Macbeth by William Shakespeare – LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB 1939
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Macbeth by William Shakespeare – LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB 1939
A PICTORIAL REVIEW
In 1939-40 the Limited Editions Club published the Plays of William Shakespeare in 37 volumes. This is an example of one of those volumes.
No.1063 of 1950 copies.
No foreword or introduction
Edited by Herbert Farjeon
Designed by Bruce Rogers
Five colour illustrations by Gordon Craig.
Plain white endpapers
Deckled outer page edges
Printed on Worthy special paper at the Press of A Colish, New York
Quarter bound in cream buckram with light brown paper covers printed in black, dark brown, purple and orange with a standard pattern for all volumes.
Play titling gold stamped on upper spine.
No slipcase as issued
86 pages
33x22.7cm.
US$40
This copy has uncut pages and has never been read.
From time to time there is discussion as to which is the best set of Shakespeare’s plays ever published, and the two sets that are most often mentioned are this one and the Letterpress set published by the Folio Society between 2007 and 2014. For comparison, a review of the Folio Society Letterpress Shakespeare can be seen here.
COPY OF FULL SET FROM INTERNET
MACBETH
An index of the other illustrated reviews in the this series can be viewed here.
A PICTORIAL REVIEW
In 1939-40 the Limited Editions Club published the Plays of William Shakespeare in 37 volumes. This is an example of one of those volumes.
No.1063 of 1950 copies.
No foreword or introduction
Edited by Herbert Farjeon
Designed by Bruce Rogers
Five colour illustrations by Gordon Craig.
Plain white endpapers
Deckled outer page edges
Printed on Worthy special paper at the Press of A Colish, New York
Quarter bound in cream buckram with light brown paper covers printed in black, dark brown, purple and orange with a standard pattern for all volumes.
Play titling gold stamped on upper spine.
No slipcase as issued
86 pages
33x22.7cm.
US$40
This copy has uncut pages and has never been read.
From time to time there is discussion as to which is the best set of Shakespeare’s plays ever published, and the two sets that are most often mentioned are this one and the Letterpress set published by the Folio Society between 2007 and 2014. For comparison, a review of the Folio Society Letterpress Shakespeare can be seen here.
COPY OF FULL SET FROM INTERNET
MACBETH
An index of the other illustrated reviews in the this series can be viewed here.
2dlphcoracl
>1 wcarter:
I would also mention the Nonesuch Press 7-volume complete Shakespeare set (1929 - 1933) in full tan niger morocco bindings as a contender for best Shakespeare set. Perfect reading size, fine letterpress printing by Walter Lewis at the Cambridge University Press on a specially watermarked Pannekoek paper. It also takes up considerably less shelf space than the LEC and FS complete sets. It is certainly a contender.
I would also mention the Nonesuch Press 7-volume complete Shakespeare set (1929 - 1933) in full tan niger morocco bindings as a contender for best Shakespeare set. Perfect reading size, fine letterpress printing by Walter Lewis at the Cambridge University Press on a specially watermarked Pannekoek paper. It also takes up considerably less shelf space than the LEC and FS complete sets. It is certainly a contender.
3mr.philistine
>2 dlphcoracl: Your excellent photos of the 7-volume Nonesuch Shakespeare posted on the FSD forum here: https://www.librarything.com/topic/349102#8088031
And why it surpasses the bound-to-order Folio Society 1988 Shakespeare Complete Plays (6 vol.) 'in full red Oasis morocco with Cockerell marbled end-leaves, housed in an oak slip case, for £1000'. (per Folio 50, no. 624),
here: https://www.librarything.com/topic/339459#7814892
And why it surpasses the bound-to-order Folio Society 1988 Shakespeare Complete Plays (6 vol.) 'in full red Oasis morocco with Cockerell marbled end-leaves, housed in an oak slip case, for £1000'. (per Folio 50, no. 624),
here: https://www.librarything.com/topic/339459#7814892
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