London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1851. "I have no spur to prick the sides of my intent, but only vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself and falls on the other." (Macbeth's Ambition) A Remarkable Survival HUMPHREYS, Henry Noel. SHAKESPEARE, William. Sentiments and Similes of William Shakespeare. A Classified Selection of..... More
London: Methuen and Co., 1898. “Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?" The Poems of William Shakespeare Handsomely Bound by Roger de Coverly & Sons SHAKESPEARE, William. (DE COVERLY, Roger & Sons, Binders). The Poems of Shakespeare. Edited with an introduction and notes by George Wyndham. London: Methuen and..... More
![Item #05486 Life of Timon of Athens, The [&] Tragedy of Julius Caesar, The. William SHAKESPEARE](https://davidbrassrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/05486.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1690317373)
Edinburgh: T. and A. Constable, 1903. "Like Madness is the Glory of this Life" (Apemantus) “The Greatest Enemy will Hide in the Last Place you would ever Look” (Caesar) One of Twenty-Six Special Copies with Original Watercolors SHAKESPEARE, William. The Life of Timon of Athens [and] The Tragedy of Julius..... More
Paris: Hachette et Cie, 1909. One of Only Thirty Signed Copies Printed on Papier Imperial Du Japon [RACKHAM, Arthur, illustrator]. SHAKESPEARE, William. Le Songe D'Une Nuit D'Ete. Paris: Hachette et Cie, 1909. First edition in French of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream illustrated by Arthur Rackham. Limited to thirty numbered..... More
London: Macmillan and Co.,, 1900. An Elaborate Arts and Crafts Style Binding From The School of Douglas Cockerell With Two Hundred and Ninety-Two Onlaid Green Morocco Circles [BINDING]. SHAKESPEARE, Willliam. The Works of William Shakespeare. Edited by William George Clark and William Aldis Wright. London: Macmillan and Co., 1900. The..... More
[London]: , 1926. Ariel, Iris, Ceres & Juno The Title-Page Design for Arthur Rackham's Illustrated Version of William Shakespeare's Play "The Tempest" RACKHAM, Arthur, artist. "Ariel, Iris, Ceres & Juno" [London, 1926]. Original pen-and-ink and watercolor drawing, signed "Arthur Rackham" on lower right-hand corner. The design for the title-page in..... More
London: Freemantle & Co.,, 1901. "Hell is Empty and all the Devils are Here" (The Tempest, William Shakespeare) Illustrated by Robert Anning Bell One of 174 Numbered Copies Signed by the Artist BELL, Robert Anning, illustrator. SHAKESPEARE, William. The Tempest. A Comedy by William Shakespeare. Decorated by Robert Anning Bell..... More
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1939. The Final Book Published During Rackham's Lifetime [RACKHAM, Arthur, illustrator]. SHAKESPEARE, William. A Midsummer-Night’s Dream. The Text of the First Folio, with Quarto Insertions, Edited and Amended Where Obscure by Herbert Farjeon. Illustrated from Water-colors by Arthur Rackham. New York: The Limited Editions..... More
London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1808. A Handsome Root & Son Binding Celebrating the Beauty of Elizabethan Poetry [ROOT & SON, binders]. LAMB, Charles. Specimens of English Dramatic Poets Who Lived About the Time of Shakespeare. With Notes. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1808. First edition. Octavo (7..... More
London: George Bell and Sons, 1899. An Exhibition Binding By Zaehnsdorf [ZAEHNSDORF, binders]. SHAKESPEARE, William. The Sonnets of William Shakespeare. London: George Bell and Sons, 1899. Octavo (6 1/4 x 4 1/2 in; 159 x 122 mm). [154] pp. Printed by the Chiswick Press. Borders and initials by Christopher Dean..... More
London: William Heinemann, 1908. "An Almost Perfect Setting for Rackham's Devic Imagination" Edition de Luxe Signed by Arthur Rackham [RACKHAM, Arthur, illustrator]. SHAKESPEARE, William. A Midsummer-Night’s Dream. With Illustrations by Arthur Rackham. London: William Heinemann, 1908. Edition de Luxe, limited to 1,000 numbered copies signed by the artist, this being..... More
![Item #01785 L. Annaeus Florus [Works]. Lucius Annaeus FLORUS, Publius Annaeus FLORUS, Lucius](https://davidbrassrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/01785.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1478034294)
Lugd. Batav. Leiden: apud Elzevirios, 1638. First Elzevier Edition FLORUS, Lucius Annaeus. L. Annaeus Florus [Works], CL. Salmasius, addidit Lucium Ampelium. & cod. M.S. nunquam antehac editum. Lugd. Batav. [Leiden]: apud Elzevirios, 1638. First Elzevier edition, second issue, with pp. 200 and 336 misnumbered as 220 and 536 respectively. Twelvemo..... More
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