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King Lear ("Letterpress Shakespeare" Deluxe Limited Edition)
by SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- First Folio Society Deluxe Edition. Limited edition, numbered 905 of 3750 copies. Oxford Univ. Press text. Edited by Stanley Wel/No Jacket
- Seller
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Potomac, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Folio Society Deluxe Edition (Folio Society, London, 2007). Deluxe Limited Edition of only 3,750 copies, this being number 905. Fine in a fine buckram-bound solander box; presents as new. Quite scarce. Beautifully hand- and quarter-bound in deep red Nigerian goatskin leather, over hand-marbled boards, lettered gilt at the spine; top edge gilt. A truly fantastic edition of this Shakespeare masterpiece.
This beautiful and luxurious set is one of the highly sought after "Letterpress Editions" of Shakespeare's works, created with the highest quality materials, craftsmanship and attention to detail. Two volumes in a burgundy cloth clamshell box: Vol. One contains the play and Vol. Two , the commentary. Commentary bound in burgundy buckram. Edited by Stanley Wells. Set in 16pt 'Monotype' Baskerville with Caslon Display, printed by letterpress on high-quality, mould-made paper; fore edge uncut. Heavy, may require extra postage. Large Quarto. Supplied in a buckram-bound solander box measuring Quarto. 15" x 11" x 2¾". Letterpress volume: Quarto. 14" x 10¾". Commentary volume: bound in buckram. Octavo. 8¾" x 5¾".
Synopsis
[Lear] is the most awesome of all the poet's originals. No one else in Shakespeare is so legitimate a representation of supreme authority
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Details
- Bookseller
- Grinning Cat Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 30063
- Title
- King Lear ("Letterpress Shakespeare" Deluxe Limited Edition)
- Author
- SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - First Folio Society Deluxe Edition. Limited edition, numbered 905 of 3750 copies. Oxford Univ. Press text. Edited by Stanley Wel
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Deluxe
- Publisher
- The Folio Society
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2007
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- ENGLISH LITERATURE, SHAKESPEARE
- Bookseller catalogs
- LITERATURE;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Grinning Cat Books
Fourteen (14) day return guarantee, for any reason, and we pay return shipping costs if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Grinning Cat Books
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Potomac, Maryland
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Goatskin
- Goatskin, leather made from goat, is durable and easy to dye. The original and finest examples of Morocco binding are goatskin....
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
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