Human Life In Shakespeare
by Giles, Henry
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Wilmington, Vermont, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1868. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Duodecimo; pp; 286; original photographic frontispiece portrait of the author; original green cloth with beveled edges, spine lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, brown coated endpapers;. Preface and seven chapters titled as: "The Growing and Perpetual Influence of Shakespeare," "Human Life in Shakespeare," "Man in Shakespeare," "Woman in Shakespeare," "Shakespeare's Comic Power," "Shakespeare's Tragic Power," and "Shakespeare's Personality." Books with original photographs are a collectible area in themselves.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Austin's Antiquarian Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17485
- Title
- Human Life In Shakespeare
- Author
- Giles, Henry
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Lee and Shepard
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1868
Terms of Sale
Austin's Antiquarian Books
Books are returnable within 10 days by prior arrangement. Please add $4.50 for the first book and 1.00 for each additional book for media rate postage in the US. Priority mail is also available. Books that are larger or multi-volume sets will need addional postage. Other arrangements at cost. Personal & Business checks are welcome as are Mastercard & Visa, and Discover Card.
About the Seller
Austin's Antiquarian Books
Biblio member since 2005
Wilmington, Vermont
About Austin's Antiquarian Books
Austin's Antiquarian Books is a used, rare and out of print bookshop located on West Main Street in Wilmington, Vermont. At our shop we have a general stock of approximately 15,000 used, scarce and out-of-print books, with particular strength in American History, especially Theodore Roosevelt the West, Travel, Decorative Arts, Natural History, and Sporting. We also offer a selection of antique maps and prints, historical paper and ephemera.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Beveled
- Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...