Simon Latham, Latham's falconry, 1615 - title page book 2.
Petruchio talks of training his hawk in The Taming of The Shrew
Petruchio who has won a wife with a fortune in The Taming of the Shrew, talks about training her to his wishes by starving her, and constraining ...
Simon Latham, Latham's falconry, 1615 - title page, [A1r].
A falconry handbook on a subject well known by Shakespeare.
Falconry was a popular sport with the Elizabethan gentry and nobility. Latham’s handbook describes all aspects of ‘the princely ...
Still More Bystander Fragments From France
Still More Bystander Fragments From France Captain Bruce Bairnsfather Volume 3
A paper back book containing cartoons with a green cover and blue print. a multicoloured scene of two soldiers is depicted ...
Stratford's earliest parish register
The earliest parish register, Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-upon-Avon, containing the baptism and burial entries for William Shakespeare and his family. It bears the date 1600 on its cover, the year ...
Survey of Stratford Corporation property, c. 1612. Whole page
Page from a survey of Corporation property including an entry identifying William Shakespeare as a tithe holder.
Shakespeare Birthplace Trust reference: BRT 2/1, p. 59
Ten Miles Round Leamington
A paper back book, with a printed front cover, called Ten Miles Round Leamington. The booklet has a green paper cover and contains descriptions and prints of Leamington Spa, 1905.
The Antiquities of Warwickshire
This is a hard-backed book containing historical information and descriptions of Warwickshire towns and villages by William Dugdale. The book includes maps and engravings of monuments, c.1656.
The Art of Illuminating as Practised in Europe from the Earliest Times
A hard backed book describing the history of illumination, containing many chromolithographic plates, 1860.
The Bobtail Puppy Book
A hard backed children's book. It is called The Bobtail Puppy Book and has a drawing of an Old English Sheep dog puppy on the cover.
The Boy's Own Treasury Of Sports And Pastimes
A hard-backed book, with a green cover with gold embossed decoration. The title, The Boy's Own Treasury Of Sports And Pastimes, is written on the spine. The book was presented to William Lockwood Nundy ...
The Bystander's Fragments From France
The Bystander's Fragments From France Captain Bruce Bairnsfather Volume 4
A paper back book containing cartoons with a grey cover and red printing. It depicts a multicoloured scene of three soldiers ...
The Bystander's Fragments From France
The Bystander's Fragments From France Captain Bruce Bairnsfather Volume 5
A paper back book containing cartoons with a grey cover and blue print. There is a cartoon on the front.
The Christian Year
A book entitled The Christian Year given to Edith Banwell (nee Gaskin) by her godmother, E Pritchard, to commemorate Edith's Confirmation on 16 February 1919. The book is leather bound with an embossed ...
The Communion and Other Services According to the Use of the United Church of England and Ireland
A hard backed book giving the appropriate lessons to be read throughout the year, 1859.
The Gateway to Shakespeare Land, Royal Leamington Spa
A guide book called The Gateway to Shakespeare Land, Royal Leamington Spa. It has a paper cover with orange and green printing. It was published by the Leamington Corporation Publicity Department in 1938....
The Grammar of Ornament
A hard backed book containing many coloured plates of ornamental styles of different cultures and ages, 1856.
The History of Lillington, Leamington Spa
This is a hard backed, illustrated book by William Cooper describing the history of Lillington, c.1940.
The Ingoldsby Legends of Mirth and Marvels
A hard-backed book called The Ingoldsby Legends of Mirth and Marvels containing fictional short stories with illustrations, 1907.