Search Results: The Children's Shakespeare by E Nesbit

Chicago Review Press, Incorporated. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

2000. Academy Chicago Publishers. 8vo. Softcover. New.

New York: Random House, 1938. Cover is scuffed, bumped & chipped with edgewear. Pages clean, text unmarked, binding tight.. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Klep, Rolf. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

IDB Productions, 2017-01-01. MP3 CD. New. E. Nesbit knew that as an author, the Shakespeare stories are the slightest part of it, but as a mother she also knew the necessity for artlessness. Visualizing this simple overview to stories including The Winter's Tale, Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night's Dream and The Taming of the Shrew, a total of eleven dramas, the author laid to make them more convenient to children without giving up any important features. </br></br>For the reason that if the stories were doffed of their essence and satire, of their sentiment, the younger ones will no longer be kept amused by them than by the illegible actual plays. In conclusion, with the use of E. Nesbit's talent in writing, these classics appear with all the beauty and wonder of the greatest fairy tales. Created in completely modern day English and every story written with less than ten pages, the eleven stories presented in this volume allow the children to take the chance to find for… Read More

NY: Random House, 1938. 8th printiong; dj w/moderate chipping, unclipped price, in mylar; navy c w/gilt decorations/titles; owner's insc.; 117 clean, unmarked pages. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Rolf Klep (11 Full Page Illustrations. 8 vo.

New York: Random House, 1938. Book. Illus. by Klep, Rolf. Near Fine. Hardcover. Later Printing. 117 pages, 11 illustrations by Rolf Klep; 8vo, red c;oth, small black drawing of Shakespeare front cover. Near fine; dust jacket good, flap clipped, corner tears, crease.

Random House, New York (1938), 1938. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dj. Rolf Klep. Royal octavo, hardcover, VG in blue boards with gilt likeness of Shakespeare on cover. 117 pp. eleven (full-page) illustrations by Rolf Klep) Plays include: The Winter's Tale; Romeo and Juliet; The Tempest; A Midsummer Night's Dream; King Lear; Cymbeline; The Taming of The Shrew; Hamlet; Twelfth Night; As You Like It; Pericles. Tight, bright copy. "E. Nesbit wrote this book.to introduce Shakespare to children who were too young to . understand the language of the plays themselves, yet old enough to enjoy the stories in the plays.

Paperback / softback. New. In this volume, Edith Nesbit sets out to make 11 of Shakespeare's plays more accessible to young children, without sacrificing the essential elements. Each are no longer than 10 pages and written in modern English to encourange children to discover for themselves the magic of Shakespeare.

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

Philadelphia: Henry Altemus Company. Very Good in Fair dust jacket; Boards lightly worn and soiled, penciled . owner signature on front free endpaper dated Xmas 1904, jacket tattered, . waterstained, and soiled and in two pieces split at spine.. 1900. Hardcover. William Shakespeare's plays adapted for children by E. Nesbit. White and yellow pictorial cloth with gilt and color designs of Romeo and Juliet and lilies of the valley on front boards. Eleven black and white plates and other illustrations. Brown printed jacket noting that this title is Altemus’ Dainty Series, No. 3. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 76 pages .

Philadelphia: Henry Altmes Company. Light blue cloth cover with color paste down, light edge wear. Pages clean. E1 . Very Good. Cloth. 1900.

H. Altemus Co, 1900-01-01. Unknown Binding. Good.