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William Shakespeare
The Comedy of Errors
Finch Pruyn & Company Inc 1993. Hardcover. Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Isadore Seltzer. Unpaginated. Design by Martin Solomon. Unsigned. Fine in a Near Fine slipcase several soiled areas sunning. Text body is clean and free from previous owner annotation underlining and highlighting. TSB-290 Illustrator: Isadore Seltzer. Quantity Available: 1. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 50771. . Finch, Pruyn & Company, Inc hardcover
Référence libraire : 50771
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William Shakespeare
The Comedy of Errors
Washington Square Press 2004. Mass Market Paper. Very Good . <br/><br/> Washington Square Press paperback
Référence libraire : 83981 ISBN : 0743484886 9780743484886
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William Shakespeare
The Complete Plays Tragicoimedies
London: The Folio Society 2000. Book. Very Good. Cloth. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. No Slipcase. The Folio Society Hardcover
Référence libraire : 048691
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William Shakespeare
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
Abbey Library 1940. Dust jacket has minor wear. Pages of text are clean toned from age and free of markings. Binding is tight and secure. Ships today or next business day. Our books are carefully described and packaged in boxes not envelopes. A gift card and personalized message can be included upon request. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8.25 x 6.25. Abbey Library Hardcover
Référence libraire : 216802
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William Shakespeare preface by Israel Gollancz
THE COMPLETE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE 10 VOL SET - COMPLETE
Philadelphia: David McKay c. 1900. Hardcover. Good . 4 1/4 x 6 1/4 in. Ten volume set complete. Half light brown calf with marbled paper boards. 5 raised bands on spine with gilt lettering and decoration two leather labels. Gilt upper text block. Tissue-protected B&W engraved frontis. Condition is GOOD ; vols 1 and 10 have front covers detached. Wear to corners and edges some scuffing and light wear to spine but generally a very good attractve set. Text very good. Drama RGR David McKay hardcover
Référence libraire : 4318
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William Shakespeare
THE DRAMATIC WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKSPEARE VOLUME 1 OF 2 ONLY
Philadelphia: McCarty and Davis 1824. Hardcover. Good . 472 p. Illustrated frontis with tissue by R. Smirk engraved by George B. Ellis. 5 3/4 x 8 3/4 in. Tan calf binding gilt lettering on spine edges of text block lightly flecked with brown. Condition of the book is GOOD: wear and soiling to covers corners a bit more work pieces of spine missing and worn spine dry and flaky cover boards loose- esp. rear cover edges of text block darkened pages lightly tanned but clean biding loose but fine. McCarty and Davis hardcover
Référence libraire : 3640
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William Shakespeare
The First Part of King Henry the Fourth
Ginn and Company 1940. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. xiv 209pp. Edited by George Lyman Kittredge. Endpapers tanned light foxing on several pages spine ends and corner tips bumped and rubbed else Very Good. No dust jacket. Text body is clean and free from previous owner annotation underlining and highlighting. TSB-318 Quantity Available: 1. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 51463. . Ginn and Company hardcover
Référence libraire : 51463
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William Shakespeare; Tony Tanner
The Histories vol. 2
Everymans Library. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1994. Hardcover. 9781857151930 . New book still in publisher's shrinkwrap. off-white dust jacket with red titles . Everymans Library hardcover
Référence libraire : 50165 ISBN : 1857151933 9781857151930
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William Shakespeare
The History of King Lear Oxford World's Classics
Oxford University Press USA 2001. Trade Paperback. Good. some marks to text. <br/><br/> Oxford University Press, USA paperback
Référence libraire : 76964 ISBN : 0192839926 9780192839923
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William Shakespeare Mack Maynard ed.
The History of Henry IV Part One
New York: Penguin/Signet Classic 1998. Mass market paperback later printing of the second revised edition with new and updated critical essays and a revised bibliography 260pp includes suggested references. Removable price sticker wrapped around lower half of spine. Few pencil markings to inside of rear cover else very good. 200 grams. All books in stock and available for immediate shipment from Winnipeg Manitoba. New York: Penguin/Signet Classic, 1998 paperback
Référence libraire : 24921 ISBN : 0451527119 9780451527110
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William Shakespeare.
The Life of Timon of Athens.
New York NY New American Library: Signet 1965. Mass Market Paperback First Edition Thus 1965 so stated. First Edition Thus 1965 so stated. Very Good to Near Fine: the price has been blocked out at the upper front panel; a hint of toning to the white background field of the panels and backstrip; else flawless. The binding is square and secure; the text is clean. The pages are bright white. Free of underlining hi-lighting notations or marginalia. Free of creases to the covers. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any ownership names dates addresses notations inscriptions stamps plates or labels. A handsome nearly-new copy structurally sound and tightly bound showing minor cosmetic flaws. Very close to "As New". NOT a Remainder Book-Club or Ex-Library. 12mo. 7 x 4.25 x 0.5 inches. xxxviii 239 pages. Edited by Maurice Charney. Language: English. Weight: 5.7 ounces. Mass Market Paperback. Reading Timon of Athens was like discovering a huge diamond in your backyard. I'd never heard anyone talk about it never seen it alluded to and yet here it is oozing with opulence. I loved loved loved this play. The plot is delicious the language is fantastic some of Shakespeare's best insults can be found here and I really enjoyed seeing the vast change in Timon's character. It is a short play and yes there probably are a few inky areas subject to criticism but even the "worst" of Shakespeare is going to be immeasurably better than anything else you might pick up to read. Some people allege that it is an "unfinished" play but that's completely wrong. It is most certainly finished. The conclusion may not be as thematic at most of the "tragedies" but it is still a fine conclusion. I highly highly recommend reading this play. It's super short so you'll be able to finish it in as little as a day and it's always exciting to read a classic that people haven't pored and pored over. Timon definitely deserves more credit in my opinion as it's now one of my favorite Shakespeare plays. New American Library: Signet , paperback
Référence libraire : 51865
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William Shakespeare.
The Life of Timon of Athens.
New Haven CT Yale University Press 1919. Hardcover First Edition Thus 1919 so stated. First Edition Thus 1919 so stated. Very Good: shows only minor indications of use: the backstrip is fairly heavily sunned but the gilt titles thereon remain fully legible if no longer bold; the blue cloth over boards are very mildly rubbed and faintly soiled. Binding shows barely discernible lean while remaining perfectly secure; text clean. Structurally sound and tightly bound; and showing only minor wear. The sunning is main flaw here. NOT a Remainder Book-Club or Ex-Library. 12mo. 182pp. Edited by Stanley T. Williams. Hardback: Lacks DJ. Reading Timon of Athens was like discovering a huge diamond in your backyard. I'd never heard anyone talk about it never seen it alluded to and yet here it is oozing with opulence. I loved loved loved this play. The plot is delicious the language is fantastic some of Shakespeare's best insults can be found here and I really enjoyed seeing the vast change in Timon's character. It is a short play and yes there probably are a few inky areas subject to criticism but even the "worst" of Shakespeare is going to be immeasurably better than anything else you might pick up to read. Some people allege that it is an "unfinished" play but that's completely wrong. It is most certainly finished. The conclusion may not be as thematic at most of the "tragedies" but it is still a fine conclusion. I highly highly recommend reading this play. It's super short so you'll be able to finish it in as little as a day and it's always exciting to read a classic that people haven't pored and pored over. Timon definitely deserves more credit in my opinion as it's now one of my favorite Shakespeare plays. Yale University Press, hardcover
Référence libraire : 46697
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William Shakespeare
The Merchant Of Venice: Shakespeare : Merchant Of Venice Everyman Shakespeare
London: Everyman 1993. Book. Very Good. Paperback. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. N.B. Light rubbing to edges and corners of covers. Everyman Paperback
Référence libraire : 042743 ISBN : 0460871803 9780460871808
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William Shakespeare edited by William George Clark and William Aldis Wright
THE MERCHANT OF VENICE From The "Globe" Edition Braille edition
London: National Institute for the Blind 1916. Paperback. Very Good. 10 x 13 in. Catalogue No. 2404. Black cloth spine with green paper covers with printed buff label on front. Text is all in braille. Condition is VERY GOOD ; mild edge wear covers very clean. Binding tight and text has no damage braille is very clear to the touch. Shakespeare. Stax. London: National Institute for the Blind hardcover
Référence libraire : 12899
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William Shakespeare
The Merchant of Venice
Boston: D.C. Heath & Co 1904. Light Green Binding w/Dark Green Deco/lettering on cvr. 142 pgs. see photo Binding Firm Pgs/Covers Clean-No Marks w/minor spine edge/back corner rub. Size: 16mo - over 5�" - 6�" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good. D.C. Heath & Co Hardcover
Référence libraire : 002296
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William Shakkespeare. Edited By Jonathan Morris and Robert Smith
The Merchant of Venice
Great Britain: Cambridge University Press 1993. Paperback. Ex-school library with ex-library markings. As well as the complete strips established by scholars working on the New Cambridge Shakespeare the student will find a running synopsis of the action an explanation of difficult words and a wide range of classroom-tested activities to help turn the script into drama. Illustrated. 188 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. Reprint. Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Ex-Library. Cambridge University Press Paperback
Référence libraire : 057334 ISBN : 0521425042 9780521425049
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William Shakespeare
The Oxford Shakespeare: Troilus and Cressida Oxford World's Classics
Oxford: Oxford Paperbacks 1998. Book. Very Good. Paperback. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Oxford Paperbacks Paperback
Référence libraire : 048664 ISBN : 0192836110 9780192836113
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William Shakespeare
The Oxford Shakespeare: The Merchant of Venice Oxford World's Classics
Oxford Paperbacks 1998. Book. Good. Paperback. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Oxford Paperbacks Paperback
Référence libraire : 048669 ISBN : 019283424x 9780192834249
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William Shakespeare; MA. Shaaber ed. M. A.
The Pelican Shakespeare: The First Part of King Henry the Fourth
Baltimore: Penguin 1959. Mass market paperback reprint edition 139pp. Tight and clean - a very good or better copy. 110 grams. Baltimore: Penguin, 1959 paperback
Référence libraire : 13118
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William Shakespeare Stevens George and Alexander Chalmers
The Plays of William Shakespeare Vol. V
London: J. Nichols & Son etc. 1811 . Half leather bound new edition. Accurately printed from the text of the corrected copy left by the late George Stevens Esq. With a selection of explanatory and historical notes from the most eminent commentator; 'A History of the Stage' 'A Life of Shakespeare' etc. by Alexander Chalmers. Raised spine bands and gilt decorated spine marbled boards frontispiece of Shakespeare. 309pp with this first volume containing The Tempest The Gentlemen of Verona and Merry Wives of Windsor. Shelf worn. Boards are scuffed and front board nearly loose. Corners quite heavily rubbed. Moderately foxed throughout. Previous owner names on front blank else very good. 680 grams. London: J. Nichols & Son, etc., 1811 hardcover
Référence libraire : 11420
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William Shakespeare Stevens George and Alexander Chalmers
The Plays of William Shakespeare Vol. 1
London: J. Nichols & Son etc. 1811 . Half leather bound new edition. Accurately printed from the text of the corrected copy left by the late George Stevens Esq. With a selection of explanatory and historical notes from the most eminent commentator; 'A History of the Stage' 'A Life of Shakespeare' etc. by Alexander Chalmers. Raised spine bands and gilt decorated spine marbled boards frontispiece of Shakespeare. 309pp with this first volume containing The Tempest The Gentlemen of Verona and Merry Wives of Windsor. Boards are scuffed. Leather worn through at joints down spine and corners quite heavily rubbed. Moderately foxed throughout. Library tape supporting spine ends. 670 grams. London: J. Nichols & Son, etc., 1811 hardcover
Référence libraire : 11419
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William Shakespeare
The Poems Arden Shakespeare
London: Routledge 1990. Book. Good. Paperback. Reprint. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Routledge Paperback
Référence libraire : 048687 ISBN : 0415027527 9780415027526
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William Shakespeare
The Sonnets: The Cambridge Dover Wilson Shakespeare The Cambridge Dover Wilson Shakespeare Series
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1985. Book. Good. Paperback. Reprint. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Fading to spine. Cambridge University Press Paperback
Référence libraire : 048544 ISBN : 0521094984 9780521094986
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William Shakespeare.
The Taming of the Shrew Unabridged Full Cast Performance Featuring Trevor Howard and Margaret Leighton.
New York NY HarperCollins: Caedmon 1995. Audio Cassette As New. Still in Shrinkwrap. Two Audio Cassette Tapes and all supplementary material with colorful cardstock box all in Like New Condtion. Never Opened. Still in Shrinkwrap. Running Time: 2 Hours. Product Size: 7.1 x 4.55 x 0.8 inches. Weight: 5.8 ounces. Unabridged. Audio Cassette. A Shakespeare Recording Society Production Cast Performance. HarperCollins: Caedmon, unknown
Référence libraire : 50297 ISBN : 1559940840 9781559940849
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William Shakespeare
The Taming of the Shrew
U K: Cambridge University Press - the New Shakespeare Bright red covers with no creases. Spine slightly faded. Very clean pages. Cambridge University Press - the New Shakespeare paperback
Référence libraire : 012660
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William Shakespeare
The Taming of the Shrew
Ware: Wordsworth Classics. Lightly creased cover otherwise crisp and tight. Clean text. . Very Good. Soft cover. 1993. Wordsworth Classics paperback
Référence libraire : H386 ISBN : 1853260797 9781853260797
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William Shakespeare Songs by Joseph Moorat
The Tempest
<p>This copy has the complete set of Paul Woodroffe's 20 extremely cool inlaid prints and is bound in a wavy designed charcoal cloth. Dating would indicate first edition but London edition is green so color would argue against it. Perhaps this was bound in New York by James Pott & Company the underlisted publisher. In any case this volumecan be valued for the fine prints alone.</p><p>Photos on request.</p> Chapman & Hall hardcover
Référence libraire : biblio633
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William Shakespeare
The Tempest Signet Classics
Signet Classics 1998. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. <br/><br/> Signet Classics paperback
Référence libraire : 76961 ISBN : 0451527127 9780451527127
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William Shakespeare
The Tempest Oxford World's Classics
Oxford University Press USA 1998. Trade Paperback. Very Good. <br/><br/> Oxford University Press, USA paperback
Référence libraire : 76962 ISBN : 0192834142 9780192834140
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William Shakespeare
The tempest
Penguin Books 1976. Paperback. Very Good. <br/><br/> Penguin Books paperback
Référence libraire : 75791 ISBN : 0140714154 9780140714159
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William Shakespeare Notes By Loreto Todd
The Tempest - York Notes Advanced
London: Longacre Press 112 pages. A new and unread copy of this book. Longacre Press paperback
Référence libraire : 016642 ISBN : 0582329299 9780582329294
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William Shakespeare Orgel Stephen ed.
The Tempest Oxford World's Classics
Oxford: Oxford University Press 1998. Trade paperback reissue edition illustrated 248pp includes numerous appendices and index. Gift copy from the Stratford Festival of Canada with large plate inside front cover. Near fine. 275 grams. All books in stock and available for immediate shipment from Winnipeg Manitoba. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998 paperback
Référence libraire : 20567 ISBN : 0192834142 9780192834140
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William Shakespeare
The Tempest: Oxford School Shakespeare
Oxford: Oxford University Press. Near Fine. Soft cover. 2001. Oxford University Press paperback
Référence libraire : 15272 ISBN : 0198320310 9780198320319
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William Shakespeare.
The Tragedy of King Richard The Second.
New Haven CT Yale University Press 1921. Hardcover First Edition 1921; Fourth Printing 1964. Very Good: shows only the most minute indications of use: the backstrip is sunned but the gilt titles thereon remain fully legible. Mild rubbing and the faintest soiling to the blue cloth over boards. The binding square and secure; text clean. Free of any ownership names dates addresses notations inscriptions stamps plates or labels. A handsome nearly-new copy structurally sound and tighly bound showing only a couple of very minor flaws. Very close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder Book-Club or Ex-Library. 12mo. 6.9 x 4.55 x 0.7 inches. vi 163 pages. Edited by Robert T. Petersson. Language: English. Weight: 6.4 ounces. First Edition 1921; Fourth Printing 1965. A Volume in The Yale Shakespeare Series Standard Yale Shakespeare Edition with Blue Cloth over boards. Hardback: Lacks DJ. Yale University Press, hardcover
Référence libraire : 49680
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William Shakespeare Author Illus. by Noguchi Illustrator
The Tragedy of King Lear
Folio Society 1956. Slipcase has mild yellowing near edges. Book has light 1/2" crease at side edge of one page and very faint sunning to spine. Pages of text are clean bright and free of markings. Binding is tight and secure. Ships today or next business day. Our books are carefully described and packaged in boxes not envelopes. A gift card and personalized message can be included upon request. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8.75x6.75. Folio Society Hardcover
Référence libraire : 219290
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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
The Tragedy of King Richard III Oxford World's Classics
Oxford University Press Usa 2001. Trade Paperback. Very Good . <br/><br/> Oxford University Press, Usa paperback
Référence libraire : 77499 ISBN : 0192839934 9780192839930
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William Shakespeare Mowat Barbara A. and Paul Werstine eds.
The Tragedy of Richard III Folger Shakespeare Library
New York: Washington Square Press 2004. Mass market paperback first thus edition 369pp includes further reading section and key to famous lines and phrases. Removable price sticker wrapped around lower half of spine. Moderate-heavy stain to bottom edge and corners a bit fanned else very good. 200 grams. All books in stock and available for immediate shipment from Winnipeg Manitoba. New York: Washington Square Press, 2004 paperback
Référence libraire : 24920 ISBN : 0743482840 9780743482844
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William Shakespeare Harrison GB. ed. G. B.
The Tragedy of King Lear
Harmondsworth: Penguin 1955. Paper bound reprint of the revised and enlarged edition of 1949 160pp including references and glossary. University of Manitoba Student Union stamp to half title page else a tight and clean very good or better copy. 130 grams. All books in stock and available for immediate shipment from Winnipeg Manitoba. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1955 unknown
Référence libraire : 15209
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William Shakespeare
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
Methuen 1972. Trade Paperback. Very Good . <br/><br/> Methuen paperback
Référence libraire : 75713 ISBN : 0416700802 9780416700800
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William Shakespeare
The Two Gentlmen of Verona
Cary North Carolina U.S.A.: Oxford Univ Press pp. 190 as new. 2008. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Oxford Univ Press hardcover
Référence libraire : 112233
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William Shakespeare
The Winter's Tale Everyman Shakespeare
London: Everyman 1995. Book. Good. Paperback. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Everyman Paperback
Référence libraire : 048667 ISBN : 0460875191 9780460875196
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William Shakespeare
The Winter's Tale
Routledge 1966. Trade Paperback. Very Good. <br/><br/> Routledge paperback
Référence libraire : 76966 ISBN : 0415027101 9780415027106
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William Shakespeare.
The Works of William Shakespeare Volume II Only: Measure For Measure The Comedy of Errors Much Ado About Nothing Love's Labour's Lost Midsummer-Night's Dream Merchant of Venice.
Philadelphia PA Porter & Coates 1859. Hardcover VOLUME II ONLY: Very Good: shows moderate wear to the extremities with tiny spots at three corrner tips and at the front hinge which have worn through the fabric to expose the board a tiny spot; mild rubbing; slight spine lean; former seller's price at the front free endpaper; former bookseller's pasted stamp at the front pastedown endpaper; the fore-edge has darkened slightly; the front flyleaf has been removed. Binding secure; text clean. Despite these minor flaws remains clean sturdy and quite presentable. NOT a Remainder Book-Club or Ex-Library. 12mo. 7 x 4.5 x 1.3 inches. 427 pages. Frontispiece Engraving. Edited by George Long Duyckinck. The text regulated by the Folio of 1632; with readings from former editions a history of the stage a life of the poet and an introduction to each play. To which are added glossarial and other notes by Knight Dyce Douce Collier Halliwell Hunter and Richardson. Dated from introduction. Pages bright and clean and free of markings soiling or staining. Bound in publisher's Green cloth over boards with embossed panels and backstrip and Gilt Titles at the backstrip. Top Edge Gilt. Sewn-in red ribbon marker. Hardback: No DJ 'as issued'. Porter & Coates, hardcover
Référence libraire : 40933
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William Shakespeare
Titus Andronicus and Timon of Athens
Signet Classics 1986. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. <br/><br/> Signet Classics paperback
Référence libraire : 85472 ISBN : 0451522699 9780451522696
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William Shakespeare
Titus Andronicus
Signet / NAL 1964. Nice copy with just minor shelfwear. Pages of text are clean lightly toned and free of markings. Binding is tight and secure. We ship daily. Our books are carefully described and packaged in boxes not envelopes. A gift card and personalized message can be included upon request. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. Signet / NAL Paperback
Référence libraire : 414251
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William Shakespeare; Reader null Cast
Two Gentlemen of Verona
<p>Ex-library; usual stamps & stickers but in excellent condition looks rarely-used.</p> Caedmon unknown
Référence libraire : biblio188 ISBN : 069451568x 9780694515684
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William Shakespeare; Maciej Slomczynski; Jerzy Strzetelski
William Shakespeare: Wiersze i Poematy
Krakow: Wydawnictwo Literackie. 1964. Hard bound white cloth bilingual edition in English and Polish 264pp. Bottom front corner and top of spine moderately rubbed. Covers moderately soiled else very good/-- no dust jacket. 600 grams. All books in stock and available for immediate shipment from Winnipeg Manitoba. Krakow: Wydawnictwo Literackie. 1964 hardcover
Référence libraire : 18639
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William Shakespeare
Die grossen Dramen. Shakespeares grosse Dramen in zwei Bänden. ( 2 Bände komplett).
Hamburg: Hoffmann und Campe. 542 und 506 S. Dünndruckausgabe. 18,5*11 cm. OLeinenbände mit Farbkopfschnitten.
Référence libraire : 154601
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William Shakespeare / englischer Autor / Schriftsteller / Dichter / - Bloom, Harold
Shakespeare : die Erfindung des Menschlichen. Aus dem Engl. von Peter Knecht
Berlin : Berlin-Verl. 2000. 1065 S. ; 22 cm, mit Schutzumschlag Gewebe, gebundene Ausgabe, Leinen, Exemplar in gutem Erhaltungszustand
Référence libraire : 17953
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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, (1564-1616).
[FIRST TURKISH MACBETH] Makbes (Kütübhane-i Ictihad 23). Translated by Abdullah Cevdet [Karlidag], (1869-1932).
Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) In modern, handsome full brown morocco. Foolscap 8vo. (18 x 12.5 cm). In Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic letters). 159 p. Extremely rare first Turkish translation of Macbeth, printed in Ottoman Cairo. Macbeth reflected Abdullah Cevdet's reaction against Hamidian despotism and his love and advocacy of liberty. One must also remember him as one of the founding members of the Party of Union and Progress - a secret organization that conspired to overthrow Abdülhamid's absolutist regime. The argument that Abdullah Cevdet's translation of Hamlet, Julius Caesar and Macbeth reflected his opposition to Abdülhamid II's absolute monarchy could be justified with the fact that the themes of the translated plays were perceived by the political authorities as threatening since they were about the murder of kings and heads of state. In Abdullah Cevdet's view, Macbeth is famous as a drama of "ambition for status" (hirs-i cah). Abdullah Cevdet was an Ottoman-born Turkish intellectual and physician of Kurdish ethnic descent, and one of the founders of the Committee of Union and Progress (CUP). In 1908, he joined the Democratic Party that later on merged with the Freedom and Accord Party in 1911. He was also a translator, radical free-thinker, and ideologist of the Young Turks until 1908. The son of a physician, and himself a graduate from the Military College in Constantinople as an ophthalmologist, Cevdet, initially a pious Muslim, was influenced by Western materialistic philosophies and came to oppose institutionalized religion but thought that "although the Muslim God was of no use in the modern era, the Islamic society must preserve Islamic principles." He published the periodical Içtihat from 1904 to 1932, of which articles he used to promote his modernist thoughts. He was arrested and expelled from his country several times due to his political activities and lived in European cities including Vienna, Geneva and Paris. His poetry was linked with the Symbolist movement in France and he received accolades from leading French authors like Gustave Kahn. (Source: DR. ABDULLAH CEVDET'S TRANSLATIONS (1908-1910): THE MAKING OF A WESTERNIST AND MATERIALIST "CULTURE REPERTOIRE" IN A "RESISTANT" OTTOMAN CONTEXT; Ayluçtarhan, Sevda). "Between 1908 and 1910, Abdullah Cevdet produced a large oeuvre of translations, including four translations of Shakespeare's tragedies: The translations of Hamlet and Julius Caesar (translated by Cevdet as Jül Sezar) were published in 1908, the same year as the declaration of the Second Constitution. Macbeth, translated by Cevdet as Makbes, was published in the following year. [.] Nonetheless, Abdülhamid II seemed to be even less tolerant of the dissemination of Hamlet, Macbeth, and Julius Caesar, since they were all about unjust rulers who were executed in the end. It is not surprising that the performances of these plays became subject to strict censorship in the Ottoman lands and banned (Paker 1986: 91). This could be shown as a reason why Abdullah Cevdet was able to publish the translations of these plays only after 1908, though he had finished translating Hamlet in 1902, Julius Caesar and Macbeth in 1904, and Romeo and Juliet in 1905 (Süssheim 1987). As Abdullah Cevdet was a planner of culture, his literary translations cannot merely be judged on an "aesthetic" level. It will be discussed in this chapter that Abdullah Cevdet's translations of Hamlet, Julius Caesar and Macbeth could be read as critical texts directed against Abdülhamid II's absolutist regime. [.] Due to the fact that the selection of source language and culture is an important factor in accounting for any kind of "translation policy", Abdullah Cevdet's selection of both these instruments needs to be taken into account (Toury 2000: 202). Özege 12009. Only one copy in OCLC: 949612474 (Bogaziçi University Library of Turkey).
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