Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009

8vo, pp. 782. Original black boards, lettered in gilt to spine. Illustrated dustwrapper. Top edge a little spotted, a near fine copy in a near fine dustwrapper with just a little light edgewear.

First edition.

FRANK KERMODE'S COPY, INSCRIBED TO HIM: 'To Frank, A (slightly early) 90th birthday present. With affection and admiration from, Stefan'.

A gift from the emeritus Professor of Intellectual History and English Literature at Cambridge University, Stefan Collini, to his friend, the literary critic (and the leading Shakespearean scholar of his day) Sir Frank Kermode [1919-2010].