King Lear: The Letterpress Shakespeare.
by SHAKESPEARE, William; WELLS, Stanley (ed.)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very good +
- Seller
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London, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Oxford and London: Produced by The Folio Society by arrangement with Oxford University Press, 2007. 3750 numbered copies of the Folio Society volume of which this is copy number 1048. Hardcover. Very good +. 2 vols.: ix, 321; 115 p. 23/36 cm. 12 b&w illustrations in small volume. Large volume is half leather with marbled boards. Smaller volume is burgundy cloth. In matching burgundy case with a compartment for the smaller volume. Dents in bottom edges of case.
Complex and unsettling, King Lear is a play of poignant, shocking scenes and unmatched language. This is the ultimate reading edition of one of Shakespeare's greatest plays in an attractive box set. It includes a small commentary volume presenting the text of the play with full explanatory notes and illustrations of various productions.
Complex and unsettling, King Lear is a play of poignant, shocking scenes and unmatched language. This is the ultimate reading edition of one of Shakespeare's greatest plays in an attractive box set. It includes a small commentary volume presenting the text of the play with full explanatory notes and illustrations of various productions.
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- Bookseller
- Attic Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 145287
- Title
- King Lear
- Author
- SHAKESPEARE, William; WELLS, Stanley (ed.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 3750 numbered copies of the Folio Society volume of which this i
- Publisher
- Produced by The Folio Society by arrangement with Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- Oxford and London
- Date Published
- 2007
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Theatre, Shakespeare
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- Folio
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- Marbled boards
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- Cloth
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