Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1868. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Duodecimo; pp; 286; original photographic frontispiece portrait of the author; original green cloth with beveled edges, spine lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, brown coated endpapers;. Preface and seven chapters titled as: "The Growing and Perpetual Influence of Shakespeare," "Human Life in Shakespeare," "Man in Shakespeare," "Woman in Shakespeare," "Shakespeare's Comic Power," "Shakespeare's Tragic Power," and "Shakespeare's Personality." Books with original photographs are a collectible area in themselves.

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Bookseller: Austin's Antiquarian Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 17485
Title: Human Life In Shakespeare
Author: Giles, Henry
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Lee and Shepard
Place of Publication: Boston
Date Published: 1868

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Austin's Antiquarian Books is a used, rare and out of print bookshop located on West Main Street in Wilmington, Vermont. At our shop we have a general stock of approximately 15,000 used, scarce and out-of-print books, with particular strength in American History, especially Theodore Roosevelt the West, Travel, Decorative Arts, Natural History, and Sporting. We also offer a selection of antique maps and prints, historical paper and ephemera.

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First Edition: In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
Beveled: Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...
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