Printing (1904) of the First edition of 1878. Dates of all previous printings given on copyright page. Printed by R. Clarke, Edinburgh. (xvii, 377pages, 4 page of ads in rear, all advertising the Golden Treasury Series, dated "10.12.04") Very good minus in royal blue cloth with gilt titles on spine, and gilt "GTS" lozenge on front board; edgewear and scuffing to head and tail of spine, gutters and corners, two 1/4 inch drip spots on front board; tidemark on bottom corner of front endpaper, frontis and tissue guard (about one inch by one inch, not affecting text; text is unmarked. Literature. ; Golden Treasury Series; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 368 pages.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very good condition. Condizione sovraccoperta: dj. xxvi, 832 pp. Dustjacket. LCC: 9144272.

Cloth. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Reprint. Hardback. Tales from Shakespeare. Underlining and ticks in margin in pencil to some pages. Foxing to end inside covers. Sunned spine. Contents: Introduction. Lamb's Tale From Shakespeare. Preface. The Tempest. As You Like It. The Merchant of Venice. King Lear. Twelfth Night. Hamlets. Notes. Appendix. 154 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.).

Soft cover. Condizione: Fair. Geoffrey Whittham (illustratore). 1st Edition. Cover is faded, little rubbing on the edges. Name of former owner inside. Spine is scuffed. This is the ninth Hong Kong impression.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. (USA) Edition Not Stated Owner's name in pencil, pages generally clean, hinges solid, wear to the edges of cover showing the boards beneath the cover paper, some rubbing to head of leather spine with tiny tear there, Good only copy; no dust jacket as published. 14 x 10 cm, quarter green leather with 5 raised bands and titles in gold, patterned end papers, top edge gilt, 402pp. Tissue-protected frontis and B&W plates. This book first appeared in 1807. Mary Lamb is responsidble for the comedies and Charles for the tragedies. Mary's name didn't even appear on the first few editions even though the book's success is more attributable to her. (1.3 Jm HOQ 100/2 Size: 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall.

Hardback. Condizione: Very Good. Presumed First Edition Thus. No stated date c1908 (the Preface is dated 1908). Presumed first edition thus, in two volumes. xlvii, 863pp.; xii, 857pp. There is a tissue-guarded frontispiece in both volumes. Charles Lamb (1775-1834) was a famous English essayist, possibly best remembered today for his Tales From Shakespeare written with his sister, Mary (1764-1847). This edition of their collected works contains (1) all that has been recovered hitherto of their literary prose, (2) the plays, dramatic fragments, prologues, and epilogues by Charles - saving a few relatively unimportant pieces excluded on the score of copyright - (3) the body of his and Mary's verse. There is also an Editor's Preface, bibliographical list, and account of the growth of the body of collected works. The books are uniformly bound in the original red cloth covered boards with gold titling and blind-stamped designs on the spines and front board and a circular blind-stamped design on the rear boards. The cases of the books are in very good condition with some shelf wear to the boards and fading to the spines. The spine ends are bumped with a little damage to the cloth at the top of the spines and bottom of the spine of volume 2. The contents are tight and clean with no inscription. PLEASE NOTE: This is a heavyish set and extra postage may be required for delivery outside the UK.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Yale University, 1935 January 1935 Binding: Hardcover.

Cloth. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. First Edition Thus. Faux leather. Red pebbled cloth. Five raised bands to spine with gilt titling and decoration. Marbled endpapers and page edges. Bound without publisher's catalogue. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Binding is worn, particularly to corners, joints and spine tips, but still attractive. Front hinge cracked between front blanks but both sets of endpapers are still intact and this is a solidly bound copy. Foxing to front blanks, half-title page, last page of Notes, and rear blanks. Contents clean from title page onwards, without bookplates, inscriptions or foxing, and with light marking to just a few pages. 'Poetry for Children' is a series of rhymed fables, stories, and moral precepts written for children by siblings Charles and Mary Lamb. The first edition of two small volumes published in 1809 is exceedingly rare and the work was not printed again until 1872. This 1878 edition is the first to include 'Prince Dorus' - the last of the Lambs' works for children, and some short poems by Charles Lamb that had previously been unpublished. All orders professionally packed, tracked and/or signed for, and insured.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. 1st Thus Cornell 1975; Three Volumes;no dust jackets - as issued ? - internally in good state with slight wear to boards and slight discolouration of text block on top edge.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Leather-bound, large-format hardcover without a dustjacket (as original). Exterior features thick boards with beveled edges, gilt print, and embossed decoration; all well preserved. Bumps to corners. Primary flaw to book is to spine: both edges are worn through with spine cover barely attached. Binding is strong and square tho hinges are also split. Photo requests encouraged. Interior is remarkably crisp n clear. Text, frontispiece and illustrations (all with tissue guards intact) are clean and clear. Interior condition is near fine.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good-. First Edition. A huge and massive early compendium of Shakespearean dramas, with numerous full-page illustrated plates. A large, heavy hardcover, 760pp. Boards show general signs of age and wear, binding loosening - suitable to be lovingly rebound - appears foxing to pagination ends although may have been published with that appearance, pagination interior is mostly very clear and with not much sign of age, although a few pages have odd stain spots to them. Copyright shows 1889 and title page shows 1890 but there is no indication of an earlier printing or edition. A huge and beautiful collectible. Very rare. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.

First edition with these illustrations. Signed deluxe edition. Publisher's original white buckram with titles in gilt to the upper board and spine. Top edge gilt. All four original red cloth ties present as called for. Illustrated with 13 full page colour plates, two full page black and white illustrations, 20 chapter headings and 14 tail-pieces by Arthur Rackham. An excellent example, the binding square and firm with just a little light marking to the cloth. The contents, with some patina to the vellum endpapers, the bookplate of Amy Beatrice Huntington to the blank reverse of the front endpaper and another of H. C. Drayton opposite, are otherwise fine, clean and bright throughout. Housed in a bespoke blue cloth solander case. Limited to 750 copies of which this is hand numbered 178 and signed by Arthur Rackham on the limitation page. This deluxe edition contains an additional colour plate not included in the trade issue. A beautifully illustrated collection of 20 comedies and tragedies retold in the prose of Charles and Mary Lamb aimed at making Shakespeare accessible to younger readers. Comprising The Tempest; A Midsummer Night's Dream; The Winter's Tale; Much Ado about Nothing; As You Like It; The Two Gentlemen of Verona; The Merchant of Venice; Cymbeline; King Lear; Macbeth; All's Well that Ends Well; The Taming of the Shrew; The Comedy of Errors; Measure for Measure; Twelfth Night; or, What you Will; Timon of Athens; Romeo and Juliet; Hamlet, Prince of Denmark; Othello; and Pericles, Prince of Tyre. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.