The Merchant of Venice
by Shakespeare, William
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- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Dust Jacket
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About This Item
First edition thus (so stated). Octavo. Original brown cloth with floral vine design in black; title in gilt, t.e.g. Illustrated with eight full page color plates by Averil Burleigh. 12 page publisher's catalog at end dated Spring 1913; 48 page Stanley Paul & Co.'s catalog dated November, 1913. No dust jacket. Very good (foxing edges). 308 pages. Ink signature of J. C. Poole on front free endpaper.
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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- Bookseller
- Houle Rare Books & Autographs (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2222173
- Title
- The Merchant of Venice
- Author
- Shakespeare, William
- Illustrator
- Averil Burleigh
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Greening & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1913
- Pages
- 308
- Size
- Octavo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- LITERATURE;
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