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Tales from Shakspeare
by Charles Lamb; Mary Lamb
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Constable & Company, 1921. Cloth. Very Good. 8" by 5.5". Robert Anning Bell. An illustrated later impression of Charles and Mary Lamb's famous collection of Shakespearian tales for children. Charles Lamb (1775-1834) was an essayist and poet, who along with his sister Mary Lamb (1764-1847) composed this work, a children's collection of the works of William Shakespeare. He was good friends with a number of important and prolific literary figures, including Samuel Taylor Coleridge, William Wordsworth and Robert Southey, and corresponded with them. Both he and his sister suffered bouts of mental illness; in his sister's case, a mental breakdown resulted in her murdering their mother with a kitchen knife, and after this, she spent the majority of the remainder of her life in mental institutions.Contains tales including 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', 'The Merchant of Venice', 'Hamlet', 'Twelfth Night', 'Romeo and Juliet' and 'Hamlet', as well as many others.Illustrated with fifteen plates by Robert Anning Bell. Collated, complete.With an introductory preface by Andrew Lang, an extremely prolific writer, literary critic and novelist remembered for his compilation of folk and fairy tales, including the Langs' Fairy Books. He also translated a number of classical works and was a prolific and important anthropologist besides his writings for children.An illustrated later impression of an important Victorian children's work. In the publisher's original full cloth binding. Externally generally smart; the spine is a little discoloured, with bumping to the extremities. Ownership stamp to the front endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 772R35
- Title
- Tales from Shakspeare
- Author
- Charles Lamb; Mary Lamb
- Illustrator
- Robert Anning Bell
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Constable & Company
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1921
- Size
- 8" by 5.5"
- Keywords
- Tales from Shakspeare William Shakespeare Charles Lamb Mary Lamb William Shakespeare Victorian Children's Literature
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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