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Anne of Avonleaby L.M. MontgomeryISBN 1905432151 (1-905432-15-1)
Softcover, Dodo Pr
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As a Man Thinkethby James AllenISBN 1905432577 (1-905432-57-7)
Softcover, Dodo Pr
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Benjamin Franklin's Autobiographical Writingsby Benjamin Franklin, Carl Van DorenISBN 1931541876 (1-931541-87-6)
Softcover, Simon Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Benjamin Franklin's Autobiographical Writings'Book summary:Published one and a half century after Franklin's death, this book contains an extensive collection of his autobiographical writings. Much of the material included here has been out of print for decades. A large amount of Franklin's letters, also included, was never published before. [via]
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Book of Common Prayerby Church of Ireland StaffISBN 1856074293 (1-85607-429-3)
Hardcover, Columba Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Book of Common Prayer'Book summary:A time-honored vision of Common Prayer informs the contents and presentation of this book. It seeks to unify the worship of God's people, while allowing reasonable scope for diversity within the essential unity of the Church's prayer. It is also intended to be a book that has equal capacity to enrich private devotion as well as public worship. Printed in two colors, with three ribbon markers, head and tail bands, rounded back and fully hard-bound in green mundior. 5 x 8 [via]
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Book of Common Prayer - Desk Presentationby Church of IrelandISBN 1856074358 (1-85607-435-8)
Hardcover, Columba Pr
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The Book of Common Prayer: And Administration of the Sacraments and Other Rites and C Eremonies of the Church Pew EditionISBN 1886412138 (1-886412-13-8)
Hardcover, Preservation Pr Inc
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By Right of Conquest: Or, With Cortez in Mexicoby G. A. Henty, Rick G. MedlinISBN 1887159460 (1-887159-46-0)
Softcover, Preston-Speed Pubns
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By Right of Conquest: Or, With Cortez in Mexicoby Rick G. Medlin, W. S. StaceyISBN 1887159215 (1-887159-21-5)
Softcover, Preston-Speed Pubns
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Canterbury Talesby Geoffrey Chaucer, Mike PoultonISBN 185459883X (1-85459-883-X)
Softcover, Nick Hern Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Canterbury Tales'Book summary:Illustrated edition of the Prologue features miniatures taken from the Ellesmere manuscript, and closely adheres to the authentic text of Chaucer. End notes provide all the information necessary for a complete understanding of the work. [via]
The Captain from Connecticutby Cecil Scott ForesterISBN 1877853305 (1-877853-30-5)
Softcover, Nautical & Aviation Pub Co of Amer
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Christmas Booksby Charles DickensISBN 1853262684 (1-85326-268-4)
Softcover, Wordsworth Editions Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Christmas Books'Book summary:Each of these short stories was written specifically for Christmas. They combine concern for social ills with the myths and memories of childhood and traditional Christmas spirit-lore. The stories include A Christmas Carol, The Chimes, The Battle of Life and The Cricket on the Hearth. [via]
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Cinderellaby Charles PerraultISBN 1894998111 (1-894998-11-1)
Softcover, Jack Lake Prod Inc
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The Collected Poems of W. B. Yeatsby W. B. YeatsISBN 1853264547 (1-85326-454-7)
Softcover, Lb May & Assoc Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Collected Poems of W. B. Yeats'Book summary:William Butler Yeats, whom many consider this century's greatest poet, began as a bard of the Celtic Twilight, reviving legends and Rosicrucian symbols. By the early 1900s, however, he was moving away from plush romanticism, his verse morphing from the incantatory rhythms of "I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree" into lyrics "as cold and passionate as the dawn." At every stage, however, Yeats plays a multiplicity of poetic roles. There is the romantic lover of "When You Are Old" and "A Poet to His Beloved" ("I bring you with reverent Hands / The books of my numberless dreams..."). And there are the far more bitter celebrations of Maud Gonne, who never accepted his love and engaged in too much politicking for his taste: "Why should I blame her that she filled my days / With misery, or that she would of late / Have taught to ignorant men most violent ways, / Or hurled the little streets upon the great, / Had they but courage equal to desire?" There is also the poet of conscience--and confrontation. His 1931 "Remorse for Intemperate Speech" ends: "Out of Ireland have we come. / Great hatred, little room, / Maimed us at the start. / I carried from my mother's womb / A fanatic heart."
Yeats was to explore several more sides of himself, and of Ireland, before his Last Poems of 1938-39. Many are difficult, some snobbish, others occult and spiritualist. As Brendan Kennelly writes, Yeats "produces both poppycock and sublimity in verse, sometimes closely together." On the other hand, many prophetic masterworks are poppycock-free--for example, "The Second Coming" ("Turning and turning in the widening gyre / The falcon cannot hear the falconer; / Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; / Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world...") and such inquiries into inspiration as "Among School Children" ("O body swayed to music, O brightening glance, How can we know the dancer from the dance?"). And at his best, Yeats extends the meaning of love poetry beyond the obviously romantic: love becomes a revolutionary emotion, attaching the poet to friends, history, and the passionate life of the mind. --Kerry Fried [via]
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Collected Works of Oscar Wildeby Oscar WildeISBN 1853263974 (1-85326-397-4)
Softcover, Wordsworth Editions Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Collected Works of Oscar Wilde'Book summary:Wilde's works are suffused with his aestheticism, brilliant craftsmanship, legendary wit and, ultimately, his tragic muse. He wrote tender fairy stories for children employing all his grace, artistry and wit, of which the best-known is The Happy Prince. Counterpoints to this were his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray, which shocked and outraged many readers of his day, and his stories for adults which exhibited his fascination with the relations between serene art and decadent life. Wilde took London by storm with his plays, particularly his masterpiece The Importance of Being Earnest. His essays - in particular De Profundis- and his Ballad of Reading Gaol, both written after his release from prison, strikingly break the bounds of his usual expressive range. His other essays and poems are all included in this comprehensive collection of the works of one of the most exciting writers of the late nineteenth century. [via]
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The Comedy of Errorsby William ShakespeareISBN 1853262439 (1-85326-243-9)
Softcover, Wordsworth Editions, Limited
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Compleat Anglerby Izaak Walton, Edward H. NewISBN 1853261807 (1-85326-180-7)
Softcover, Wordsworth Editions, Limited
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Compleat Angler'Book summary:For a book to stay in print for nearly 350 years, its merits must continually entice and satisfy. The Compleat Angler qualifies on both counts. On the most obvious level, it remains as good a primer on fishing as any angler would want. But its most enduring distinction is hinted at in the subtitle--"the Contemplative Man's Recreation." Izaak Walton's sometimes convoluted 17th-century grammar can still reel in our imaginations with his graceful evocations of a life free from hurly-burly in the company of friends intent on physical and moral sustenance. "He that hopes to be a good Angler must not only bring an inquiring, searching, observing wit," suggests the master, "but he must bring a large measure of hope and patience.... Doubt not but Angling will prove to be so pleasant, that it will prove to be like a virtue, a reward to itself." Just like Walton's magnificent literary catch. --Jeff Silverman [via]
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The Compleat Angler, or the Contemplative Man's Recreationby Izaak Walton, Charles CottonISBN 1930585209 (1-930585-20-9)
Softcover, Coachwhip Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Compleat Angler, or the Contemplative Man's Recreation'Book summary:For a book to stay in print for nearly 350 years, its merits must continually entice and allure. The Compleat Angler satisfies that on two counts. On the most obvious level, it remains as good a primer on fishing as any angler would want. But its most enduring distinction--what's raised an essential sporting how-to to the level of literary classic--is the one cast off by its subtitle; Izaak Walton's sometimes convoluted 17th-century grammar can still reel in our imaginations with his graceful evocations of a life free from hurly-burly in the company of friends intent on physical and moral sustenance. "He that hopes to be a good Angler must not only bring an inquiring, searching, observing wit," suggests the master, "but he must bring a large measure of hope and patience.... Doubt not but Angling will prove to be so pleasant, that it will prove to be like a virtue, a reward to itself." Just like Walton's magnificent literary catch. [via]
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The Complete Poems and Songs of Robert Burnsby GeddesISBN 1855349825 (1-85534-982-5)
Hardcover, Cpg Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Complete Poems and Songs of Robert Burns'Book summary:Now available in the "Collins Classics" series, the classic James Barke edition of Burns's poems and songs was first published in 1955. This edition retains James Barke's original introduction and also includes: all of Burns's poems and songs, with a helpful glossary explaining difficult words; a chronology of Burns's life and a bibliography, both revised for this edition; and an introduction by the actor, novelist and critic John Cairney, who devised a one-man show on Robert Burns. [via]
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The Complete Poems of John Keatsby John KeatsISBN 1853264040 (1-85326-404-0)
Softcover, Wordsworth Editions, Limited
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Complete Poems of John Keats'Book summary:'What the imagination seizes as Beauty must be truth' So wrote the Romantic poet John Keats (1795-1821) in 1817. This collection contains all of his poetry: the early work, which is often undervalued even today, the poems on which his reputation rests including the Odes and the two versions of the uncompleted epic Hyperion, and work which only came to light after his death including his attempts at drama and comic verse. It all demonstrates the extent to which he tested his own dictum throughout his short creative life. That life spanned one of the most remarkable periods in English history in the aftermath of the French Revolution and this collection, with its detailed introductions and notes, aims to place the poems very much in their context. The collection is ample proof that Keats deservedly achieved his wish to 'be among the English Poets after my death' [via]
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Coriolanusby William ShakespeareISBN 1853262854 (1-85326-285-4)
Softcover, Wordsworth Editions Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Coriolanus'Book summary:Philip Brockbank was Director of the Shakespeare Institute at the University of Birmingham in England from 1979-1988, and General Editor of the New Cambridge Shakespeare from 1984-1990. He wrote On Shakespeare: Jesus, Shakespeare and Karl Marx, and Other Essays and edited Players of Shakespeare 1: Essays in Shakespearean Performance. His other publications include The Creativity of Perception: Essays in the Genesis of Literature and Art and Urban Mysteries of the Renaissance: Shakespeare and Carpaccio.The Arden Shakespeare edition of Coriolanus includes a detailed introduction to the text of the play, including the original printing, language and grammar, lineation, act and scene structure, stage-directions, and anomalies of the text, some of which are thought to indicate editorial intervention in the printing process. Further analysis of the play's content covers the accepted date of composition and historical context for that time, sources, a discussion of tragedy, language, and a description of the play as it was produced on Shakespeare's stage and has been produced in the theater in its afterlife. Two appendices follow The Tragedy of Coriolanus: "The Life of Caius Martius Coriolanus" from Plutarch's Lives, and an extract from Camden's Remaines.[via]The Arden Shakespeare has developed a reputation as the pre-eminent critical edition of Shakespeare for its exceptional scholarship, reflected in the thoroughness of each volume. An introduction comprehensively contextualizes the play, chronicling the history and culture that surrounded and influenced Shakespeare at the time of its writing and performance, and closely surveying critical approaches to the work. Detailed appendices address problems like dating and casting, and analyze the differing Quarto and Folio sources. A full commentary by one or more of the plays foremost contemporary scholars illuminates the text, glossing unfamiliar terms and drawing from an abundance of research and expertise to explain allusions and significant background information. Highly informative and accessible, Arden offers the fullest experience of Shakespeare available to a reader. -
Crime and Punishmentby Fyodor DostoevskyISBN 1853262005 (1-85326-200-5)
Softcover, Wordsworth Edition
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The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empireby Edward GibbonISBN 1853264997 (1-85326-499-7)
Softcover, Lb May & Assoc Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'Book summary:Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, published between 1776 and 1788, is the undisputed masterpiece of English historical writing which can only perish with the language itself. Its length alone is a measure of its monumental quality: seventy-one chapters, of which twenty-eight appear in full in this edition. With style, learning and wit, Gibbon takes the reader through the history of Europe from the second century AD to the fall of Constantinople in 1453 - an enthralling account by 'the greatest of the historians of the Enlightenment'. This edition includes Gibbon's footnotes and quotations, here translated for the first time, together with brief explanatory comments, a precis of the chapters not included, 16 maps, a glossary, and a list of emperors. [via]
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Elizabeth and Her German Gardenby Elizabeth ArnimISBN 1905432208 (1-905432-20-8)
Softcover, Dodo Pr
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Elsie's Girlhoodby Martha FinleyISBN 1889128031 (1-889128-03-1)
Hardcover, The Vision Forum Inc
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Elsie's Holidayby Martha FinleyISBN 1889128023 (1-889128-02-3)
Hardcover, The Vision Forum Inc
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Elsie's Holidays at Roselands: Library Editionby Martha FinleyISBN 1931343063 (1-931343-06-3)
Softcover, Hibbard Pubns Inc
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Elsie's Motherhoodby Martha FinleyISBN 1889128058 (1-889128-05-8)
Hardcover, The Vision Forum Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Elsie's Motherhood'Book summary:Ion, the Travillas' home, is about to be the center of joyous family reunion once again as Edward and Elsie celebrate their tenth wedding anniversary renewing their vows amongst family and friends. Soon afterwards, young Edward Jr. is about to learn a valuable lesson on obedience when his father's life is mercifully spared after a careless shooting episode. Along with the echo of the last gun of the Civil War, comes opportunity for Elsie and Edward to share their faith in Christ with those who were hit hardest from the devastation of the Civil War. Besides offering financial aid and comfort, they become involved in a cause to protect the innocent from a new post-war enemy of terrifying marauders set on the path of destruction. Meanwhile, Elsie's newly discovered Cousin Ronald from Scotland appears on the scene with a special talent and joins them in their campaign against the persecution of innocence.
Elsie's Motherhood is the fifth book in the original, unabridged nineteenth century Martha Finley classic, the Elsie Dinsmore Series. These books are best when read in order.
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The English Poems of John Miltonby John MiltonISBN 1853264105 (1-85326-410-5)
Softcover, Wordsworth Editions, Limited
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The English Poems of John Milton'Book summary:John Milton (1608-74) has a strong claim to be considered the greatest English poet after Skakespeare. His early poems, collected and published in 1645, include the much loved pair L'Allegro and Il Penseroso ('the cheerful man and the thoughtful man'), Lycidas (his great elegy on a fellow poet) and Comus (the one masque which is still read today).
When the Civil War began Milton abandoned poetry for politics and wrote a series of pamphlets in defence of the Parliamentary party, then in defence of the execution of Charles I: these include his great defence of the freedom of the press, Areopagitica.
In the course of this work he lost his sight, and was blind for the last twenty years of his life. During this time he wrote his two great epics, Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained, and his retelling of the story of Samson as a Greek tragedy.
This edition contains all his poems in English, with introduction and notes by Laurence Lerner (formerly Professor of English, University of Sussex) [via]More editions of The English Poems of John Milton:
Gulliver's Travelsby Jonathan SwiftISBN 1890517011 (1-890517-01-1)
Hardcover, Core Knowledge Foundation
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History of the Peloponnesian Warby ThucydidesISBN 1853264814 (1-85326-481-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'History of the Peloponnesian War'Book summary:Thucydides claimed that his account of the devastating war between the Athenians and the Spartans was a "possession for all time". An Athenian general, he was exiled for a military failure and drew for his writing on his personal experience and information from an extensive network of contacts on both sides to the epic conflict. His work is shaped by his judgements about the exercise of power in a democracy which ruled an empire and by his analysis of the impact of war on the social fabric. Thucydides's technique draws on the culture of his time, including sophist rhetoric, the drama of Greek tragedy and the diagnostic methods of the Hippocratic medical writers. The issues Thucydides addressed are as germane today as they were in the 5th-century BC. [via]
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The House of the Seven Gablesby Nathaniel HawthorneISBN 1853265578 (1-85326-557-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The House of the Seven Gables'Book summary:Nathaniel Hawthorne's gripping psychological drama concerns the Pyncheon family, a dynasty founded on pious theft, who live for generations under a dead man's curse until their house is finally exorcised by love. [via]
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I Capture the Castleby Dodie SmithISBN 1860491022 (1-86049-102-2)
Softcover, Trafalgar Square
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› Find signed collectible books: 'I Capture the Castle'Book summary:Seventeen-year-old Cassandra Mortmain wants to become a writer. Trouble is, she's the daughter of a once-famous author with a severe case of writer's block. Her family--beautiful sister Rose, brooding father James, ethereal stepmother Topaz--is barely scraping by in a crumbling English castle they leased when times were good. Now there's very little furniture, hardly any food, and just a few pages of notebook paper left to write on. Bravely making the best of things, Cassandra gets hold of a journal and begins her literary apprenticeship by refusing to face the facts. She writes, "I have just remarked to Rose that our situation is really rather romantic, two girls in this strange and lonely house. She replied that she saw nothing romantic about being shut up in a crumbling ruin surrounded by a sea of mud."
Rose longs for suitors and new tea dresses while Cassandra scorns romance: "I know all about the facts of life. And I don't think much of them." But romantic isolation comes to an end both for the family and for Cassandra's heart when the wealthy, adventurous Cotton family takes over the nearby estate. Cassandra is a witty, pensive, observant heroine, just the right voice for chronicling the perilous cusp of adulthood. Some people have compared I Capture the Castle to the novels of Jane Austen, and it's just as well-plotted and witty. But the Mortmains are more bohemian--as much like the Addams Family as like any of Austen's characters. Dodie Smith, author of 101 Dalmations, wrote this novel in 1948. And though the story is set in the 1930s, it still feels fresh, and well deserves its reputation as a modern classic. --Maria Dolan [via]
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The Infernoby Dante Alighieri, Henry Francis Cary, Claire HonessISBN 1853267872 (1-85326-787-2)
Softcover, Lb May & Assoc Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Inferno'Book summary:Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) is one of the most important and innovative figures of the European Middle Ages. Writing his Comedy (the epithet 'Divine' was added by later admirers) in exile from his native Florence, he aimed to address a world gone astray both morally and politically. At the same time, he sought to push back the restrictive rules which traditionally governed writing in the Italian vernacular, to produce a radically new and all-encompassing work. The Comedy tells the story of the journey of a character who is at one and the same time both Dante himself and Everyman. In The Inferno, Dante's protagonist - and his reader - is presented with a graphic vision of the dreadful consequences of sin, and encounters an all-too-human array of noble, grotesque, beguiling, ridiculous and horrific characters. [via]
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The Inferno of Dante Alighieriby Ciaran CarsonISBN 1862075255 (1-86207-525-5)
Hardcover, Granta Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Inferno of Dante Alighieri'Book summary:"Inferno", the first volume of Dante Alighieri's "La Divina Comemedia", is an imaginitive tour de force. Dante's hero, Virgil, guides him through hell, showing him the inhabitants of each of its nine circles and examples of the divine justice meted out to them. Ciaran Carson's translation of the text is suffused with wit, anger and irreverent vigour and attempts not to diminish the pathos of the original. [via]
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The Jungle Bookby Rudyard Kipling, Gregory AlexanderISBN 1857939980 (1-85793-998-0)
Softcover, Anova Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Jungle Book'Book summary:This is Rudyard Kipling''s classic tale of a young boy brought up in the jungle. Gregory Alexander''s vivi d illustrations follow the adventures of Mowgli, Baloo, Bagh eera and friends. ' [via]
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King Henry IVby A.R. HumphreysISBN 1904271057 (1-904271-05-7)
Softcover, Thomson Learning
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King Henry IVby David Scott KastanISBN 1904271359 (1-904271-35-9)
Softcover, Arden Shakespeare
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› Find signed collectible books: 'King Henry IV'Book summary:[via]David Scott Kastan lucidly explores the remarkable richness and the ambitious design of King Henry IV Part 1 and shows how these complicate any easy sense of what kind of play it is. Conventionally regarded as a history play, much of it is in fact conspicuously invented fiction, and Kastan argues that the non-historical, comic plot does not simply parody the historical action but by its existence raises questions about the very nature of history. The full and engaging introduction devotes extensive discussion to the play's language, indicating how its insistent economic vocabulary provides texture for the social concerns of the play and focuses attention on the central relationship between value and political authority. Kastan also covers the recurrence of the word "honor" in the text and the role that women play. Appendices provide the sources of 1 Henry IV, discussions of Shakespeare's metrics, and the history of the manuscript. The appendix on casting features a doubling chart to show which characters may be played by one actor. Photographic images of the original Q0 Fragment, which is assumed to have been printed in Peter Short's printing house in 1598, appear in the fifth appendix. Finally, a reference section provides a list of abbreviations and references, a catalog of Shakespeares works and works partly by Shakespeare, and citations for the modern productions mentioned in the text, other collated editions of Shakespeare's work, and other related reading.The Arden Shakespeare has developed a reputation as the pre-eminent critical edition of Shakespeare for its exceptional scholarship, reflected in the thoroughness of each volume. An introduction comprehensively contextualizes the play, chronicling the history and culture that surrounded and influenced Shakespeare at the time of its writing and performance, and closely surveying critical approaches to the work. Detailed appendices address problems like dating and casting, and analyze the differing Quarto and Folio sources. A full commentary by one or more of the plays foremost contemporary scholars illuminates the text, glossing unfamiliar terms and drawing from an abundance of research and expertise to explain allusions and significant background information. Highly informative and accessible, Arden offers the fullest experience of Shakespeare available to a reader.More editions of King Henry IV:
King Henry VIby William ShakespeareISBN 1903436435 (1-903436-43-5)
Softcover, Arden Shakespeare
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› Find signed collectible books: 'King Henry VI'Book summary:The Arden Shakespeare is the established edition of Shakespeare's work. Justly celebrated for its authoritative scholarship and invaluable commentary, Arden guides you a richer understanding and appreciation of Shakespeare's plays. This edition of King Henry IV Part II provides, a clear and authoritative text, detailed notes and commentary on the same page as the text, a full introduction discussing the critical and historical background to the play and appendices presenting sources and relevant extracts. [via]
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King LearISBN 1903436583 (1-903436-58-3)
Hardcover, Thomson Learning EMEA, Limited
Find This BookBook summary:King Lear stands alongside Hamlet as one of the most profound expressions of tragic drama in literature. Written between 1604 and 1605, it represents Shakespeare at the height of his dramatic power. Drawing on ancient British history, Shakespeare constructs a plot that reads like a fable in its clear-sighted but terrifying simplicity. The ageing King Lear calls his daughters, Goneril, Regan and Cordelia to witness that he wishes "to shake all cares and business from our age" and divide his kingdom between his three children. When Cordelia refuses to flatter her father with sycophantic words of love, her banishment leads to chaos and civil war as Lear's disastrous "division of the kingdom" gives free reign to the greed and ambition of his two remaining daughters.
As Lear sinks into rage and madness he is deserted by everyone except his "bitter" Fool, the loyal Kent and the exiled Cordelia. The play descends into a nighmarish theatre of cruelty and absurdity as Lear realises he has "ta'en / Too little care" of the poverty and corruption of his kingdom, and his loyal but foolish friend Gloucester has his eyes gouged out. Metaphors of monstrosity and perversions of nature structure the dramatic action, and the play's ending remains one of the most harrowing in all of Shakespeare. Many see a profound despair and nihilism in King Lear, and would agree with Kent's conclusion that "All's cheerless, dark and deadly". Other writers have identified a radical but pessimistic critique of contemporary conceptions of kingship and absolutist authority, yet it remains a remarkable tragedy of public misjudgement and intensely private grief and anguish. --Jerry Brotton [via]
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King Learby R. A. FoakesISBN 1903436591 (1-903436-59-1)
Softcover, Arden Shakespeare
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› Find signed collectible books: 'King Lear'Book summary:[via]In the first part of Foakes's introduction, the editor examines King Lear as it is read in the mind versus how it is performed on the stage, analyzing historical productions and certain elements of the play that shine in performance but not in text, and vice versa. This section also explores how and why the play has invited so many interpretations, in reading and performance, since its inception. The next part of the introduction considers trends in the criticism and staging of the play, such as the recent shift of favor from redemptive to bleak readings. Foakes then addresses the dating of the play, the differences among the Quarto and Folio texts, and whether these changes are mere discrepancies or intentional revisions. Finally, the editor discusses the casting of the play and explains notable usages in his edition. There are two appendices that follow the play: the first examines two textual problems that are particularly difficult to interpret, and the second explains differences in lineation between the Quarto and Folio editions, which resulted from confusion whether certain lines were in prose or verse. This edition also includes lists of illustrations, abbreviations, and references, as well as a general editors preface and an index.
The Arden Shakespeare has developed a reputation as the pre-eminent critical edition of Shakespeare for its exceptional scholarship, reflected in the thoroughness of each volume. An introduction comprehensively contextualizes the play, chronicling the history and culture that surrounded and influenced Shakespeare at the time of its writing and performance, and closely surveying critical approaches to the work. Detailed appendices address problems like dating and casting, and analyze the differing Quarto and Folio sources. A full commentary by one or more of the plays foremost contemporary scholars illuminates the text, glossing unfamiliar terms and drawing from an abundance of research and expertise to explain allusions and significant background information. Highly informative and accessible, Arden offers the fullest experience of Shakespeare available to a reader.More editions of King Lear:
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King Richard IIIby William Shakespeare, Nick De SomogyiISBN 1854596462 (1-85459-646-2)
Softcover, Theatre Communications Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'King Richard III: The Tragedy of'Book summary:The Arden Shakespeare is the established edition of Shakespeare's work. Justly celebrated for its authoritative scholarship and invaluable commentary, Arden guides you a richer understanding and appreciation of Shakespeare's plays. This edition of King Richard III provides, a clear and authoritative text, detailed notes and commentary on the same page as the text, a full introduction discussing the critical and historical background to the play and appendices presenting sources and relevant extracts. [via]
Lad of Sunnybankby Albert Payson TerhuneISBN 1885529678 (1-885529-67-8)
Softcover, Stellar Conceptions
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Little Dorrit: Library Editionby Charles DickensISBN 1853261823 (1-85326-182-3)
Softcover, Lb May & Assoc Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Little Dorrit: Library Edition'Book summary:Introduction and Notes by Peter Preston, University of Nottingham Little Dorrit is a classic tale of imprisonment, both literal and metaphorical, while Dickens' working title for the novel, Nobody's Fault, highlights its concern with personal responsibility in private and public life. Dickens' childhood experiences inform the vivid scenes in Marshalsea debtor s prison, while his adult perceptions of governmental failures shape his satirical picture of the Circumlocution Office. The novel s range of characters - the honest, the crooked, the selfish and the self-denying - offers a portrait of society about whose values Dickens had profound doubts. [via]
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The Little Princeby Irene Testot-Ferry, A. ExuperyISBN 1853261580 (1-85326-158-0)
Softcover, Wordsworth Editions Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Little Prince'Book summary:Antoine de Saint-Exupéry first published The Little Prince in 1943, only a year before his Lockheed P-38 vanished over the Mediterranean during a reconnaissance mission. More than a half century later, this fable of love and loneliness has lost none of its power. The narrator is a downed pilot in the Sahara Desert, frantically trying to repair his wrecked plane. His efforts are interrupted one day by the apparition of a little, well, prince, who asks him to draw a sheep. "In the face of an overpowering mystery, you don't dare disobey," the narrator recalls. "Absurd as it seemed, a thousand miles from all inhabited regions and in danger of death, I took a scrap of paper and a pen out of my pocket." And so begins their dialogue, which stretches the narrator's imagination in all sorts of surprising, childlike directions.
The Little Prince describes his journey from planet to planet, each tiny world populated by a single adult. It's a wonderfully inventive sequence, which evokes not only the great fairy tales but also such monuments of postmodern whimsy as Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities. And despite his tone of gentle bemusement, Saint-Exupéry pulls off some fine satiric touches, too. There's the king, for example, who commands the Little Prince to function as a one-man (or one-boy) judiciary:
I have good reason to believe that there is an old rat living somewhere on my planet. I hear him at night. You could judge that old rat. From time to time you will condemn him to death. That way his life will depend on your justice. But you'll pardon him each time for economy's sake. There's only one rat.
The author pokes similar fun at a businessman, a geographer, and a lamplighter, all of whom signify some futile aspect of adult existence. Yet his tale is ultimately a tender one--a heartfelt exposition of sadness and solitude, which never turns into Peter Pan-style treacle. Such delicacy of tone can present real headaches for a translator, and in her 1943 translation, Katherine Woods sometimes wandered off the mark, giving the text a slightly wooden or didactic accent. Happily, Richard Howard (who did a fine nip-and-tuck job on Stendhal's The Charterhouse of Parma in 1999) has streamlined and simplified to wonderful effect. The result is a new and improved version of an indestructible classic, which also restores the original artwork to full color. "Trying to be witty," we're told at one point, "leads to lying, more or less." But Saint-Exupéry's drawings offer a handy rebuttal: they're fresh, funny, and like the book itself, rigorously truthful. --James Marcus [via]More editions of The Little Prince:
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Lives of the Twelve Ceasarsby Suetonius, Tamsyn BartonISBN 185326475X (1-85326-475-X)
Softcover, Lb May & Assoc Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lives of the Twelve Ceasars'Book summary:Suetonius, chronicler of the extraordinary personalities of the first dynasties to rule the Roman Empire, was the greatest Latin biographer. His colourful work, Lives of the Twelve Caesars, is, along with Tacitus, the major source for the period from Julius Caesar to Domitian. He sets out in vivid detail a great range of aspects illuminating the emperor's characters, their habits, from table to bedchamber - their intrigues, their loves and their deaths. Himself a court official, he quotes from a variety of sources, from the official and private documents as well as from old anecdotes, gossip, songs and jokes, giving an unparalleled oblique view of his subjects. Long familiar to students of classics, he found a new audience as the main source for Robert Graves' novels and the subsequent television series I, Claudius. [via]
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The Man Who Laughsby Victor Hugo, Joseph L. Blamire, Shoshana Joy MilgramISBN 1889439169 (1-889439-16-9)
Hardcover, Paper Tiger
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Man Who Laughs'Book summary:Victor-Marie Hugo (1802-1885) was a French poet, playwright, novelist, essayist, visual artist, statesman, human rights campaigner, and perhaps the most influential exponent of the Romantic movement in France. In France, Hugo's literary reputation rests primarily on his poetic and dramatic output and only secondarily on his novels. Among many volumes of poetry, Les Contemplations and La Légende des Siècles stand particularly high in critical esteem, and Hugo is sometimes identified as the greatest French poet. In the Englishspeaking world his best-known works are often the novels Les Misérables and Notre-Dame de Paris (translated into English as The Hunchback of Notre-Dame) (1899). Though extremely conservative in his youth, Hugo moved to the political left as the decades passed; he became a passionate supporter of republicanism, and his work touches upon most of the political and social issues and artistic trends of his time. He is buried in the Panthéon. Amongst his other works are: Napoleon the Little (1852), The Man Who Laughs (1869), The History of a Crime (1877), Poems (1888) and The Memoirs of Victor Hugo. [via]
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Master of Ballantraeby Robert Louis StevensonISBN 1853262943 (1-85326-294-3)
Softcover, Wordsworth Editions, Limited
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Mr. Pine's Purple Houseby Leonard KesslerISBN 1930900023 (1-930900-02-3)
Hardcover, Purple House Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Mr. Pine's Purple House'Book summary:"Mr. Pine lived on Vine Street in a little white house." That's all fine and dandy, but there are 50 white houses on Vine Street, all in a line, and Mr. Pine can't tell which one is his! To distinguish his own abode, he decides to plant a little pine tree in front, but his neighbors like that idea so much, they do it, too. Even when he plants a bush next to his tree, everyone follows suit. Finally, Mr. Pine paints his house purple--and to his delight, no one else wants a purple house. His neighbors are inspired, however, to paint their own houses all different colors, their first break with conformity. ("'Yellow for me,' said Mrs. Green. 'Green for me,' said Mrs. Brown.") First published in 1965 and out of print until recently, Leonard Kessler's Mr. Pine's Purple House--a story of the triumph of individualism--has crept into the hearts of thousands of readers for decades. Simple but memorable line drawings (splashed with purple), large type, and airy design combine with a meaningful story to make this a perfect choice for early readers who one day will dare to be different. (Ages 4 to 8) --Karin Snelson [via]
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Nicholas Nickleby: Library Editionby Charles DickensISBN 1853262641 (1-85326-264-1)
Softcover, Lb May & Assoc Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Nicholas Nickleby: Library Edition'Book summary:Introduction and Notes by Dr T.C.B. Cook Following the success of Pickwick Papers and Oliver Twist, Nicholas Nickleby was hailed as a comic triumph and firmly established Dickens as a 'literary gentleman'. It has a full supporting cast of delectable characters that range from the iniquitous Wackford Squeers and his family, to the delightful Mrs Nickleby, taking in the eccentric Crummles and his travelling players, the Mantalinis, the Kenwigs and many more. Combining these with typically Dickensian elements of burlesque and farce, the novel is eminently suited to dramatic adaptation. So great was the impact as it left Dickens' pen that many pirated versions appeared in print before the original was even finished. Often neglected by critics, Nicholas Nickleby has never ceased to delight readers and is widely regarded as one of the greatest comic masterpieces of nineteenth-centure literature. [via]
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The Night Before Christmasby Clement Clarke Moore, Nan PollardISBN 1878624490 (1-878624-49-0)
Softcover, Learning Horizons
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Onions in the Stewby Betty Bard MacDonaldISBN 1888173300 (1-888173-30-0)
Softcover, Trafalgar Square
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The Pilgrim's Progressby John BunyanISBN 1853264687 (1-85326-468-7)
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Plays, Prose Writings & Poemsby Oscar WildeISBN 1857150422 (1-85715-042-2)
Hardcover, Everyman's Library
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Plays, Prose Writings & Poems'Book summary:Famed as a wit and bon viveur, Oscar Wilde lived up to his reputation. This selection of plays, poems and prose writings, introduced by Terry Eagleton, includes "The Importance of Being Earnest", "Lady Windermere's Fan", "The Picture of Dorian Gray", "The Critic as an Artist", Apologia", "The Soul of a Man Under Socialism", "Letter to Robert Ross", "Requiescat" and "The Ballad of Reading Goal". Terry Eagleton is the author of "Criticism and Ideology", "Marxism and Literary Criticsm" and "Literary Theory: An Introduction". [via]
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Poetical Worksby Walter ScottISBN 1853264377 (1-85326-437-7)
Softcover, Wordsworth Edition
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Pollyannaby Eleanor H. PorterISBN 1853261459 (1-85326-145-9)
Softcover, Lb May & Assoc Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Pollyanna'Book summary:When Polyanna Whittier goes to live with her sour-tempered aunt after her father's death, things seem bad enough, but then a dreadful accident ensues. However, Pollyanna's sunny nature and good humour prove to have an astonishing effect on all around her, and this wonderful tale of how cheerfulness can conquer adversity has remained one of the world's most popular children's books since its first publication in 1913. [via]
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The Rainbowby D. H. LawrenceISBN 1853262501 (1-85326-250-1)
Softcover, Wordsworth Editions Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Rainbow'Book summary:With an Introduction and Notes by Lionel Kelly, University of Reading In 1915, Lawrence's frank representation of sexuality in The Rainbow caused a furore and the novel was seized by the police and banned almost as soon as it was published. Today it is recognised as one of the classic English novels of the twentieth century. The Rainbow is about three generations of the Brangwen family of Nottinghamshire from the 1840s to the early years of the twentieth century. Within this framework Lawrence s essential concern is with the passional lives of his characters as he explores the pressures that determine their lives, using a religious symbolism in which the rainbow of the title is his unifying motif. His primary focus is on the individual's struggle to growth and fulfilment within marriage and changing social circumstances, a process shown to grow more difficult through the generations. Young Ursula Brangwen, whose story is continued in Women in Love, is finally the central figure in Lawrence's anatomy of the confining structures of English social life and the impact of industrialisation and urbanisation on the human psyche. [via]
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Riley Child Rhymes with Hoosier Picturesby James Whitcomb RileyISBN 1878208179 (1-878208-17-9)
Hardcover, Emmis Books
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The Rime of the Ancient Marinerby David Jones, Thomas DilworthISBN 1904634141 (1-904634-14-1)
Hardcover, Enitharmon Pr
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Romeo and Julietby William ShakespeareISBN 1903436419 (1-903436-41-9)
Softcover, Arden Shakespeare
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Romeo and Juliet'Book summary:[via]This major new edition of Shakespeares greatest tragedy of love argues that the play is ultimately Juliets. Its richly illustrated introduction looks at the plays exceptionally beautiful and complex language and focuses on the figure of Juliet as being at its center. Rene Weis also discusses the plays critical, stage, and film history, including West Side Story and Baz Lurhmanns seminal film adaptation. This authoritative edition from a leading scholar gives the reader a penetrating and wide-ranging insight into this ever-popular play. Like every Arden edition, it includes expertly edited play text and on-page commentary notes discussing issues of staging, theme, meaning, and Shakespeares use of his sources to give the reader deep and engaging insights into the play. 
Salome & Under the Hillby Oscar WildeISBN 1871592127 (1-871592-12-7)
Softcover, Creation Pub Group
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The Scarlet Letterby Nathaniel HawthorneISBN 1853265683 (1-85326-568-3)
Softcover, Wordsworth Edition
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Scarlet Letter'Book summary:This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1871 edition. Excerpt: ...scholar-like renown still lived in Oxford, was considered by his more fervent admirers as little less than a heavenly-ordained apostle, destined, should he live and labor for the ordinary term of life, to do as great deeds for the now feeble New England Church, as the early Fathers had achieved for the infancy of the Christian faith. About this period, however, the health of Mr. Dimmesdale had evidently' begun to fail. By those best acquainted with his habits, the paleness of the young minister's cheek was accounted for by his too earnest devotion to study, his scrupulous fulfilment of parochial duty, and, more than all, by the fasts and vigils of which he made a frequent practice, in order to keep the grossness of this earthly state from clogging and obscuring his spiritual lamp. Some declared, that, if Mr. Dimmesdale were really going to die, it was cause enough, that the world was not worthy to be any onger trodden by his feet. He himself, on the other hand, with characteristic humility, avowed his belief, that, if Providence should see fit to remove him, it would be because of his own unworthiness to perform its humblest mission here on earth. With all this difference of opinion as to the cause of his decline, there could be no question of the fact. His form grew emaciated; his voice, though still rich and sweet, had a certain melancholy prophecy of decay in it; he was often observed, on any slight alarm or other sudden accident, to put his hand over his heart, with first a flush and then a paleness, indicative of pain. Such was the young clergyman's condition, and so imminent the prospect that his dawning light would be extinguished, all untimely, when Koger Chillingworth made his advent to the town. His first entry on the scene, few people... [via]
The Sea-hawkby Rafael SabatiniISBN 1931839530 (1-931839-53-0)
Softcover, Ross & Perry Inc
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Seven Brothersby Aleksis KiviISBN 188047400X (1-880474-00-X)
Softcover, Aspasia Books
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Stories for Christmas by Charles Dickensby Charles DickensISBN 1879582414 (1-879582-41-4)
Hardcover, Platinum Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Stories for Christmas by Charles Dickens'Book summary:This prolific collection of favorite Charles Dickens classics is a heartwarming treasure, perfect for the holidays. Assembled here are familiar and welcoming Christmas stories that will awaken warm and exciting holiday memories. A Christmas Carol, for example, juxtaposes fright and warmth as Scrooge learns not only the meaning of Christmas but the meaning of friendship. All of these stories are peppered with the profound characterizations, humor, and quintessential Dickens sentimentality that paint a cherished picture of a bygone era. The nearly 500 pages feature A Christmas Carol, The Chimes, and The Cricket on the Hearth as well as selected Christmas stories from Household Words and All the Year Round. This deluxe edition presents these timeless stories in a beautiful cloth-bound hardcover that makes this piece a valuable edition to any household. --Jacque Holthusen [via]
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The Taming of the Shrewby Morris, Brian MorrisISBN 1903436109 (1-903436-10-9)
Softcover, Arden Shakespeare
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Taming of the Shrew'Book summary:Brian Morris was Professor of English Literature at Sheffield University and a general editor of both the Arden Shakespeare and the New Mermaid Dramatists series. His other publications include editions of the plays of John Ford and the poems of John Cleveland.[via]Morriss introduction begins with a discussion of the text as it first appeared in the First Folio of 1623. In the next section, he analyzes the problematic relationship between The Taming of the Shrew and The Taming of a Shrew, a different play which first appeared in text 29 years before the First Folio, and whose virtually identical name has caused much confusion. Morris then considers the date, sources, and authorship of the play, addressing the question of whether Shakespeare himself wrote it. In the last and most substantial part of the introduction, the editor examines the plays structures, themes (such as education, love, and marriage), and afterlife. Three appendices follow the text of the play: evidence to establish the relationship of The Shrew and A Shrew, from Samuel Hickson; the Sly scenes in A Shrew; and a source (from Gascoignes Supposes) and analogues.The Arden Shakespeare has developed a reputation as the pre-eminent critical edition of Shakespeare for its exceptional scholarship, reflected in the thoroughness of each volume. An introduction comprehensively contextualizes the play, chronicling the history and culture that surrounded and influenced Shakespeare at the time of its writing and performance, and closely surveying critical approaches to the work. Detailed appendices address problems like dating and casting, and analyze the differing Quarto and Folio sources. A full commentary by one or more of the plays foremost contemporary scholars illuminates the text, glossing unfamiliar terms and drawing from an abundance of research and expertise to explain allusions and significant background information. Highly informative and accessible, Arden offers the fullest experience of Shakespeare available to a reader.More editions of The Taming of the Shrew:
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Titus Andronicusby William ShakespeareISBN 1853262900 (1-85326-290-0)
Softcover, Wordsworth Editions Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Titus Andronicus'Book summary:Shakespeare's most violent and gory play, Titus Andronicus was written in 1592, and represents the dramatist's first foray into the popular genre of revenge tragedy (many editors argue with at least one other collaborator). The result was spectacular, including scenes of murder, human sacrifice, rape, bodily mutilation and cannibalism. Set in late-imperial Rome, the action begins with the Roman general Titus Andronicus and his triumphant return from wars with the Goths. Leading Queen Tamora and her sons as prisoners, Titus stumbles into a power struggle between Saturninus and his brother Bassianus. Titus fatally backs Saturninus, who rapidly turns on the old general and marries Tamora. The implications for the Andronicus family are disastrous. More of Titus' sons are killed, his daughter Lavinia is brutally raped by Tamora's sons, and as Titus begins his descent into madness and despair he even has his own hand cut off in an act of awful trickery. As Titus plots his bloody revenge, he reflects that "Rome is but a wilderness of tigers". The ending is one of the most gruesome conclusions to any dramatic tragedy, and leaves Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs looking quite restrained. Although the play has put audiences off for centuries due to its apparently gratuitous violence, more recently critics have discerned something more to it than pure shock, but that might say more about us than the Elizabethans. .--Jerry Brotton [via]
Titus Andronicusby Jonathan BateISBN 1904271146 (1-904271-14-6)
Hardcover, Arden Shakespeare
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The Tragedy of Romeo and Julietby William Shakespeare, Jonnie Patricia MobleyISBN 1885564112 (1-885564-11-2)
Softcover, Lorenz Educational Pub
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Treasure Islandby Robert Louis Stevenson, George MacDonald FraserISBN 1860467067 (1-86046-706-7)
Softcover, Harvill Pr
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Twelfth Nightby William Shakespeare, Nick De SomogyiISBN 1854596225 (1-85459-622-5)
Softcover, Theatre Communications Group
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The Two Elsies: Book 10by Martha FinleyISBN 1889128112 (1-889128-11-2)
Hardcover, The Vision Forum Inc
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Voltaire: Candideby Haydn Trevor MasonISBN 1853993697 (1-85399-369-7)
Softcover, Intl Pub Marketing Inc
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The Water Babiesby Charles KingsleyISBN 1853261483 (1-85326-148-3)
Softcover, Wordsworth Editions, Limited
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The Works of Edgar Allen Poeby Edgar Allan PoeISBN 1853264326 (1-85326-432-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Works of Edgar Allen Poe'Book summary:He revolutionized the horror tale, giving it psychological insight and a consistent tone and atmosphere; he invented the modern detective story; he wrote some of the world's best-known lyric poetry and a major novella of the fantastic; he impressed such writers as Baudelaire, Mallarme and Borges. If it's been a while since you read any Edgar A. Poe (he never used "Allan"), you've probably forgotten how terrific he is. And some of his best work is in his lesser-known stories, such as "The Imp of the Perverse" and "A Descent into the Maelstrom." In short, what are you waiting for? [via]
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The Works of Oscar Wildeby Oscar WildeISBN 1853264253 (1-85326-425-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Works of Oscar Wilde'Book summary:This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1909. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... THE FISHERMAN AND HIS SOUL. Every evening the young Fisherman went out upon the sea, and threw his nets into the water. When the wind blew from the land he caught nothing, or but little at best, for it was a bitter and black-winged wind, and rough waves ross up to meet it. But when the wind blew to the shore, the fish came in from the deep, and swam into the meshes of his nets, and he took them to the market-place and sold them. Every evening he went out upon the sea, and one evening the net was so heavy that hardly could he draw it into the boat. And he laughed, and said to himself, "Surely I have caught all the fish that swim, or snared some dull monster that will be a marvel to men, or some thing of horror that the great Queen will desire," and putting forth all his strength, he tugged at the coarse ropes till, like lines of blue enamel round a vase of bronze, the long veins rose up on his arms. He tugged at the thin ropes, and nearer and nearer came the circle of flat corks, and the net rose at last to the top of the water. But no fish at all was in it, nor any monster or thing of horror, but only a little Mermaid lying fast asleep. Her hair was as a wet fleece of gold, and each separate hair as a thread of fine gold in a cup of glass. Her body was as white ivory, and her tail was of silver and pearl. Silver and pearl was her tail, and the green weeds of the sea coiled round it; and like sea-shells were her ears, and her lips were like sea-coral. The cold waves dashed over her cold breasts, and the salt glistened upon her eyelids. So beautiful was she that when the young Fisherman saw her he was filled with wonder, and he put out his hand and drew the net close to him, and leaning over the side he clasped her in his arms. And when he touched her, she gave a ... [via]
The Works of Robert Burnsby Robert BurnsISBN 1853264156 (1-85326-415-6)
Softcover, Lb May & Assoc Inc
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Scotlandby Colin BaxterISBN 1900455773 (1-900455-77-3)
Softcover, Baxter Photography, Limited, Colin
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