The works of William Shakespeare
Print Book, English, 1904-07
Stratford Town Edition View all formats and editions
The Shakespeare head press, Stratford-on-Avon, 1904-07
Fiction
10 v. fronts. (ports.) 27 cm. (4to)
2671249
Vol. I
The Tempest; The Two Gentlemen of Verona; The Merry Wives of Windsor; Measure for Measure Vol. II
The Comedy of Errors; Much Ado About Nothing; Love's Labour's Lost; A Midsummer Night's Dream Vol. III
The Merchant of Venice; As You Like It; The Taming of the Shrew; All's Well That Ends Well Vol. IV
Twelfth Night, Or What You Will; The Winter's Tale; King John; King Richard the Second Vol. V
The First Part of King Henry the Fourth; The Second Part of King Henry the Fourth; King Henry the Fifth; The First Part of King Henry the Sixth Vol. VI
The Second Part of King Henry the Sixth; The Third Part of King Henry the Sixth; King Richard the Third; King Henry the Eighth Vol. VII
Troilus and Cressida; Coriolanus; Titus Andronicus; Romeo and Juliet Vol. VIII
Timon of Athens; Julius Cæsar; Macbeth; Hamlet, Prince of Denmark Vol. IX
King Lear; Othello, the Moor of Venice; Antony and Cleopatra; Cymbeline Vol. X
Pericles; Venus and Adonis; Lucrece; Sonnets; A Lover's Complaint; The Passionate Pilgrim; The Phœnix and Turtle; Essays and Notes
"One thousand copies of this edition have been printed on handmade paper. This is no. 51."
"The S̕tratford town Shakespeare ̓is the first edition of Shakespeare's complete works printed, bound, and published in his native town, Stratford-on-Avon...The text has been prepared for the press by Mr. A. H. Bullen." -- Prospectus
With the dedication, preface, etc., of the first folio (1623) and commendatory verse of the second folio (1632)
Vol. X contains, besides Pericles and the Poems, supplementary matter: William Shakespeare: memoir, by Henry Davey. Ben Jonson's views on Shakespeare's art, by J. J. Jusserand. On the influence of the audience, by Robert Bridges. The religion of Shakespeare, by H. C. Beeching. The stage of the Globe, by E. K. Chambers. The sonnets, by H. C. Beeching. The portraits of Shakespeare, by M. H. Spielmann. Notes on the text, by A. H. Bullen
No. 764 of 1000 copies on handmade paper