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William Shakespeare

Letterpress Shakespeare

The Folio Society

1982 - 2008

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A set of limited edition Letterpress Shakespeare.

  • Sold as a set of 39 volumes.
  • William Shakespeare (English).
  • London: The Folio Society, 1982-2008. 
  • Folios.
  • Each folio is three quarter bound in leather, with gilt lettering to spine, marbled paper boards, gilt top, deckled text-block, silk ribbon bookmark, and accompanied by a companion Octavo.
  • The Folio Tragedies (Vols. 1-12) are bound in red leather with red cloth-bound companion Octavos and red clamshell cases.
  • The Folio Comedies (Vols. 13-28) are bound in green leather with green cloth-bound companion Octavos and green clamshell cases.
  • The Folio Histories (Vols. 29-38) are bound in blue leather with blue cloth-bound companion Octavos and blue clamshell cases.
  • The Folio Sonnets & Poetry (Vol. 39) is bound in teal leather with teal cloth-bound companion Octavo and teal clamshell case.
  • All volumes have a matching limitation number (#300).


CONTENTS:

Volume 1. Anthony and Cleopatra (Folio 126 pages, #300/3750 copies; companion Octavo xi, 388 pages)

Volume 2. Coriolanus (Folio 127 pages, #300/3750 copies; companion Octavo ix, 388 pages)

Volume 3. Cymbeline (Folio 122 pages, #300/1000 copies; companion Octavo ix, 287 pages)

Volume 4. Hamlet (Folio 129 pages, #300/3750 copies; companion Octavo ix, 406 pages)

Volume 5. Julius Caesar (Folio 98 pages, #300/3750 copies; companion Octavo ix, 253 pages)

Volume 6. King Lear (Folio 115 pages, #300/3750 copies; companion Octavo x, 321 pages)

Volume 7. Macbeth (Folio 92 pages, #300/3750 copies; companion Octavo xii, 249 pages)

Volume 8. Othello (Folio #300/3750; companion Octavo x, 491 pages)

Volume 9. Romeo and Juliet (Folio 113 pages, #300/1000 copies; companion Octavo ix, 450 pages)

Volume 10. Timon of Athens (Folio 87 pages, #300/1000 copies; companion Octavo ix, 370 pages)

Volume 11. Titus Andronicus (Folio, 97 pages, #300/3750 copies; companion Octavo ix, 226 pages)

Volume 12. Troilus and Cressida (Folio 120 pages, #300/1000 copies; companion Octavo vii, 205 pages)

Volume 13. All's Well That Ends Well (Folio 103 pages, #300/1000 copies, closed tear to back free endpaper; companion Octavo ix, 245 pages)

Volume 14. As You Like It (Folio 94 pages, #300/3750 copies; x, 245 pages)

Volume 15. Comedy of Errors (Folio 75 pages, #300/1000 copies; companion Octavo viii, 232 pages)

Volume 16. Love's Labour's Lost (Folio 101 pages, #300/1,000 copies; companion Octavo viii, 263 pages)

Volume 17. Measure for Measure (Folio 100 pages, #300/1000 copies; companion Octavo ix, 255 pages)

Volume 18. The Merchant of Venice (Folio 97 pages, #300/1000 copies; companion Octavo xi, 241 pages)

Volume 19. Merry Wives of Windsor (Folio 92 pages, #300/1000 copies; companion Octavo ix, 242 pages)

Volume 20. A Midsummer Night's Dream (Folio 82 pages, #300/3750 copies; companion Octavo ix, 275 pages)

Volume 21. Much Ado About Nothing (Folio 93 pages, #300/1000 copies; companion Octavo ix, 214 pages)

Volume 22. Pericles (Folio 90 pages, #300/1000 copies; companion Octavo ix, 306 pages)

Volume 23. The Taming of the Shrew (Folio 101 pages, #300/1000 copies; companion Octavo 248 pages)

Volume 24. The Tempest (Folio 80 pages; #300/3750 copies; companion Octavo x, 248 pages)

Volume 25. Twelfth Night (Folio 87 pages, #300/3750 copies; companion Octavo viii, 247 pages)

Volume 26. Two Gentlemen of Verona (Folio 88 pages #300/1000 copies; companion Octavo ix, 190 pages)

Volume 27. The Two Noble Kinsmen (Folio 112 pages, #300/1000 copies; companion Octavo ix, 233 pages; mild wear to cardboard insert separating Folio and Octavo)

Volume 28. The Winter's Tale (Folio 110 pages, #300/1000 copies; companion Octavo viii, 295 pages; mild bumping to clamshell case)

Volume 29. Henry IV Part 1 (Folio 101 pages, #300/1000 copies; companion Octavo ix, 315 pages)

Volume 30. Henry IV Part 2 (Folio 111 pages, #300/1000 copies; companion Octavo ix, 287 pages)

Volume 31. Henry V (Folio 109 pages, #300/1000 copies; companion Octavo ix, 330 pages)

Volume 32. Henry VI Part 1 (Folio 109 pages, #300/1000 copies; companion Octavo ix, 256 pages)

Volume 33. Henry VI Part 2 (Folio 123 pages, #300/1000 copies; companion Octavo x, 319 pages)

Volume 34. Henry VI Part 3 (Folio 121 pages, #300/1000 copies; companion Octavo x, 392 pages)

Volume 35. King Henry VIII (Folio 115 pages, #300/1000 copies; companion Octavo ix, 230 pages)

Volume 36. King John (Folio 100 pages, #300/1000 copies; companion Octavo ix, 303 pages)

Volume 37. Richard II (Folio 106 pages, #300/1000 copies; companion Octavo x, 297 pages)

Volume 38. Richard III (Folio, 133 pages; #300/1000 copies; companion Octavo ix, 414 pages)

Volume 39. Sonnets and Poems (Folio 222 pages, #300/1980 copies; companion Octavo ix, 750 pages).

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Minor signs of age and handling.

Language

English

Subject

Plays, Drama, Sets, Literature, English literature and history, Poetry

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