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	1.	Baker, Kenneth, ed. (Wilfred Owen, William Shakespeare, Robert Burns, W.H. Auden, Walt Whitman, Rainer Maria Rilke, Thomas Hardy, Dorothy Parker, A.E. Housman, Rudyard Kipling, Robert Graves, Rupert Brooke, Joy Corfield, Herman Melville, et al.)  THE FABER BOOK OF WAR POETRY. Faber and Faber, (London, 1996), first edition. 598 pp, large 8vo (9 7/16" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0571174531 "Where previous war anthologies have confined themselves to particular periods or ideological outlooks, Kenneth Baker's takes a catholic view and benefits from a wider exploration of material, classical and modern, English and foreign-language. He has given preference to poems with a strong documentary or psychological realism, and the entire book is divided into sections dealing with such matters as 'The Patriotic Imperative', 'Recruitment', 'Weapons', 'Leadership', 'Civilian Victims', 'Conscientious Objection', 'Views of Death', and 'Gallantry and Heroism'. It makes for exciting, moving and instructive reading." Dust jacket has very minor edge wear. F/NF Price: 30.00 USD
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	7.	Rowse, A.L., edited, with introduction and commentary by. (William Shakespeare.)  SHAKESPEARE'S SONNETS. Harper & Row, New York, 1964, first American edition. 319 pp, large 8vo (9 3/8" H), hard cover in dust jacket. B&w frontispiece. "In this new edition of the 'Sonnets', Dr. Rowse sets forth his conclusions - and the reasons for them - on such long-disputed questions as the dating of the Sonnets, the identity of Mr. W.H. and of the rival poet, and the nature of the two loves with which the poems are concerned. He then presents the Sonnets themselves in the best text he has been able to arrive at, based on the original though in modern spelling and punctuation. Each sonnet is followed by a prose paraphrase and by a commentary. Sometimes the commentary occupies only a few lines; in other cases it is much longer and includes such information about contemporary events as is essential for an understanding of the text. The reader more or less acquainted with Shakespeare's plays but unfamiliar with the Sonnets will find this volume the ideal introduction to their beauty, pasion and pain. And for the students hitherto balked by usages or references which have refused to yield up their meaning, Dr. Rowse's exposition and editorial notes make his edition invaluable." Tiny speck on top of textblock, very minor edge rubbing, minor wrinkling at top of spine, faint watermark at bottom edge of rear board. Dust jacket is price clipped, has several small closed tears that are taped, a few tiny chips, light to moderate rubbing/soiling on rear panel, light to moderate edge rubbing, light rubbing on front panel, light watermark at bottom of rear panel. Very Good/Good+ Price: 42.50 USD
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	8.	Shakespeare, William. (Illustrated by Hugh Thomson.)  THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR. Gramercy, New York, (1995), Ist Gramercy printing. 128 pp, 8vo (8 1/2" H), hard cover with illustrated front board and cloth spine (no dust jacket - as issued). Beautifully illustrated with color plates by Hugh Thomson, b&w pictorial endpapers, integral ribbon bookmark. A wonderful gift for the Shakespeare/Hugh Thomson fan! This is a new, unread book. Fine. Price: 10.00 USD
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	9.	Shakespeare, William. Retold by Roger Lancelyn Green. Illustrated by Richard Beer. Foreword by Christopher Fry.  TALES FROM SHAKESPEARE. VOLUME II. THE TRAGEDIES AND ROMANCES. (CONTAINS: ROMEO AND JULIET; HAMLET; TROILUS AND CRESSIDA; OTHELLO; MACBETH; KING LEAR; PERICLES; CYBELINE; THE WINTER'S TALE; AND, THE TEMPEST.) Victor Gollancz, London, 1976, 3rd impression. 192 pp, 8vo (8 3/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0575009861 B&w illustrations. "These re-tellings are a most useful prelude to seeing the plays performed; they also give as nearly as possible the whole of each story and introduce the majority of the characters from each play, while (the classic versions by Charles and Mary Lamb often omit) the sub-plots and cut out the comic characters and scenes from plebian life." Small bookstore label on front pastedown, minor wrinkling at top/bottom of spine, slight bump to bottom corners, minor rubbing. Dust jacket has minor edge wear/wrinkling, very light rubbing. VG+/VG+ Price: 15.00 USD
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	10.	Vendler, Helen. (William Shakespeare.)  THE ART OF SHAKESPEARE'S SONNETS. Belknap Press / Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1999. 672 pp, large 8vo (9 7/8" H), soft cover. ISBN 0674637127 "Helen Vendler, widely regarded as our most accomplished interpreter of poetry, here serves as an incomparable guide to some of the best-loved poems in the English language. In detailed commentaries on Shakespeare's 154 sonnets, Vendler reveals previously unperceived imaginative and stylistic features of the poems, pointing out not only new levels of import in particular lines, but also the ways in which the four parts of each sonnet work together to enact emotion and create dynamic effect." Contents: Conventions of Reference; Introduction; The Sonnets; Appendices: Key Words; Defective Key Words; Works Consulted; Index of First Lines. Interior - previous owner's chop (stamp) on first page - light ink offset on inside of front cover, otherwise clean and tight with no other ownership marks. Exterior - tiny cut and tiny scuff on front hinge, minor bump at bottom of rear hinge. Very Good+ Price: 20.00 USD
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