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• The genesis of Shakespeare's art; a study of his sonnets and poems, by Edwin James Dunning.
• The ghost of Richard the Third. A poem, printed in 1614, and founded upon Shakespeare's historical play. Reprinted from the only known copy in the Bodleian library. With an introduction and notes, by J. Payne Collier, esq.
  With reproduction of original t.-p.: The Ghost of Richard the Third.Expressing himselfe in these three Parts: 1. His Character - 2. His Legend - 3. His Tragedie.Containing more of him then hath been heretofore shewed; either in poems ... Printed by G. Eld: for L Lisle ... 1614. (From Omni)
• The girlhood of Shakespeare’s heroines in a series of tales.
  3 vols.
• The gleaner; a series of periodical essays, selected and arranged from scarce or neglected volumes, with introduction and notes, by Nathan Drake.
  Folger notes: Covers the period from 1713 to 1797.Includes index
• The Glyptic; or, Musee phusee glyptic: a scrap book of jottings from Stratford-on-Avon and elsewhere, with an attempt at description of Henry Jones's museum, by John W. Jarvis, illustrated with eighty-five woodcuts engraved by W. J. Welch, from original d
• The Golden, and Silver ages : two plays / by Thomas Heywood ; with an introduction and notes by J. Payne Collier.
  Vol. vi, no. 3, in L.C. set. With reproductions of original title-pages: The Golden age: or, The liues of Jupiter and Saturne, with the defining of the Heathen Gods. As it hath beene sundry times acted at the Red Bull, by the Queenes Maiesties Seruants. Written by Thomas Heywood. London, Printed for William Barrenger, 1611. The Silver age, inclvding The loue of Iupiter to Alcmena: The birth of Hercules, and The rape of Proserpine. Conclvding With the Arraignment of the Moone. Written by Thomas Heywood … London, Printed by Nicholas Okes ... 1613. (From Omni)
• The great cryptogram : Francis Bacon's cipher in the so-called Shakespeare plays / By Ignatius Donnelly.
  Specol copy 2: Author's autograph edition de luxe, limited to 250 copies, of which this is no. 012 (From Omni)
• The Hamnet Shakspere; according to the first folio (spelling modernised); ed. by Allan Park Paton.
  Each play has separate t.-p. and pagination.
• The handbook of Shakespeare music, being an account of three hundred and fifty pieces of music set to words taken from the plays and poems of Shakespeare, the compositions ranging from the Elizabethan age to the present time. By the late Alfred Roffe.
• The history of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark : upon which Shakespeare is supposed to have founded his tragedy ; reprinted from the only known copy, published in 1608
  Contains reproduction original t.-p.
• The history of King Lear, as it is performed at the Theatre Royal in Covent Garden, and altered by George Colman, esq.
  ESTC N7367. Western copy not listed. With a final errata leaf.Folger notes: A revision of Nahum Tate’s ’The history of King Lear’ by the restoration of much of Shakespeare’s original text. Includes cast list.
• The history of King Lear. : Acted at the Duke’s Theatre. Reviv’d with alterations. By N. Tate.
  ESTC R20622. Western copy not listed.Folger notes: An adaptation and alteration of Shakespeare’s King Lear; Woodward and MacManaway, 1198 Carl H. Pforzheimer Library, 918 Bartlett, H. Mr. William Shakespeare, 174
• The history of our country from its discovery by Columbus to the celebration of the centennial anniversary of its declaration of independence, by Abby Sage Richardson, illustrated by engravings from original designs by Granville Perkins, C. G. Bush. and F
  Original copyright 1875.
• The home of Shakespeare : after water color sketches by Louis K. Harlow.
• The home of Shakespeare, described by Samuel Neil.
  Approximate date. Contains wood-cuts of F. W. Fairholt's book of same title.
• The idol of the clovvnes, or Insurrection of Wat the Tyler, with his fellow kings of the commons, against the English church, the king, the lawes, nobility and gentry, in the fourth yeare of King Richard the 2nd., anno. 1381.
  ESTC R208498. Western copy not listed. Includes material on Richard II and Tyler's Insurrection of 1381. Folger note: "Annotation on Thomason copy: "Aprill 1st".
• The ingratitude of a common-wealth; or, the fall of Caius Martius Coriolanus as it is acted at the Theatre-royal; by N. Tate.
  ESTC R3412. Western copy not listed. An alteration of Shakespeare's Coriolanus.Folger note: Woodward & McManaway, 1203
• The interview, or, Jack Falstaff's ghost ; a poem inscribed to David Garrick.
  ESTC T37348. Western copy not listed. An imaginary conversation between David Garrick and James Quin.
• The lamentable tragedy of Titus Andronicus / ed. by H. Bellyse Baildon.
  Approximate date.
• The law in Shakespeare By C. K. Davis.
• The legend of Shakspeare's crab tree, with a descriptive account, showing its relation to the poet's traditional history ... subscriber's copy.
  Bound in blue cloth boards. Gilded title.
• The Leopold Shakspere : the poet's works, in chronological order, from the text of Professor Delius, with "The two noble kinsmen" and "Edward III" and an introduction by F.J. Furnivall.
  Bound in reddish-brown cloth with titles stamped in blind and gilt.
• The life and death of King John : together with The troublesome reign of King John, as acted by the Queen's players, c. 1589 / ed., with notes, introductions, excerpts from Holinshed, metrical analysis, and notices of contemporary plays and players, by F.
• The life and genius of Shakespeare / by Thomas Kenny.
• The Life of Arthur Murphy, Esq., by Jesse Foot, Esq., His Executor
  Said to have been compiled by William Combe, from papers and suggestions furnished by Foot. cf. Dict. nat. biog., v. 11, p. 434.Includes, in additional to correspondence, Murphy's parody on Garrick-Hamlet, with alterations (p. 256-274).