The works of William Shakespeare.
William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
Category
Books
Date
1880
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Smallhythe Place, Kent
NT 3129775
Summary
Bibliographic description
viii, 1075, [1] p. . 8vo.. Former shelfmark: SMA.B.7. - Two half-titles, one with Macmillan emblem on verso. - Title pages of the 1880 and 1867 editions. Pages vii-viii misbound.. Provenance: Ellen Terry's Winchelsea bookplate. - Inscribed in ink on half-title: 'E.T. / (Bedroom) / For reference / (The best edition). - Quotations and comments on both title pages, that for 1867 dated in ink '1872'. - References in ink on Contents pages to the parts played by Ellen Terry. Binding: Green cloth, blind-embossed, overlaid in plain paper inscribed in ink: 'Globe Edition / Shakespeare', gold-lettered spine. - Newspaper cuttings referring to Ellen Terry's debut role Mamillius. - Loosely inserted envelope marked and containing: 'Dame Ellen Terry's / Hair / Died July 20th 1928'. - Upper board detached, spine frayed, pages frayed with loss of text.
Makers and roles
William Shakespeare (1564-1616) William George Clark (1821-1878) William Aldis Wright (Beccles 1831 - Cambridge 1914)