Charleton Hinman Prepared (1 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Facsimile Edition. Easily the finest exemplar of the five copies of this edition as I've handled over the years. Gift-quality condition inside and out. Massively heavy, oversized volume, published in this first facsimile edition in 1968 by W.W. Norton & Co., based on folios then available in the Folger Shakespeare Library Collection. With a new Introduction by Peter W.M. Blayney, but prepared by noted Shakespeare scholar Charlton Hinman. Bound handsomely in two-tone, red cloth over boards, red bonded leather-backed, with gilt ruling and lettering to spine, gilt fleur-de-lis and publisher device at spine, scored by four raised bands. Top-stained in gilt, quite fine. Repeating design at two-page decorated card stock endpapers front and rear. Housed in a simple but sturdy red cloth-covered slipcase, still fully intact, lightly rubbed edges. Silk linen ribbon bookmark still intact. Preface, Introduction, consisting of The First Folio and its contents, the printing and the proofing, the Facsimile, and Appendix A, then Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories & Tragedies, and Appendices. The Wikipedia entry devoted to Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies notes that the First Folio was published first in 1623 roughly seven years posthumous. The First Folio was prepared first by his colleagues John Heminges and Henry Condell and dedicated to "William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke, and his brother Philip Herbert, Earl of Montgomery (later 4th Earl of Pembroke)" (Wikipedia). xxvii [5], 5-928 pp. and including many, many score illustrations, including in facsimile, in black-and-white. All in, a splendid copy that looks magnificent on the shelf.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.