King Lear: The Letterpress Edition
by William Shakespeare
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Like New
- Seller
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Wilson, Wyoming, United States
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About This Item
Limited Edition No. 1,829 of 3,750
Letterpress and Commentary volume in presentation box bound in buckram. The Letterpress is hand-bound in goatskin leather, and blocked in gold with hand-marbled paper sides; gilded top edge, ribbon marker and is printed on mould-made paper. Oxford University Press text under General Editor Stanley Wells. The Commentary volume includes the text of the play with full explanatory notes, and is bound in buckram.
Books are NEW and in NEW condition. Presentation box is NEW and in FINE condition. Has been on display in our bookshop with minimal hands-on interactions. Comes in original packing box.
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
- Wilson Book Gallery (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BKLSL
- Title
- King Lear
- Author
- William Shakespeare
- Format/Binding
- Hand-bound in goatskin leather
- Book Condition
- New Fine/Like New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited Edition No. 1,829 of 3,750
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Folio Society
- Place of Publication
- Great Britain
- Date Published
- 2010
- Size
- 14" x 10-3/4"
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Shakespeare; Folio; Letterpress; Presentation box; Buckram binding; Goatskin leather; Gold blocking; Hand-marbled paper; Oxford University Press text
Terms of Sale
Wilson Book Gallery
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- 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"...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...