Keightley thomas editor (5 résultats)

Cloth. Etat : Good. No Jacket. Burgandy cloth binding. Light discoloration of the spine and most of the print on the spine has worn off. Marbled page edging. No markings in the text, however there is scattered spotting in the text. There is foxing on the end papers. The first couple of pages have some red ink smudges on the very bottom from water. Solidly bound.…

Original Cloth. Etat : Good. No Jacket. Later Edition, Ca. 1954. In blue cloth with gilt and black decoration and titling, illustrated, 8vo, 446pp. Wear and rubbing to extremities, inner hinges cracked, browning to pages). Includes comedies and many of the histories. Size: 8vo - over 73/4" - 93/4" Tall (small). b/w Illustration (illustrateur). Book. …

Decorative Cloth. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. Not dated, approx 1890s. 237pp + 4pp catalogue to rear. Very Good/None. Green decorative cloth boards with minor rubbing to edges/spine, very minor scuffing/soiling. Contents clean and tight but for very minor soiling/browning. Decorative endpapers. 7 B&W photogravure plates showing famous actors of the day in Shakespearian roles - these include Ellen Terry, Henry Irving and Forbes Robertson. Volume 2 of 4.…

Leather. Etat : Good. Green leather cover with gold lettering and gold gilt page ends. The text is unmarked. Covers have rubbed edges and corners along with some scuffing. Binding is intact.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day.

Leather Bound. Etat : Poor. No Jacket. First Edition. Edge and corner wear, scuffed and scratched, spine is detached as well as the front board and first few pages, corners are bumped and rubbed, shelf worn, foxing, chipping and fraying at the head and tail of the spine, some of the interior pages are loose (all pages are accounted for), former owner's name in ink on the title page, overall a very very rare and collectible used first edition! Extremely scarce and hard-to-find title! Brown leather binding with gilt lettering and illustration on the front board and spine. Gilt outer page edges. 943 historical pages! "No man of sound sense ever writes unintelligibly, and no true poet ever makes inharmonious verses. Shakespeare was both; and yet in his plays we meet with passages which are devoid of meaning, and lines without any poetic melody. The natural inference then is, that these defects are due not to him, but to transcribers and printers, and it becomes the duty of the critic to endeavour to discover and bring back the real words of the poet." ---- from the Preface.…