John Milton Israel Gollancz (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. P.o. name on the first page as well as an old price in pen at the upper right corner. Binding is fine. Pages are clean and unmarked. Minor pushing to the corners. Minor rubbing to some edges and corners.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. This is the Temple Edition of William Shakespeares comedy, A Midsummer Night s Dream . The book was edited, with a Preface, Glossary and Notes by Israel Gollancz, and published by J. M. Dent & Co/in London . This is the 9th Temple Edition, issued in November 1902. It is a Dream of which only Shakespeare could have penned. Mere mortals, even though they be titled gentry, have muddled up love and a wedding. They become enmeshed in the playful mechinations of Oberon and Titania, king and queen of the fairies. Using Puck, a mischievous sprite, they plan to confuse the humans and so the Dream is set in motion. Fun and confusion follow, including false loves engendered by fairy potions, and a man whose long-eared ass s head mask takes on a little too much reality. But it end s well as Oberon and Titania take pity on the poor mortals. It is all a most delicious dramatic fantasy! *********************************** It's a lovely, petite book, measuring approximately 4" x 5 3/8", bound in maroon cloth with top edge gilt. The front cover has Shakespeare's family heraldic crest stamped in blind; the spine has the title in gilt. The fore- and bottom text-block edges are rough trimmed. Inside, the end-papers, front and back, have Shakespeare's heraldic crest printed in black and yellow. The half-title announces the series ("The Temple Shakespeare"). The frontispiece is a reproduction in miniature of the gravure of the Room in Stratford on Avon wherein Shakespeare was born. This frontispiece is accompanied by a guard tissue, which has printed on it a quote from John Milton. *************************************** The decorated title page, which is rubricated (printed in red and black), features a central vignette of a young, winged fairy cavorting with a thin banner. On the verso of the title page is a quote from Chaucer s Wife of Bath sTale : The Elf Queen with her jollie companie Danced ful ofte in many a greenė mede The rest of the book is lightly rubricated throughout with the act and scene numbers rendered in red. The book is bound with a silk place-marker. *************************************** SERIES : Temple Shakespeare / TITLE : Shakespeare s Comedy of A Midsummers Night s Dream / AUTHOR : William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616) / EDITOR, PREFACE, GLOSSARY, NOTES : Israel Gollancz (1864 - 1930) / TEXTUAL QUOTES : Chaucer & John Milton / IMPRINT : J. M. Dent & Co. / PLACE : London (Aldine House W.C.) / DATE : November 1902 / PRINTER : Ballantyne, Hanson & Co. / EDITION : Reprint, 9th Temple Edition (So stated - but assume Printing ) / STATUS : This Edition Out of Print OP DETAILS : Petite semi-flexible hardcover; has decorated end-papers, sepia gravure frontispiece with printed tissue guard; decorated title page, rubricated; rubricated act and scene designations through the text; has a Preface, a Glossary, and Notes. [xii] + [147] pages; 4" x 5 1/4"; dark burgundy (maroon) cloth binding with gilt lettering on spine and heraldic emblem blind-stamped on front cover. Top edge gilt, fore-and bottom edges rough-trimmed. Bound with silk place-marker. ************************************* CONDITION VERY GOOD This is a previously owned book that remains clean and attractive, with the following particulars noted :: EXTERIOR -- Gilt lettering on spine is bright; top edge gilt is slightly rubbed but basically fairly bright; the rear cover has a wide, but transparent, water discoloration which has little overt effect; there are a few shallow balloonings, else the cover has strong color and only slightly bumped corner tips. / BINDING -- Most of the leaves have not been separated; the whole is pretty solid with no detached or loose leaves. / INTERIOR -- There are a few small tea stains , and some of the leaves are toned; frontispiece and guard tissue are toned - else the interior is clean and presentable with no marking, no writing and no signatures.

Publisher's original limp card wrap covers covered in green leather, blocked and lettered in gilt. 16mo. 6'' x 4''. Contains tissue-guarded frontispiece, red and black printed title, (viii), 371 pp. Study | reference condition with pieces of leather missing to the edges of the front cover, spine sun faded, contents clean. Member of the P.B.F.A. ENGLISH LITERATURE.