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.

THE AESTHETIC OBSESSION A PORTRAIT OF SIR WILLIAM EDEN BT.
Written by Lyall Wilkes.
Stock no. 2127114
Published by Oriel Press. 1st 1985. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Dark green cloth covered boards, silver title to spine. B/w and colour photos and illustrations. ISBN: 0853622221. Foxing to outer page edges. Some edge-creasing to wrapper.

NANCY RIDLEY'S LOVE AFFAIR WITH HISTORY
Written by Nancy Ridley.
Stock no. 2125868
Published by Oriel Press. 1st 1982. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Brown boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0853621918. SIGNED by author, 'with best wishes' to front endpaper. Bumping to spine and a couple of corners. A little fading along cover edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few light marks.