Talking of Shakespeare

Talking of Shakespeare

Edited by John Garrett

Contributions by: Nevill Coghill; Paul Dehn; Patrick Dickinson; Norman Marshall; Walter Oakeshott; Michael Redgrave; A. P. Rossiter; A. L. Rowse; L.A.G.Strong; Glynne Wickham; J. Dover Wilson.

Hardback with dust jacket. Published by Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1954. First  edition. Approx size: 22cm H x 15cm W (8 ¾” H x 6”W). 264pp. Plain blue boards with gold titles to the spine. Hodder And Stoughton postage paid review card laid in.

Condition: Outer boards clean, with light bumping to the extremities; Titles a little faded; Dust stained top page edges. Inside, clean, bright and tight, with no foxing; Edges faintly age tanned; No tears; Book-Label  belonging to Hallam Fordham (presumably the author of ‘John Geilgud: An Actor’s Biography in Pictures’ etc), along with a signed & dated inscription from John (Geilgud?) – Good+. Dust jacket in grey & yellow; chipped along the outer edges, with a small section missing at the top of the spine; Age spotted and a little grubby, with small closed tears (see photograph); Not price clipped – Good

Overall – Good+ Condition

Contents include: Shakespeare as a Dramatist by Nevill Coghill; The Filming of Shakespeare by Paul Dehn; Shakespeare Considered as a Poet by Patric Dickinson; Shakespeare Abroad by Norman Marshall; Shakespeare and Plutarch by Walter Oakeshott; Shakespeare and the Actors by Michael Redgrave....