SHAKESPEARE from Barbara Bilson Books

San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1987. First edition paperback book in near fine condition (some light rubbing to covers). Beautifully illustrated book. Sections include Stratford, Warwickshire and the Cotswolds, Oxford, and London and South-East England. The text, by noted Shakespearean scholar Rowse, includes relevant references to the plays, Shakespeare's life, and contemporary events. A nice addition to the classroom or library..… Read more about this item

Fort Worth: Texas Christian University Press, 1965. Near fine (light soil on top page edges) in very good dust jacket (chip and edgewear at the top of front panel). The printed record of TCU's celebration of the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's birth, including nine essays, mostly by TCU faculty but including one essay/speech by Hallett Smith, then the chairman… Read more about this item

New York: Octagon Books/Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1973. Reprint of 1929 Cambridge University Press edition. Part of the series, "Shakespeare's Problems," edited by A. W. Pollard (who contributes an introduction to this volume) and J. Dover Wilson. Examines problems of the origins of these two plays, concluding that they are Shakespeare's original works rather than plagiarized from Marlowe and others.… Read more about this item

London: William Collins of London, 1964. Part of Collins Quiz Book series. Subtitle: "432 Questions and Answers Arranged in 38 Sections, and 60 Essay and Discussion Subjects and a Comprehensive Index of Shakespeare's Characters." 48 pages. Near fine in soft covers (paperback). Useful teaching aid.. 1st Edition. Soft Cover.

Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1972. Very fine in near fine dust jacket (rubbed). A collection of essays dealing with Shakespeare and the Elizabethan theater, by a Shakespeare scholar (Cabot Professor of English Literature, emeritus, Harvard University). 229 pages including index. . 1st Edition. Hard Cover.

Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1987. Very fine in near fine dust jacket (light spots on dust jacket edgesl). Both authors were professors at the University of Liverpool at the time of publication. 228 pages including index and bibliography. Full notes at the end of each chapter.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover.

Hopewell, NJ: Ecco Press, 1991. #17 of the Essential Poets Series. Fine in fine dust jacket. Edited with a long introduction by poet Ted Hughes. Interesting approach: the excerpts from Shakespeare's plays and sonnets are not identified on the page but in a listing at the back of the book. Hughes explains: " . . . I have collected… Read more about this item

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1972. In his preface, Bentley says he would like to "reflect the high moral tone of Charles and Mary Lamb's 'Tales from Shakespeare,'" whereupon he just happens to mention "murder, incest, illegitimacy, blackmail, transvestism, hallucinatory drugs, grievous bodily harm" which the Lambs failed to mention. Tongue-in-cheek work: "The perils of the social climber have never… Read more about this item