About this title: This legendary book by an esteemed poet and beloved professor at Columbia University features a series of smart, witty, deeply perceptive essays about each of Shakespeare's plays, together with a further discussion of the poems. Writing with an incomparable knowledge of his subject but without a hint of pedantry, Van Doren elucidates both the ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Doubleday Anchor Books
Date Published: 1939
Description: Good. Good paperback. Previous Owner's name on end paper and some underlining, text is otherwise clean. Covers show light edge wear with some creasing and small tears. Binding is tight.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Free Delivery Confirmation! Ships same or next business day! read more
Binding: Unknown Binding
Publisher: George Allen and Unwin Ltd
Date Published: 1941
Description: Good. First Edition. 1st edition; Cover a bit worn and scuffed, spine split; Corners bumped; Hardback, No dustcover; pages slightly foxed; rest All in good condition; read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company, New York
Date Published: 1940
Description: Good. No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Back hinge starting to crack. No marks or writing. Bound in blue leather like cloth. This is the third printing of the first edition. This is not a story of Shakespeare's life or of the era in which he lived. It is a discussion of the works and assumes the reader to be acquainted in one degree or another with the poems and plays of Shakespeare. read more
Edition: Possible
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Henry Holt, New York
Date Published: 1939
Description: Very Good-in Good+ dust jacket; Prior owner name on ffep. Book has stains and soil. DJ has edge wear and tear with small pieces missing. 8vo; 344 pages. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: NYRB Classics
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9781590171684ISBN:1590171683
Description: Good. Doubleday Anchor paperback, 1954 ed.; rubbing wear on spine and cover edges. Select passages underlined. PO owner name written and stamped on inside cover and flyleaf pg. Wear on spine, but all pgs intact. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9781590171684ISBN:1590171683
Description: New. This legendary book by an esteemed poet and beloved professor at Columbia University features a series of smart, witty, deeply perceptive essays about each of Shakespeare's plays, together with a further discussion of the poems. Writing with an incom... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: George Allen & Unwin, London. (
Date Published: 1941)
Description: First UK edition in G+ condition, full blue cloth with gilt, shelf number to spine, octavo, a few notes in ink to front free endpaper, some underlining in the text, xii+344 pages. read more
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