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Following the end of World War II, in a period of austerity and rationing, the Edinburgh Festival aimed to bring people together via the Arts. From...

A smart copy of this sammelband bringing together 5 uncommon mid-18th Century printings of Shakespeare's works.  SOLD Comprises: A History of King ...

The Spectator began publication in 1711 and ended in 1713, and at its height sold 20,000 copies a day, according to its authors, covering all manne...

An interesting collection of vintage books on the development of television, the first of which dates to just 1933, the year after the first UK tel...

Mary Robinson (1757-1800) was a celebrity beauty of her day, known as an actress, writer, poet, and as the mistress of George IV, whilst he was Pri...

"The Companion...is an attempt, by seven distinguished scholars, to present the familiar corpus in the context of modern reading, criticism, and pe...

Two anthologies compiled from the pocket literature broadsheets distributed to military serviceman in 1915, in the early days of The Great War. The...

The Table-Talk and Bon-Mots of Samuel Foote. (With an Introductory Memoir.) Edited by the Late William Cooke. Illustrated. Samuel Foote was born in...

Ian Hay was the pen name of John Hay Beith (1876-1922), British schoolmaster, soldier, novelist, playwright and historian. His humorous account of ...

The House of Memories, and Other Writings in Prose and Verse. By Robert Murray, J.P. A miscellany of the author's writings, with a Scottish slant. ...

The Library; The Transactions of the Bibliographical Society, 10 Issues from the Seventh Series, including: Volume 17: No. 4, December 2016; Volume...

The Bee and Other Essays by Oliver Goldsmith, Together with the Life of Nash. Published by Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press. Printed in Ox...

Wallenstein ein Dramatisches Gedicht von Schiller (Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller). Comprises two main sections; Wallenstein's Lager (Wall...

The Ion of Euripides, with a Translation into English Verse by A.W. Verralll Litt.D., of Lincoln's Inn Barrister-in-Law Fellow and Tutor of Trinity...

The Early Stuart Masque; Dance, Costume, and Music, by Barbara Ravelhofer. Provenance; from the library of the late William St Clair (1937 - 2021),...

Chrestomathie française ou choix de morceaux tirés des meilleurs écrivains français. Ouvrage destiné à servir d'application méthodique et progressi...

Stanley Kubrick's Napoleon; The Greatest Movie Never Made, by Alison Castle. SOLD Published by Taschen, Koln, Germany, 2011. First edition thus. Th...

The Masque of Ancient Learning and its Many Meanings; A Pageant of Education from Primitive to Celtic Times Devised and Interpreted by Patrick Gedd...

Euripides; Fabulae; Recognovit Brevique Adnotatione Critica Instruxit Gilbertus Murray (Gilbert Murray). Tomus II. Insunt Supplices, Hercules, Ion,...

Delphi by Peter Hoyle. Provenance; from the library of the late William St Clair (1937 - 2021), British historian, academic and author. His dated s...

Arthur Miller: Collected Essays, 1944-2000; Echoes Down the Corridor. Edited by Steven R. Centola. Provenance; from the library of the late William...

Understanding Greek Tragic Theatre, by Rush Rehm. Provenance; from the library of the late William St Clair (1937 - 2021), British historian, acade...

Red Channels; The Report of Communist Influence in Radio and Television. SOLD Provenance; from the library of the late William St Clair (1937 - 202...

Aeschylus; Eumenides. Edited with an Introduction, Translation and Commentary by Anthony J. Podlecki. Provenance; from the library of the late Will...

Aris & Phillips Classical Texts: Euripides; Selected Fragmentary Plays. General Editor, Professor Christopher Collard. SOLD Volume I: with Intr...

Aristophanis Comoediae - The Comedies of Aristophanes. Edited by Immanuel Bekkerus (August Immanuel Bekker 1785-1871). 4 Volumes (from 5 - missing ...

The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.; A New Edition in Twelve Volumes. With An Essay on His Life and Genius by Arthur Murphy, Esq. Complete.  SOLD P...

Shakespeare versus Shallow by Leslie Hotson. Published by the Nonesuch Press, London, 1931, first edition. A very good blue cloth hardback wrapped ...