Search Results: Drama from Cornish Books

London: Sidgwick & Jackson Ltd, 1927. Original Wraps. Good. Thoughtful and Dramatic Play dealing with Lincoln's carreer, commencing after John Brown's attempt to free Slaves, when Lincoln is about to be asked to become President of the United States. Original Grey Card Wraps with Printed Lettering on front & spine. 7" Tall. Some wear and small pieces missing from spine ends (se photo). No inscriptions. Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall

London: Jonathan Cape, 1921. Paper Covered Boards. Near Very Good. 3 Plays: The Queen : God Bless Her!; His Favourite Flower; The Comforter. Ivory paper-covered Boards with Black Lettering on front & spine. 86 pages, 160g, 7 3/4" Tall. Spine tanned and a little light soiling to cover. No inscriptions except old penciled price. Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" Tall

Armed Services Inc. Original Wraps. Near Good. Wartime Publication (Overseas Edition). No: 1005. These books were designed to fit into a G. I.s pocket. 351 Pages, 150g Landscape Format Book, 6 3/8" Wide X 4 1/2" Tall. Some edge wear and creasing to cover and a small closed tear at bottom corner of spine. Pages age darkened. no inscriptions. Size: 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall

Methuen, 1961. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Play about Thomas a'Becket and Henry II which begins with the King at murdered Becket's Tomb, as in the Film starring Richard Burton. Translated by Lucienne Hill. 116 Pages, 180g, 7 1/2" Tall. Previous owners name on endpaper dated 1962. Black cloth cover with silver lettring to spine. Some marginal notes and underlining. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, 1939. First Edition. Cloth. Near Very Good/No Jacket. Collection of Plays, begins with Restoration Drama, 1600 - 1700 and is then divided into Early, Mid and Late 18th Century Drama. Blue cloth cover with Gilt lines and lettering to spine. 957 Pages, 9 7/8" Tall. No inscriptions. Spine colour slightly faded and some fading around edges (see photo). Small faded marks on front where some idiot may have placed a glass. Weighs 1.3 Kilos so Shipping outside UK will be extra. Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall

Halifax: Milner and Sowerby, 1864. Frontispiece has a B&W Portrait of "Shakspeare" from the Chandos Picture, Engraved by J.Cochrane. Title page Dated 1864. Text pages in Double Columns. Contemporary Red Cloth Binding with blind stamped decoration and texture to front and rear. Blind stamped decoration to spine with Gilt ground to lettering on spine. 742 pages + publisher's Adverts. 1.1 Kilos. 9" Tall. Charming contemporary gift inscription from mother to son "David hammond", dated 1867, on front free endpaper. Some edgewear to cover, closed tear all down the right side of spine cloth and a smaller tear on the left. Small pieces of cloth missing from bottom of spine and some fraying at top (see photo). Cloth worn through at corners. Hinges cracked. Pages in very good, clean condition, slightly age darkened. Book weighs over 1 kilo so Shipping outisde UK will be a little extra. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Decorative Cloth. Near Good. Book.

London: Oxford University Press, 1961. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Historical Play, covering most of Henry II's Reign, including his conflict with Thomas Becket. Black cloth cover with gilt lettering to spine. 99 Pages, 220g, 7 1/2" Tall. Gift inscription on endpaper dated 1961. Jacket not clipped. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

London: Constable and Co. Ltd, 1931. Cloth. Good+/No Jacket. All the Plays, from Widower's Houses to The Music Cure. 1131 Pages. Text arranged in Double Columns. Red Cloth covers with Bright Gilt lettering to front and spine. Pages have a little light foxing on a few pages and some age darkening, otherwise in very good, clean condition. No inscriptions. Some nicks and fraying at top & bottom of spine. Book weighs 1.6 Kilos so Shipping outside UK will be extra. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

London: Odhams Press Ltd Text arranged in Double Columns. Red Cloth covers with Blind Embossed Portrait of Bernard Shaw on front. Gilt Title on spine. 1404 Pages. 9 3/4" Tal, 1.5 Kilosl. Spine faded. No inscriptions. Pages in nice, clean condition. Book weighs 1.5 Kilos so Shipping outside UK will be extra. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Near Very Good/No Jacket. Book.

London: Humphrey Milford / Oxford University Press, 1919. Decorative Cloth. Near Very Good/No Jacket. Green cloth cover with Blind Stamped Decorative border to front and back and Central Gilt Decoration to front. Gilr Lettering & border decoration to spine. Frontis has an engraved portrait of Shakespeare. 1264 Pages, 750g, 7 1/2" Tall. Very slight edge wear. Previous owner's name on ffep. Hinges sound & Binding firm. Pages in very good, clean condition. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

London: Paul Hamlyn, 1965. Cloth. Good+/No Jacket. Red cloth cover with Gilt and Blind stamped Lettering to front & spine. 1404 Pages, 9 3/4" Tall. Hinges sound & Binding firm. Spine colour a bit faded. No inscriptions except old penciled price on fffep. Book weighs 2.3 Kilos so Shipping outside UK will be extra. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall

London: Selfridge & Co. Full-Leather. Very Good +. Introduction by St John Irvine, 1923: Biographical Introduction, Shakespeare & Bacon by Sir Henry Irving. Frontis is a full page B&W Portrait of Shakespeare. Black leather binding with bright gilt Heraldic device on front and bright gilt lettering to spine. Top Page Edges Gilt. Marbled endpapers. No inscriptions. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

London: Oxford University Press, 1928. Full-Leather. Near Very Good. Edited with a Glossary by W. J. Craig. Contemporary Black Full-Leather Binding "SHAKESPEARE" in bright Gilt Lettering on front. Gilt Title and Foliate Motifs to spine. Frontis illustrated with B&S Portrait Photo of a statue of Shakespeare. Text arranged in double colkumns. Faint spots of foxing to frontis and title page. Text pages in very good, clean condition. 1351 Pages, 560g, 7 1/2" Tall. Slight edge wear and some fading and wear to spine. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

London: Book Club Associates, 1977. Imitation Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. Frontis has a B&W Illustration of Shakespeare. Brown imitation leather leather Binding. Spine divided into compartments with Gilt Decoration & Lettering in Compartments. 1227, 9 1/4" Tall. No inscriptions, nice, clean copy. Pages slightly age darkened. Weighs1.4 Kilos so Shipping outside UK will be extra. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

London: Odhams Press Ltd, 1934. Full-Leather. Good+/No Jacket. Dark Brown Full Leather Binding with blind stamped portrait of Bernard Shaw on the front. Gilt Lettering and similar portrait on spine. 1219 Pages, 9 3/4" Tall. Some edge wear to leather (see photo). Pages slightly age darkened. Previous owners name on endpaper. Weighs 1.6 Kilos so Shipping outside UK will be extra. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

London: Constable and Company Limited, 1931. First Edition. Cloth. Near Very Good/No Jacket. The First volume contains all the Plays written by George Bernard Shaw. 1131 Pages. Published in 1931. The Second Volume contains the Prefaces. 1131 Pages. Published in 1934. Text arranged in Double Columns. Red cloth covers with gilt lettering to fronts and spines. The Plays Volume has a Gilt School Badge on front and Presentation Label on Endpaper dated 1931. No other inscriptions, pges in very good, clean condition. Slightly age darkened. A litttle fraying to cloth at top of spine on the Plays Volume. Heavy set, weighs 3.1 Kilos so Shipping outside UK wii be extra. Please ask if you would like more Picture, Information or a Shipping Quote. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

London: Odhams Press Ltd, 1934. Cloth. Near Very Good/No Jacket. Text arranged in Double Columns. Red Cloth covers with Blind Embossed Portrait of Bernard Shaw on front & spine. Gilt Title on spine. 1219 Pages. 9 3/4" Tall. Slight fading to cloth and a few nicks with a little fraying at spine ends. No inscriptions. Pages in nice, clean condition. Book weighs 1.6 Kilos so Shipping outside UK will be extra. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

London: Walter Scott, 1885. Cloth. Good+/No Jacket. Dark Blue cloth cover with original Paper Title Label on spine. Title Page printed in Red and Black. Text Pages have Red Linear Margins. Page edges untrimmed. 209 Pages + Publisher's advert. 5 3/4" Tall, 200g. Slight edge wear, mainly at spine ends and tips of corners. A few penciled marginal notes. Size: 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall

London: Methuen, 1967. Paperback. Very Good. Translation by T. S. Dorsch. ENGLISH TEXT. Interesting work which helps illuminate the foundations on which Shakespeare built his drama. 301 Pages, 300g, 8" Tall. Very slight wear to cover and a little fading around bottom of spine. Spine not creased. No inscriptions. Nice, clean copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

London: Longmans Green & Co, 1860. Decorative Cloth. Good/No Jacket. In which nothing is added to the Original Text, but those words and expressions are omitted which cannot with propriety be read in a family." Complete Set of 6 Volumes. Green cloth covers with blind stamped decoration to fronts and gilt lines & lettering to spines. Illustrated with a few B&W PLates. Very little foxing. Vol 1 has some tears to the cloth spine and a plate loose. Vol 2 has 2 pages creased and loose with minor tear to 1. Vol 3 has a closed tear at side of spine. Vol 4 has 4 loose pages. Vol 5 has some loose pages. Some wear to all 6 covers. Please ask if you would like any more photos or information. Heavy set (3 Kilos) so postage will be a little extra, Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall