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SHAKESPEARE'S COMEDY OF THE TEMPEST
by Shakespeare, William
- Used
- Condition
- Fine and bright but for small creases to lower corner of one plate
- Seller
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Paris, Tennessee, United States
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About This Item
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1908. First trade edition. Fine and bright but for small creases to lower corner of one plate. First trade edition. Quarto. xxiv, 144p. Illustrated with 40 tipped-in color plates by Edmund Dulac. Bound in half red leather with red cloth sides, t.e.g., the spine with dark blue and brown title labels gilt, the remainder ornately gilt. Hughey 19a.
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- Bookseller
- First Folio
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21926
- Title
- SHAKESPEARE'S COMEDY OF THE TEMPEST
- Author
- Shakespeare, William
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine and bright but for small creases to lower corner of one plate
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First trade edition
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1908
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First Folio
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Paris, Tennessee
About First Folio
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- 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...
- Quarto
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- Spine
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- Cloth
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- Plate
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