Shakespeare's Loves Labour's Lost : printed from the folio of 1623

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616). Granville-Barker, Harley (1877-1946). Rutherston, Albert (1881-1953) [illustrator]. Newdigate, Bernard Henry (1869-1944) [printer]. Walker, Emery (1851-1933). Ernest Benn Ltd. [publisher]. Shakespeare Head Press [printer]

Published by London, 1924

About this Item

Good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-toned dust-wrapper. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 99 p. [5] leaves of plates : ill. (part col.) ; 33 cm. Notes; "The introductions are by Mr. Harley Granville-Barker. The volumes have been printed at the Shakespeare Head Press, Stratford-upon-Avon, under the direction of Mr B. H. Newdigate, and the coloured illustrations have been carried out in facsimile collotype by Messrs Whittingham & Griggs. The line blocks are by Mr Emery Walker. The edition is under the art-editorship of Mr. Albert Rutherston. This volume is illustrated by Mr. Albert Rutherston." -- colophon. "There are two editions. The one, strictly limited to one hundred signed copies for sale and six copies not for sale, numbered repectively 1 to 100 and I to VI, is printed on Batchelor's Kelmscott hand-made paper and bound either in vellum or in oasis morocco by Zaehnsdorf. The other edition, printed on pure rag paper, is strictly limited to four hundred and fifty copies for sale and fifty copies not for sale, numbered respectively 101 to 550 and VII to LVI, of which this is number 529." -- colophon. Title page in red and black. With half-title page. Subjects; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616) Bibliography Folios. 1623. English drama Early modern and Elizabethan, (1500- 1600). Love. Genres; Bibliography. Drama. Illustrated. 1 Kg.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Shakespeare's Loves Labour's Lost : printed from the folio of 1623
• Publisher: London
• Publication Date: 1924
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: Limited Facsimile Edition.
• Weight: 1 kilogram
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)