The Tempest
by Shakespeare, William
The Tempest is one of Shakespeare’s last solo-written plays. This tragedy tells the story of an exiled ruler who uses magic to restore his daughter to power and argues that the powerful must show mercy. First performed in 1611, The Tempest has been put to varied interpretations, from those that see it as a fable of art and creation, with Prospero representing Shakespeare, and Prospero's renunciation of magic signaling Shakespeare's farewell to the stage, to interpretations that consider it an allegory of Europeans colonizing foreign lands.O wonder!How many goodly creatures are there here!How beauteous mankind is! O brave new worldThat has such people in ’t! (V.i.)
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THE TEMPEST
by SHAKESPEARE, William (Arthur RACKHAM)
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London & New York: William Heinemann Ltd. & Doubleday, Page & Co., [1926]. First Edition. Hardcover. Contents are bright and fresh. The vellum spine is slightly darkened with a small stain at the top; the boards are soiled with a few small stains on the rear. Overall Very Good. Arthur Rackham. Quarto (9-1/4" x 12-3/4") bound in the… Read more about this item Item Price
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William Heinemann Ltd, 1926. 1st Edition. NF. RACKHAM, Arthur. 1st Trade Edition. 18.5 x 24.4 cm grey boards with gilt stamped titles and vingette to the front and spine ix 185pp with 20 tipped in colour illustrations by Arthur Rackham. A near fine copy with just a hint of rubbing to the foot of… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Tempest
by Shakespeare, William
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London: Chapman & Hall, 1908. Hardcover. Very good. Woodroffe, Paul. 4to, full red cloth with gilt titling designs of porpoises on the cover and sea horses on the spine, TEG, illustrated endpapersillustrated with 17 mounted and tissue guarded color plates by Paul Woodroffe with 3 sets of facing-page plates, mounted on dark green card stock. Music for Ariel's… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Tempest
by William Shakespeare, illustrated by Edmund Dulac
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Connecticut: The Easton Press, 2013. Full leather. This is a strikingly handsome limited edition of Shakespeares The Tempest, with illustrations by Edmund Dulac, published by The Easton Press, 2013. Condition is unequivocally as new; this copy is still hermetically sealed in the publishers shrinkwrap and housed in the publishers shipping box.
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The Tempest
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London: William Heinemann 1926. 4to.Illustrated. x, 185 pp. Bound in a recent full black morocco with gilt lettering to spine. Top edge gilt. New endpapers. Original cloth spine preserved at rear. Illustrated title-page. With twenty tipped-in colour plates by Arthur Rackham. The first Rackham edition of the Tempest. . Near Fine. Full Morocco. First Edition. 1926. Item Price
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The Tempest
by William Shakespeare
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London: Faber and Gwyer, [1928]. Cloth. Very Good/Good Only. 13" by 8.5" . None . A scarce facsimile edition of the First Folio text of William Shakespeare's comedy 'The Tempest,' in the extremely scarce dust wrapper. A scarce facsimile edition reproducing the original text of the First Folio of The Tempest by William Shakespeare, in the rare dust wrapper,… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Tempest: Illus by Arthur Rackham
by Shakespeare, William
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London, UK: Heinemann. VG/VG. 1926. First Edition. Hardcover w/DJ. Mork Seibert designed bookplate. . Sm 4to., 185 pp, Black cloth. Book plate of Charles Edward Willock, Jr. designed by Mork Seibert . Item Price
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The Tempest
by Shakespeare, William
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London: Hodder & Stoughton [1908]. 4to. xxiv, 144 pp. Full blue cloth with gilt designs and lettering to boards and spine. Spine a little sunned, minor rubbing to extremities; head of spine has been repaired, and tail is slightly worn. Gilt bright and boards clean. Spotting to prelims but otherwise internally clean. Shakespeare's classic play, illustrated with 40 lovely tipped… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE TEMPEST.; Illustrated by Edmund Dulac
by SHAKESPEARE, William;
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Hodder & Stoughton,London,1982. 4to.pp.144 + 40 tipped in colour plates by Edmund Dulac. with tissue guards. Bound in full dark blue morocco leather, All edges gilt with silk endpapers and a silk ribbon marker.In Fine Condition. A Lmited Edition. Item Price
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The Tempest
by Shakespeare, William
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London: Hodder & Stoughton [1908]. 4to.Illustrated. xxv, 143 pp., Green, gilt decorated publishers cloth. Some marks to the binding, with spine rubbed and slightly sunned. Binding firm. Some spotting throughout, not effecting the plates. Illustrated with 40 lovely tipped in colour plates, by Edmund Dulac. Contains a notice laid in announcing that an exhibition of the original drawings and water… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Tempest
by Shakespeare William
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- 1926
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London: William Heinemann and Doubleday, 1926. First Edition. Hardcover (Quarter Vellum). Near Fine Condition/Near Fine. Rackham, Arthur. Vellum backed boards. Very slight discoloration to boards - just about fine, in a very slightly age toned jacket Number 314 of 520 (1-260 for the U.K., 261-520 for the U.S.). 21 color plates, one of which did not appear in… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Tempest
by Shakespeare, William - Edited by A. W. Verity
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- 1914
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Cambridge University Press - The Pitt Press Shakespeare, 1914. Paperback. Good. In good conditionwith cloth baperback cover, some prncil underlining usual age wear and stain on. 182pages 17X11,7cm. 25 Item Price
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Tempest, The
by Shakespeare, William
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The Tempest by William Shakespeare is the fifth in a series of annual keepsakes for friends of the publisher. Design by Daniel Haberman; Illustrations by Jack Wolfgang Beck.
This volume relied on the first Folio edition of 1623. Typography by Composing Room & Graphic Arts Typographers, Inc.. The text has been set in 14 pt. Garamond No.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Tempest
by SHAKESPEARE, William
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London: William Heinemann, 1926. RACKHAM, Arthur. . SHAKESPEARE, William. The Tempest. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. London: William Heinemann, 1926.
Edition de Luxe. Limited to 520 copies, numbered and signed by the artist, this is copy number 222. Large quarto. [2, blank] xiii, [1], 185, [3, blank] pp. Twenty-one mounted color plates, with descriptive tissue guards, and twenty-five drawings… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Tempest
by William Shakespeare (Arthur Rackham)
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- 1926
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London: William Heinemann, 1926. 1/4 Vellum. Very Good. Arthur Rackham. The 1926 signed/limited. 520 copies issued by William Heinemann and signed by the illustrator Arthur Rackham (the first 260 intended for the British audience, the second 260 copies intended for The States). THIS, COPY #41, IS SIGNED BY ARTHUR RACKHAM at the limitation. A solid copy to boot.… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Tempest (Wordsworth Classics)
by Shakespeare, William
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Paperback. Very Good. Item Price
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The Tempest (2010 edition): Oxford School Shakespeare
by Shakespeare, William
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- 03/04/2010
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- 9780198325000
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OUP Oxford, 03/04/2010. New. Paperback. Used; Good. **WE SHIP WITHIN 24 HRS FROM LONDON, UK, 98% OF OUR ORDERS ARE RECEIVED WITHIN 7-10 DAYS. We believe you will be completely satisfied with our quick and reliable service. All orders are dispatched as swiftly as possible! Buy with confidence! Greener Books. Item Price
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The Tempest.
by Shakespeare, William.
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Illustrated by Edmund Dulac. Hodder and Stoughton. London. 1908 (Ist Edition Thus). Sup 8vo, 144pp. Hardcover, rebound in light green cloth with a gilt design adhered to front board likely from the original olive green cloth with a further gilt title on dark green adhered to the new spine as well, all in excellent condition with no d/w as… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Tempest
by William Shakespeare
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- 1939
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Cambridge at the University Press, 1939. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1939. Reprinted. 116 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth. Contains black and white illustrations. Moderate tanning, with light foxing and marking to pages. Cracks to guttering throughout, with exposed netting. Some rub-marking and foxing to pastedowns and endpapers with inscriptions to front. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Tempest (Signet Classics)
by William Shakespeare
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- September 1, 1998
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Cheverie, Nova Scotia, CAN
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£4.11
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A fine paperback copy, no interior marks or spine creases. A nice clean reading copy Item Price
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