The Book Shed

much shelf wear to the book, bit of spine above title perished. First printing, no others noted. In red and gilt blind-stamped cloth. Bookplate of the book collector W.D.Vincent of Macon, Missouri. William Gilmore Simms, an ante-bellum novelist of South Carolina, was called "the finest novelist America has produced" by Edgar Allan Poe. Notes and introduction to each play by Simms as well as a nine page general introduction. The plays are: The Two Noble Kinsmen; The London Prodigal; Thomas Lord Cromwell; Sir John Oldcastle; The Puritan or The Widow of Watling Street; The Yorkshire Tragedy; The Tragedy of Locrine. Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility!