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The Merchant of Venice
by Shakespeare, William
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Palatine, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Ginn & Company. Fair with no dust jacket. 1906. 1. Hard Cover. Publisher's full blue cloth, black lettering and medallion on front cover, gilt lettering on spine. . Cloth blinding rubbed and worn along spine, with some loss at heel and two-inch tear near middle of spine, corners bumped and worn, former owner's notes written in pencil on front and rear endpapers, front cover lightly creased, spine cracked. FAIR. . 16mo 6" - 7" tall. xlvii, 144 pp .
Synopsis
An international team of scholars offers: • modernised, easily accessible texts • ample but unobtrusive academic guidance • attention to the theatrical qualities of each play and its stage history • informative illustrations, including reconstructions of early performances The Merchant of Venice has been performed more often than any other comedy by Shakespeare. This edition pays special attention to the expectations of its first audience, and to our modern experience of seeing and hearing the play
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Details
- Bookseller
- Round Table Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3069
- Title
- The Merchant of Venice
- Author
- Shakespeare, William
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair with no dust jacket
- Edition
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Ginn & Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1906
- Keywords
- Theater, Drama, Shakespeare, Plays
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Round Table Books, LLC
Biblio member since 2008
Palatine, Illinois
About Round Table Books, LLC
Round Table Books, LLC lists rare, beautiful and interesting books. All books are described accurately, packed carefully and shipped promptly. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED - Any book may be returned within 30 days of receipt for a full refund.
Glossary
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
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