In this highly illustrated 1816 work, Samuel Weller Singer argues that the increasing sophistication sought by buyers of playing cards led to increasing improvements in the art of wood engraving…

The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare - The Text Carefully Revised with Notes by S.W. Singer…: Volume VII is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1875. Hansebooks…

This compilation of anecdotes, aphorisms and biographical details about his friend Alexander Pope, the most famous poet of his age, was made by Joseph Spence (1699-1768). The manuscript, to which…

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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either…

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