Shakespeare Stories by Shakespeare, William

Hardback. Good.

Hardback. Very Good.

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1982. First edition. Very good hard cover, with unclipped dust jacket. General shelf and handling wear, including tanning to DJ and page block, leading into page edges. Corners lightly bumped. Boards are clean, pages tightly bound, content is unmarked. CN. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Jacques, Robin. Used.

London: H. Hamilton. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. 0241108799 . "Just as nearly 400 years ago Shapespeare took his plots from earlier writers and historians, so does his unique power exercise its force and influence on today's writers. [...] If it be accepted that Mr W. S. Is the greatest writer of them all, it seemed an intriguing prospect to suggest to twenty of our best writers that they should each write a story inspired by and derived from Shakespeare." Ships same or next business day. Bookplate of noted collector Rolland Comstock on paste-down endpaper. Book has light bumps on both ends of spine and top corners, pages are tanned but clean. Dust jacket protected in archival plastic cover. DJ is price-clipped, has minimal edge wear. ; Drawings; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 239 pages .

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1982. First Edition. Cloth. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Type: Book Top edge of d/j water stained.

London : H. Hamilton, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 239 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. Contents; An Introduction -- We that are young / by Paul Ableman -- Overture and Incidental Music for A Midsummer Night's Dream / by Angela Carter -- The Secretest Man of Blood / by Fred Urquhart -- A Botanist's romance / by Elspeth Davie -- A Changeable Report / by Gabriel Josipovici -- Yorick / by Salman Rushdie -- Justice Silence, now blind, etc. / by J.L. Carr -- Ossie: a dumb Black Ox / by Allan Massie -- Letter from Leah / by Godfrey Smith -- What to do about Ralph? / by Iain Crichton Smith -- His Everlasting Mansion / by Francis King -- Affairs of Death / by Kingsley Amis -- De Bilbow / by Brigid Brophy -- A Mother's Lament / by Paul Bailey -- Prize Daffs / by Emma Tennant -- Extracts from the Journal of Flying Officer J / by William Boyd --… Read More

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.