SHAKESPEARE'S COMEDY OF THE TEMPEST
Written by William Shakespeare. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac.
Stock no. 1331343
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1908. Almost very good condition.

40 tipped in colour plates, tissue guarded. Green cloth, gilt titles and decoration to front cover and spine. 143 pages. 11 x 8.5". Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. A few small dents to cover edges. Spine is foxed and has a small worn patch to rear edge with slight loss of cloth. Front joint is cracked. There is some light foxing to the contents. Some of the tissue-guards are creased but all plates are present and in fine condition.

THEY GAVE US SHAKESPEARE: JOHN HEMINGE & HENRY CONDELL
Written by Charles Connell.
Stock no. 1831044
Published by Oriel Press. 1st 1982. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

John Heminge and Henry Condell prepared and oversaw the First Folio edition of Shakespeare (1623) and without their work which was undertaken in part as a gesture of respect and love towards their former colleague some plays would have been lost and others would only exist in garbled versions. Heminge and Condell were closely associated with Shakespeare and were among the principal actors in his plays. Brown imitation leather cloth boards with gilt tooling to sides and gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. xiv and 110 pages. ISBN: 0853621934. Boards clean and bright. Minor foxing to text block and prelims. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is price-cut and lightly creased at top of spine.

SHAKESPEARE'S COMEDY OF THE TEMPEST
Written by William Shakespeare. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac.
Stock no. 1330587
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1908. Almost very good condition.

40 tipped in colour plates, tissue guarded. Green cloth, gilt titles and decoration to front cover and spine. 143 pages. 11 x 8.5". Spine and corners bumped, covers edge rubbed. There is some very slight fraying of cloth to spine edges. There are a couple of tiny nicks to top edge of front cover. Discolouration to the rear cover (see picture). Foxing to page margins and textblock. Some hinges slightly cracked but binding still nice and tight. Plates all present and in fine condition.

TALES FROM SHAKESPEARE
Written by Charles Lamb; Mary Lamb; William Shakespeare. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1330045
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1958. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Childrens Illustrated Classics Series. Beige and blue decorated cloth. 304 pages. 8 colour plates, b/w line drawings. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. A few foxspots to textblock. Price-cut wrapper is just a little edge rubbed/worn with a small tear to top edge of front panel (neatly tape repaired on verso).

SHAKESPEARE'S LIFE AND WORLD
Written by Katherine Duncan-Jones; William Shakespeare.
Stock no. 1328192
Published by Folio Society. 1st 2004. Nearly fine condition.

Compiled and introduced by Katherine Duncan-Jones. Mauve cloth spine with gilt title, pictorial paper boards. Cream endpapers depicting street maps. Colour & b/w illustrations. Minimal rubbing to corners. Small patch of surface paper damage to top corrner of rear slipcase panel.

THE FIRST FOLIO OF SHAKESPEARE
Written by William Shakespeare; Peter W.M. Blayney.
Stock no. 1827950
Published by W.W. Norton & Company Inc.. 2nd 1996. Very good condition.

The Norton Facsimile. Based on Folios in the Folger Shakespeare Library Collection. Prepared by Charlton Hinman with an introduction by Peter W.M. Blayney. Large format. Heavy volume. Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories & Tragedies. Published according to the True Original Copies. Leather spine. Pictorial cloth. Second edition. ISBN: 0393039854. A lovey copy. Contained in publisher's slipcase which has some scuffing and a small tear of surface paper to lower edge.

SHAKESPEARE'S LIFE AND WORLD
Written by Katherine Duncan-Jones; William Shakespeare.
Stock no. 1320815
Published by Folio Society. 1st 2004. Nearly fine condition.

Compiled and introduced by Katherine Duncan-Jones. Mauve cloth spine with gilt title, pictorial paper boards. Cream endpapers depicting street maps. Colour & b/w illustrations. Minimal rubbing to corners else fine. Publisher's cream slipcase is slightly grubby and rubbed at opening corners.

TALES FROM SHAKESPEARE
Written by Charles Lamb; Mary Lamb. Illustrated by A.E. Jackson.
Stock no. 1318631
Published by Ward, Lock & Co. Ltd.. Very good condition.

Prince Charming Colour Books for Children series. Grey-green cloth covers with black titles to front and spine. 30 colour plates. 472 pages. Pictorial endpapers. Spine slightly bumped, foxed and rubbed. Small brown spot to top edge of front cover. Foxing to contents otherwise clean.

SHAKESPEARE'S COMEDY OF THE TEMPEST
Written by William Shakespeare. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac.
Stock no. 1318102
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1919. Good condition.

Large format. Blue cloth, gilt titles with gilt vignette. 40 tissue-guarded tipped in colour plates. xxiv and 143 pages. Unfortunately the spine, rear cover and lower spine corner of front cover have been 'touched up' with some kind of blue ink (no idea why - sorry). There is a light damp stain to the edge of the front cover. One plate has a couple of tiny edge chips and another has a tiny piece of surface paper rubbing. There is some foxing to the contents. If it wasn't for the 'touching up' of the covers this would be a very good copy.

TALES FROM SHAKESPEARE
Written by Charles Lamb; William Shakespeare. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson.
Stock no. 2129855
Published by Sands & Co.. 1st 1902. Good condition.

Red cloth with gilt titles and vignettes. This book has 'Orkney House Easter 1902' in gilt to front cover. 16 b/w plates. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Fading to spine. Small chips/splits to top and tail of spine. Bookplate (Orkney House) to front pastedown. Browning and foxing to some pages. Pages 137-156 are wrinkled/creased with some edge-tears. Page wrinkling also to pages further on in book; margin marks and browning.

THE LIFE & DEATH OF SIR JOHN FALSTAFF
Written by William Shakespeare; George Radford. Illustrated by G.B. Galizzi.
Stock no. 1816228
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1923. Very good condition.

Grey cloth. 14 colour plates. Introduction by George Radford. Boards a little grubby and edge-rubbed. All plates present.

SHAKESPEARE'S ROMEO & JULIET
Written by William Shakespeare; Michael Rosen. Illustrated by Jane Ray.
Stock no. 1407146
Published by Walker Books. 1st 2004. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A re-telling of the story by Michael Rosen. Pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. 9.25 x 8". ISBN: 0744588243. Light bumping to spine and corners. Name to top corner of front endpaper. Dustwrapper is a little edge rubbed.