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1909 First Trade Edition
AS YOU LIKE IT
An attractive early Hodder & Stoughton edition of Shakespeare’s celebrated pastoral comedy, illustrated by the distinguished Irish artist Hugh Thomson.
The volume contains 40 fine tipped-in colour plates, each accompanied by a captioned tissue guard, together with line-drawn decorations to the title page of each act. Thomson’s elegant figures, period costumes and delicately observed woodland scenes are particularly well suited to the romantic setting of the Forest of Arden.
Presented in its original decorative hardcover binding, this is an appealing illustrated edition for collectors of Shakespeare, Hugh Thomson and Edwardian gift books.
By Shakespeare
Format: Hardcover, quarto (4to 9 1⁄2 × 12 in 241 × 305 mm )
Note: Binding/size selection follows standard bibliographic conventions and is approximate; exact measurements may vary.
Language: English
Published By: Hodder & Stoughton, London
Condition Report:
Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Good - An undated early edition, generally dated to c.1909–1910.
The original boards and spine show bumping, rubbing and scuffing, with wear around the edges and extremities consistent with age and use. The binding remains firm and the text block is sound.
Internally, the pages are clean and crisp overall. Illustrated with 40 tipped-in full-colour plates, each with a printed tissue guard, together with line drawings to the title page of each act.
A sound and attractive copy whose external wear does not detract from the visual appeal of Thomson’s illustrations.
Collation: pp. 143; 40 tipped-in colour plates with captioned tissue guards.
Please see Photos as part of condition report.
Author Bio: William Shakespeare was an English playwright, poet and actor, baptised at Stratford-upon-Avon on 26 April 1564 and traditionally believed to have been born three days earlier. He died on 23 April 1616.
Widely regarded as the most influential writer in the English language, Shakespeare wrote approximately 39 plays, 154 sonnets and several longer poems. His surviving dramatic works encompass comedy, history, tragedy and romance, and have been continually performed, translated and reinterpreted throughout the world.
As You Like It is among his best-known comedies and contains some of his most frequently quoted reflections on love, identity, performance and the stages of human life.
Illustrated By: Hugh Thomson
Illustrator Bio: Hugh Thomson RI was an Irish illustrator, born at Coleraine on 1 June 1860. He became celebrated for his refined pen-and-ink drawings and watercolour illustrations of English literary classics.
Thomson illustrated works by writers including Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, Oliver Goldsmith, J. M. Barrie and Elizabeth Gaskell. His illustrations are distinguished by their graceful figure drawing, careful attention to historical costume and affectionate recreation of Georgian and Victorian society.
His illustrations for Macmillan’s 1891 edition of Elizabeth Gaskell’s Cranford helped establish the decorative style later known as the “Cranford School” of book illustration. Thomson died on 7 May 1920 and remains one of the most collected British and Irish illustrators of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Synopsis: As You Like It is a pastoral comedy believed to have been written in 1599 and first printed in Shakespeare’s First Folio of 1623.
The play follows Rosalind, daughter of the banished Duke Senior, after she is driven from the court of her usurping uncle, Duke Frederick. Accompanied by her devoted cousin Celia and the court fool Touchstone, Rosalind seeks refuge in the Forest of Arden. For safety, she disguises herself as a young man named Ganymede, while Celia assumes the identity of his sister, Aliena.
In the forest they encounter Orlando, a young nobleman who has also fled persecution and who is deeply in love with Rosalind. Unaware of her disguise, Orlando agrees to be instructed by Ganymede in the ways of courtship, allowing Rosalind to test the sincerity and character of the man she loves.
Around them unfolds a lively series of romantic misunderstandings, philosophical debates and comic encounters. Among the forest’s inhabitants is the melancholy Jaques, whose reflections include the celebrated “All the world’s a stage” speech.
The Forest of Arden becomes a place of transformation in which social conventions are questioned, estranged families are reconciled and several interwoven courtships are brought to a joyful conclusion. Combining romance, disguise, wit and pastoral reflection, As You Like It remains one of Shakespeare’s most enduring and frequently performed comedies.
SKU: BTETM0002154
Shipping Info: Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 2Kg
Tracked Shipping, Insurance Coverage as per Customer Request
1909 First Trade Edition
AS YOU LIKE IT
An attractive early Hodder & Stoughton edition of Shakespeare’s celebrated pastoral comedy, illustrated by the distinguished Irish artist Hugh Thomson.
The volume contains 40 fine tipped-in colour plates, each accompanied by a captioned tissue guard, together with line-drawn decorations to the title page of each act. Thomson’s elegant figures, period costumes and delicately observed woodland scenes are particularly well suited to the romantic setting of the Forest of Arden.
Presented in its original decorative hardcover binding, this is an appealing illustrated edition for collectors of Shakespeare, Hugh Thomson and Edwardian gift books.
By Shakespeare
Format: Hardcover, quarto (4to 9 1⁄2 × 12 in 241 × 305 mm )
Note: Binding/size selection follows standard bibliographic conventions and is approximate; exact measurements may vary.
Language: English
Published By: Hodder & Stoughton, London
Condition Report:
Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Good - An undated early edition, generally dated to c.1909–1910.
The original boards and spine show bumping, rubbing and scuffing, with wear around the edges and extremities consistent with age and use. The binding remains firm and the text block is sound.
Internally, the pages are clean and crisp overall. Illustrated with 40 tipped-in full-colour plates, each with a printed tissue guard, together with line drawings to the title page of each act.
A sound and attractive copy whose external wear does not detract from the visual appeal of Thomson’s illustrations.
Collation: pp. 143; 40 tipped-in colour plates with captioned tissue guards.
Please see Photos as part of condition report.
Author Bio: William Shakespeare was an English playwright, poet and actor, baptised at Stratford-upon-Avon on 26 April 1564 and traditionally believed to have been born three days earlier. He died on 23 April 1616.
Widely regarded as the most influential writer in the English language, Shakespeare wrote approximately 39 plays, 154 sonnets and several longer poems. His surviving dramatic works encompass comedy, history, tragedy and romance, and have been continually performed, translated and reinterpreted throughout the world.
As You Like It is among his best-known comedies and contains some of his most frequently quoted reflections on love, identity, performance and the stages of human life.
Illustrated By: Hugh Thomson
Illustrator Bio: Hugh Thomson RI was an Irish illustrator, born at Coleraine on 1 June 1860. He became celebrated for his refined pen-and-ink drawings and watercolour illustrations of English literary classics.
Thomson illustrated works by writers including Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, Oliver Goldsmith, J. M. Barrie and Elizabeth Gaskell. His illustrations are distinguished by their graceful figure drawing, careful attention to historical costume and affectionate recreation of Georgian and Victorian society.
His illustrations for Macmillan’s 1891 edition of Elizabeth Gaskell’s Cranford helped establish the decorative style later known as the “Cranford School” of book illustration. Thomson died on 7 May 1920 and remains one of the most collected British and Irish illustrators of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Synopsis: As You Like It is a pastoral comedy believed to have been written in 1599 and first printed in Shakespeare’s First Folio of 1623.
The play follows Rosalind, daughter of the banished Duke Senior, after she is driven from the court of her usurping uncle, Duke Frederick. Accompanied by her devoted cousin Celia and the court fool Touchstone, Rosalind seeks refuge in the Forest of Arden. For safety, she disguises herself as a young man named Ganymede, while Celia assumes the identity of his sister, Aliena.
In the forest they encounter Orlando, a young nobleman who has also fled persecution and who is deeply in love with Rosalind. Unaware of her disguise, Orlando agrees to be instructed by Ganymede in the ways of courtship, allowing Rosalind to test the sincerity and character of the man she loves.
Around them unfolds a lively series of romantic misunderstandings, philosophical debates and comic encounters. Among the forest’s inhabitants is the melancholy Jaques, whose reflections include the celebrated “All the world’s a stage” speech.
The Forest of Arden becomes a place of transformation in which social conventions are questioned, estranged families are reconciled and several interwoven courtships are brought to a joyful conclusion. Combining romance, disguise, wit and pastoral reflection, As You Like It remains one of Shakespeare’s most enduring and frequently performed comedies.
SKU: BTETM0002154
Shipping Info: Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 2Kg
Tracked Shipping, Insurance Coverage as per Customer Request
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