With this beautifully illustrated board book learn your numbers with William Morris & his lovely designs Starting with one tree & ending with 10 butterflies this is the perfect introduction to counting for very young children ...

William Morris was an outstanding character of many talents being an architect writer social campaigner artist & with his Kelmscott Press an important figure of the Arts & Crafts movement Many of us probably know him best however from his superb furnishings & textile designs intricately weaving together natural motifs in a highly stylized two-dimensional fashion influenced by medieval conventions Following on from the bestselling success of Art Nouveau Art Deco & Alphonse Mucha of the same series this delightful new book offers a survey of his life & work alongside some of his finest decorative work It is a richly beautiful book ...

With this beautifully illustrated board book learn your first words with William Morris & his lovely designs Starting with a for apple & ending with z for zebra this is the perfect introduction to first words for very young children ...

This Popular William Morris Strawberry Thief Red Set Of 2 Mugs Is Supplied In An Attractive Full Colour Gift Box An Ideal Gift ...

This Popular William Morris Strawberry Thief Red Set Of 4 Coasters Are Supplied In An Attractive Full Colour Gift Box An Ideal Gift ...

William Morris Textiles was the first comprehensive survey of the many hundreds of original colourful textiles produced by William Morris & the two commercial companies he founded & managed To this day it remains the authority in the field & this revised edition has been completely rewritten & expanded with beautiful new photography Linda Parry provides new insight into the embroideries printed & woven textiles carpets & tapestries produced by Morris & Co giving in-depth information about their design & manufacture The varied often highly specialized processes involved are discussed in detail as are Morris's working methods ...

He was not of an age but for all time! were the prophetic words of Ben Jonson in his dedicatory poem prefacing the 1623 collection of Shakespeare's comedies histories & tragedies which is commonly referred to by modern scholars as the First Folio Time has thus far supported Jonson's bold assertion No writer before or since has equalled the Bard of Avon's prodigious achievement Today his plays are performed all over the world in almost every language
- the sun never sets on the works of Shakespeare Throughout the English-speaking world the language of Shakespeare has become an integral part of everyday discourse but many of those who use it are probably unaware of its source In the section entitled '"ations from Shakespeare in Everyday Use' there are a number of examples of phrases & expressions still widely current in the twenty-first century In the mid-1850s Howard Staunton
- better known as a chess master
- obtained a contract from the publisher George Routledge to oversee the preparation of an edition of the complete works of Shakespeare To enhance this project Staunton commissioned John Gilbert to produce a series of illustrations many of which are used in this volume Over the years the original version has often been reprinted always with monochrome illustrations It is therefore with the greatest pleasure that Worth Press is able to present to readers this new edition offering all the illustrations in full colour


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The life of William Shakespeare is vividly depicted from his birth in Stratford-upon-Avon in 1564 childhood & schooldays through apprenticeship at his father' s glove-making shop his marriage to Anne Hathaway & then the move to London
- where Will hones his skills as an actor-playwright for The Lord Chamberlain' s Men When the newly-built Globe Theatre opens in 1599 Will Shakespeare is a key member of the company & many of Shakespeare' s most famous plays are first performed here By his death in 1616 William Shakespeare is acknowledged as the master playwright of his age
- & ever since as one of the greatest writers of all time With lively graphic-novel descriptions of many of Shakespeare' s most famous plays including A Midsummer Night' s Dream The Merchant of Venice Romeo & Juliet Twelfth Night Henry V Hamlet Macbeth Othello & The Tempest & drawing on the latest biographical research this is the perfect introduction for children to the life & works of William Shakespeare

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William dreams of acting & writing plays This ambition takes him from the quiet country town of Stratford to the great playhouses of London where his talent takes the city by storm The life of Britain's most famous playwright told for children ready to tackle longer & more complex books ...