HARDBACK "UNCOMMON," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Imp: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1987* Publisher: Routledge & Kegan Paul.* Binding and cover condition: Light ochre-brown cloth, silver title to spine. No bumps or rubs, no visible faults. FINE.* Jacket condition: B/w illustration to dust wrapper. Spine slightly faded. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, but showing no shelf price. Minimal shelf wear to top & bottom edges and to head & tail of spine. Some damage caused by removal of price sticker to top front corner. VG* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text. Small obliterated mark to f.e.p., otherwise no visible faults. VG++.* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 270 pp. text. liv pp. apps & index at rear.* Description: The great merit of this fine book is that it displays the ways in which Shakespeare conjured up living beings of flesh and blood, making his plays as full of dramatic power and appeal for modern audiences as for those of his own day. In short, this book presents a human approach to Shakespeare, one which stresses that truth of mankind's inner conflict which links virtually all his plays.* A NEAR FINE copy of the 1st/1st with minor faults reducing it to VG.*

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Bookseller: Cocksparrow Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1659
Title: Human Conflict in Shakespeare
Author: Boorman, S.C
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - VG++/F/VG
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: 1st. Edn, 1st. Imp.
ISBN 10: 0710211643
ISBN 13: 9780710211644
Publisher: Routledge
Place of Publication: London UK 324
Date Published: 1987-11-19

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