LibGuides: Shakespeare (William Shakespeare, 1564-1616): by Contributor

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Shakespeare, William. Ron King (book designer). Antony & Cleopatra. Guildford, England: Circle Press Publications. 1979. xi, 59 p.: ill. (some col.); 40 cm
Responsibility: William Shakespeare; designed and produced by Ronald King; with notes and an introductory essay, "The elusive absolute," by Keith Please.
Note(s): Eleven sections, unsewn, in paper wrappers; issued in a portfolio.; "A limited edition of three hundred books with five H.C. [hors commerce] copies, forty artist's proofs, and ten marked Circle Press, held for presentation; all the books signed by the artist"--p. [v]
SPEC B-214

Shakespeare, William. Antony and Cleopatra. New York: Knickerbocker Leather and Novelty Co. 19--. 277 p.: front. (port.); 80 mm.
Note(s): "Carefully edited and compared with the best texts"--Half-title page.
SPEC F-403

Shakespeare, William. As You Like It. New York: Little Leather Library. 1910? 152 p.; 10 cm.
SPEC F-96

Shakespeare, William. As You Like It. New York: Knickerbocker Leather & Novelty Co. 19--. 217 p.: ill.; 80 mm.
Note(s): "Carefully edited and compared with the best texts"--Half-title page.
SPEC F-419

Shakespeare, William. As arranged by Augustin Daly. As You Like It .... New York: Privately printed for Mr. Daly. 1890.
Responsibility: by William Shakspere; as arranged by Augustin Daly; first produced at Daly's Theatre, Dec. 17, 1889 and here printed from the prompter's copy; with a few introductory words by William Winter.
Note(s): Contains at the end, a facsimile of the title page and pages of "As you like it" from the 1632 quarto edition.; Inscribed by Mr. Daly and Mr. Winter.
Digital edition from Indiana University at HathiTrust Digital Library.
SPEC C-184

Shakespeare, William. Ed. William Dodd. The Beauties of Shakespear: Regularly Selected from Each Play: With a General Index, Digesting Them Under Proper Heads: Illustrated with Explanatory Notes, and Similar Passages from Ancient and Modern Authors. London: Printed for T. Waller. 1752. 2 v. in 1.; 17 cm.
Responsibility: by William Dodd, B.A., late of Clare-Hall, Cambridge ; in two volumes.
Note(s): Includes indexes.
SPEC E-4554

Shakespeare, William. Adapted by John Updike. Bottom's Dream. New York: A.A. Knopf. 1969. 34 unnumbered pages: color illustrations, music; 20 x 26 cm.
Note(s): Adapted from William Shakespeare's A midsummer night's dream by John Updike ; with music by Felix Mendelssohn and illustrations by Warren Chappell.
SPEC D-4895

Shakespeare, William. Ed. Herbert Farjeon. Ill. Vera Willoughby. The Comedies, Histories & Tragedies of William Shakespeare. New York: Limited Editions Club. 1939-1940. 37 v. plates (part col.) 33 cm.
Note(s): "The edition consists of nineteen hundred and fifty copies, of which this is number 1038."; Edited by Herbert Farjeon from the text of the first folio and quarto editions.; Half title: The Plays of William Shakespeare, in 37 vols.; "Designed by Burce Rogers and printed at the Press of A. Colish, New York."; Illustrator varies for each volume.
SPEC C-626

Shakespeare, William. Ill. Samuel Warner. The Comedy of As You Like It. East Aurora, NY: Roycroft. 1903. 122p. 26cm.
Note(s): "Printed by the Roycrofters ... Borders and head-bands by Samuel Warner, & the presswork by Otto Franz"--Colophon.
SPEC D-2763 [2 copies]

Shakespeare, William. The Comedy of Errors. New York: Little Leather Library. 1910? 108 p.; 10 cm.
SPEC F-93

Shakespeare, William. The Comedy of Errors. New York: Knickerbocker Leather and Novelty Co. 19--. [6], 252 p., [1] leaf of plates: ill.; 80 mm.
Note(s): "Carefully edited and compared with the best texts."; Includes Venus and Adonis, paged continuously, but with separate t.p.
SPEC F-404

Shakespeare, William. The Comedy of Errors. New York: Little Leather Library Corp. 1921? 108 p.; 10 cm.
Note(s): On back cover under series: Redcroft edition.
SPEC F-485

Shakespeare, WIlliam. Edmond Malone and George Steevens. Complete Works of Shakespeare. Philadelphia,: D. McKay. 1886. 4 v. fronts., plates, port. 22 cm.
SPEC BL-1572 v.1-4

Shakespeare, William. Complete Works; the Text and Order of the First Folio with Quarto Variants & a Choice of Modern Readings Noted Marginally. London: Nonesuch Press; New York: Random House. 1953. 4 v. 23 cm.
Responsibility: the Nonesuch text established 1929 by Herbert Farjeon, with a new introduction by Ivor Brown.
Each vol. has special t. p.; Half title: The new Nonesuch Shakespeare.
Note(s): "The text order of the first folio with quarto variants & a choice of modern readings noted marginally : to which are added Pericles and the first quartos of six of the plays with three plays of doubtful authorship : also the poems according to the original quartos and octavos."/ Half-title: The new Nonesuch Shakespeare./ "This newly designed edition in four volumes of the text of the Nonsuch Shakespeare has been printed and bound by William Clowes and Sons at Beccles on india paper made for it by Robert Fletcher and Son and on Japon Vellum made for it by C. Townsend Hook and Company." -- Colophon, v. 4.
SPEC D-834 v.1-4

Shakespeare, WIlliam. Compiled by Thomas Dolby. Dictionary of Shakespearian Quotations. Exhibiting the Most Forcible Passages Illustrative of the Various Passions, Affections and Emotions of the Human Mind. Selected and Arranged in Alphabetic Order, from the Writings of the Eminent Dramatic Poet. Philadelphia: Claxton. 1868. Xii, 418 pages, frontispiece (portrait); 21 cm.
Note(s): First edition published at London, 1832, under title: The Shakespearian dictionary.
SPEC BL-832

Shakespeare, William. The Dramatick Writings of Will. Shakspere: With the Notes of All the Various Commentators Printed complete from the best editions of Sam. Johnson and Geo. Steevens. London: John Bell. 1788. 20 v.: ports.; 15 cm. (12mo in sixes).
Note(s): Vols. 1-2: Prologomena to the Dramatick Writings of Will. Shakspere.; The general title pages are dated 1788, but the plays have separate pagination and title-pages, with dates 1785, 1786, and 1788. The annotations at the ends of the plays also have separate title-pages all with the date 1787.
SPEC E-30 v.1-20

Shakespeare, William. Ill. André Masson. An Exhortation to Marriage: XVII Sonnets. Mount Vernon, NY: Golden Eagle Press. 1946. [14] p.: ill.; 23 cm..
Responsibility: by William Shakespeare ; with a drawing by Andre Masson.
Note(s): "In the original spelling and punctuation of the 1609 quarto."
SPEC D-263

Shakespeare, William. Ed. Charlton Hinman. First Folio of Shakespeare [1st ed]. New York: W.W. Norton. 1968. 928 p. port. 37 cm.
Note(s): Original title page selected, with portrait, reads: Mr. William Shakespeares comedies, histories, & tragedies. Published according to the true originall copies. London, Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed. Blount, 1623.; This facsimile is an ideal copy in which each page represents the best page selected from one of the 29 most satisfactory copies of the 80 copies in the Folger Shakespeare Library.
SPEC B-18

Shakespeare, William. Ill. Mary Grabhorn. The Frst Part of Henry the Fourth . San Francisco: Grabhorn Press. 1961. 45 p.: ill.; 36.5 cm.
Note(s): One of 180 copies.; Bound in decorated paper boards; buff cloth shelfback; printed paper label on spine. Dust jacket.
SPEC B-134

Shakespeare, William. Presented by Laurence Olivier. Hamlet. [London:] [B. Pollock]. 1948. 28 unnumbered pages: illustrations (some color); 18 x 22 cm.
Responsibility: presented by Laurence Olivier; reproduced from the J. Arthur Rank enterprise.
Note(s): Cover title./ "Scenes from the film; with original set designs by Roger Furse"--Page 4 of cover./ Cut-outs and script for staging Hamlet in a model theater.
SPEC PAM-3710

Shakespeare, William. Hamlet, Prince of Denmark. New York: Little Leather Library. 1910? 171 p.; 10 cm.
SPEC F-87

Shakespeare, William. Hamlet, Prince of Denmark . New York: Knickerbocker Leather & Novelty Co. 191-. 288 p., [1] leaf of plates: ill.; 80 mm.
SPEC F-420

Shakespeare, William. History of Life of King Henry VIII. New York: Knickerbocker Leather and Novelty Co. 19--. 253 p., [1] leaf of plates: port.; 82 mm.
Note(s): Carefully edited and compared with the best texts.
SPEC F-408

Shakespeare, William. Julius Caesar. New York: Little Leather Library. 1910? 153 p.; 10 cm.
SPEC F-92

Shakespeare, William. Julius Caesar. New York: Knickerbocker Leather and Novelty Co. 19--. 215 p.: ill.; 80 mm.
SPEC F-405

Shakespeare, William. Ed. Orson Welles and Roger HIll. Julius Caesar . New York: McGraw-Hill. 1939. 63 p.: ill.; 24 cm.
Responsibility: edited for reading and arranged for staging by Orson Welles and Roger Hill.
SPEC D-5186

Shakespeare, William. King Henry IV. New York: Knickerbocker Leather & Novelty Co. 19--. 2 v.: front. (port.); 80 mm.
SPEC F-421 v.1-2

Shakespeare, William. King Henry VI. New York: Knickerbocker Leather and Novelty Co. 19--. 3 v.: port.; 80 mm.
SPEC F-406 v.1, 3

Shakespeare, William. King Lear. New York: Little Leather Library. 1910? 172 p.; 10 cm.
SPEC F-91

Shakespeare, William. King Lear. New York: Little Leather Library. 1921? 179 p.; 10 cm.
Note(s): On back cover under series: Redcroft edition.
SPEC F-486

Shakespeare, William. Let Shakespeare Speak: A Timely Symposium of the Bard's Opinions on Contemporary Events. Chicago: Norman Press. 1942. [16] p.; 19 cm.
Responsibility: reported by Wilfred Hansford Gallienne.
Note(s): Illustrated title page. "Design and illustration by Joseph Trautwein. Typography and printing by Norman W. Forgue at the Norman Press."
SPEC PAM-2022

Shakespeare, William. The Life of King Henry V. New York: Knickerbocker Leather and Novelty Co. 19--. 255 p.: port. (front.); 80 mm.
Note(s): "Carefully edited and compared with the best texts."--Half-t.p.; In pebbled calf; gilt-embossed title and ornament on cover; gilt-embossed spine title; marbled endpapers; red page edges.
SPEC F-407 [2 copies]

Shakespeare, William. Ed. Herbert Arthur Evans. Ill. Fritz Kredel. The Life of King Henry V. New York: Limited Editions Club. 1951. xxxi, 157 p. mounted col. illus. 34 cm.
Responsibility: by William Shakespeare; the Arden text edited by Herbert Arthur Evans; with a general introduction by Mr. Evans and a special prefatory note by Mark Van Doren; illustrated with paintings by Fritz Kredel; based upon the film version of the play created by Laurence Olivier.
Note(s): "Fifteen hundred copies ... have been made ... This copy is number 411."
SPEC C-358

Shakespeare, William. MacBeth. New York: Knickerbocker Leather & Novelty Co. 19--. 249 pages: portrait (frontispiece); 80 mm.
Note(s): "Carefully edited and compared with the best texts"--Half-title page.
SPEC F-409

Shakespeare, William. MacBeth. New York: Little Leather Library. 1910? 150 p.; 10 cm.
SPEC F-95

Shakespeare, William. Ed. Orson Welles and Roger HIll. MacBeth. New York: McGraw-Hill. 1941. 32, 43 pages: illustrations; 24 cm.
Responsibility: edited for reading and arranged for staging by Orson Welles and Roger Hill; with illustrations by Orson Welles.
Note(s): Cover title: The tragedy of Macbeth./ Introduction paged separately./ Abridged by Mr. Hill.
SPEC D-5191

Shakespeare, William. Measure for Measure. New York: Knickerbocker Leather & Novelty Co. 19--. 218 p., [1] leaf of plates: illus.; 80 mm.
Note(s): "Carefully edited and compared with the best texts"--Half-title page.
SPEC F-410

Shakespeare, William. The Merchant of Venice. New York: Knickerbocker Leather & Novelty Co. 191-. 217 pages: portrait (frontispiece); 8 cm.
Note(s): "Carefully edited and compared with the best texts."--Half-title page./ Gold leather binding; gilt-embossed "William Shakespeare" and ornament on cover; gilt-embossed spine title; marbled endpapers; red page edges.
SPEC F-411

Shakespeare, William. The Merchant of Venice. New York: Little Leather Library. 1910? 156 p.; 10 cm..
SPEC F-90

Shakespeare, William. Ed. Orson Welles and Roger HIll. The Merchant of Venice. New York: McGraw-Hill. 1939. 28, 64 pages illustrations 24 cm..
Responsibility: edited for reading and arranged for staging by Orson Welles and Roger Hill. With illustrations by Orson Welles.
Note(s): Formerly published under the title of Everybody's Shakespeare.
SPEC D-5190

Shakespeare, William. The Merry Wives of Windsor. New York: Little Leather Library. 1910? 154 p.; 10 cm.
SPEC F-89

Shakespeare, William. Merry Wives of Windsor. New York: Knickerbocker Leather & Novelty Co. 189-? 3 p. l., 217 p. illus. 80 mm.
Note(s): "Carefully edited and compared with the best texts."
SPEC F-412

Shakespeare, William. Ill. Mary Grabhorn. A Midsommer Nights Dreame. San Francisco: Grabhorn Press. 1955. 108 p. col. illus. 31 cm.
Note(s): "Limited to one hundred and eighty copies."
SPEC C-3027

Shakespeare, William. A Midsummer Night's Dream. New York: Little Leather Library. 1910? 118 p.; 10 cm..
SPEC F-88

Shakespeare, William. Midsummer Night's Dream. New York: Knickerbocker Leather & Novelty Co. 19--. 186 p.: ill.; 80 mm.
Note(s): "Carefully edited and compared with the best texts"--Half-title page.
SPEC F-413

Shakespeare, William. Ill. Arthur Rackham. A Midsummer Night's Dream. Lodon: W. Heinemann; New York: Doubleday, Page & Co.1908. 134 p. illus., col. plates 26 cm.
Note(s): Illustrated t.-p., printed in gold and black.
SPEC D-3461

Shakespeare, William. A Midsummer-Night's Dream. New York: Little Leather Library Corporation. 1921? 118 p.; 10 cm.
Note(s): On back cover under series: Redcroft edition.
SPEC F-487

Shakespeare, William. Much Ado About Nothing. New York: Knickerbocker Leather & Novelty Co. 19--. 205 p., [1] leaf of plates: ill.; 80 mm.
Note(s): "Carefully edited and compared with the best texts."
SPEC F-414

Shakespeare, William.. Screenplay by Kenneth Branagh. Photography by Clive Coote. Much Ado About Nothing. New York: W.W. Norton. 1993. xv, 131 p.: ill. (some col.); 24 cm.
Responsibility: by William Shakespeare; screenplay, introduction, and notes on the making of the movie by Kenneth Branagh; photographs by Clive Coote.
Note(s): Includes screenplay based on the play by William Shakespeare.
SPEC STRR-31

Shakespeare, William. Ed. Horace Howard Furness. A New Variorum Edition of Shakespeare. Philadelphia: Lippincott. 1913-.
Note(s): Set is composed of various editions.; v. 21 has supplement (121 p.; v. 21- Issued under the sponsership of Modern Language Association of America.
SPEC TH-27

Shakespeare, William. Othello, the Moor of Venice. New York: Little Leather Library Corporation. n.d. 183 p. 10 cm.
SPEC F-86

Shakespeare, William. Othello: The Moor of Venice. New York: Knickerbocker Leather & Novelty Co. 1890s. 284 pages: portrait; 8 cm.
SPEC F-415

Shakespeare, William. Ed. T. Sturge Moore. Ill Charles S. Ricketts. The Passionate Pilgrim & the Songs in Shakespeare's Plays. London: Ballantyne Press. 1896. lxxix p. illus. 20cm.
Responsibility: edited by T. Sturge Moore and decorated with a picture and border designed & cut on the wood by Charles Ricketts.
Note(s): Title at end.; Cover title: The passionate pilgrim and the songs in Shakespeare's plays.; A Vale Press publication.--Cf. Ricketts, C.S. A bibl. of the books issued by Hacon & Ricketts.
SPEC E-4865

Shakespeare, William. The Phoenix and Turtle. Oxford: Shakespeare Head Press and Pub.. 1937. xxiv, 31 p. front. 20 cm.
Responsibility: by William Shakespeare, John Marston, George Chapman, Ben Jonson, and others, edited by Bernard H. Newdigate.
Note(s): Poems appended to Robert Chester's "Loves martyr; or, Rosalins complaint", originally published in 1601, which had special t.-p: Hereafter follow diverse poeticall essaies on the former subject; viz: the Turtle and phoenix. Done by the best and chiefest of our moderne writers, with their names subscribed to their particular workes: neuer before extant ... MDCI.; Paper wrappers printed in red and black.
SPEC PAM-2059

Shakespeare, William. Ed. Samuel Johnson. The Plays of William Shakespeare in Eight Volumes, with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators; to Which Are Added Notes by Sam Johnson. London: Printed for J. and R. Tonson, etc.. 1765. 8 v. port. 21 cm.
Note(s): Vol. 1 has added t.-p.; Title on spine: Johnson's Shakespeare.
SPEC E-381 v.1-8

Shakespeare, William. Ed. Herbert Farjeon. The Plays of William Shakespeare: A Shakespeare Commentary: The Edition Designed by Bruce Rogers; the Text Edited by Herbert Farjeon; the Illustrations Made by Thirty-Seven of the World's Leading Artists. New York: Limited Editions Club. 1939? [20] p.; 33 cm.
Note(s): At head of title: For subscriber's to the Limited Editions Club's Shakespeare.; This volume served as a prospectus to Limited Editions Club members, describing the 37 volume set, The comedies, histories & tragedies of William Shakespeare, that the Club published in 1939-40.
SPEC C-607

Shakespeare, William. Ed. George Lyman Kittredge. The Poems of Shakespeare: Venus and Adonis, The Rape of Lucrece, The Sonnets, A Lover's Complaint, The Passionate Pilgrim, The Phoenix and Turtle. Stamford, CT: Overbrook Press. 1939. 231 p. 47 cm.
Note(s): "This edition ... follows the text of the complete works edited by George Lyman Kittredge ... one hundred and fifty copies have been printed."; In slipcase.
SPEC B-195

Shakespeare, William. Ed. Peter Alexander. Ill. Agnes Miller Parker. The Poems of William Shakespeare. Cambridge: University Printing House. 1967. 297[1] p. ill.; 28 cm.
Responsibility: edited and introduced by Peter Alexander; illustrated with wood engravings by Agnes Miller Parker.
Note(s): "Of this edition fifteen hundred copies have been made ... this is no. 197 and signed by the illustrator."
SPEC C-718

Shakespeare, William. Ed. Frederick Startridge Ellis. Printed by WIlliam Morris. Poems, Printed after the Original Copies of Venus and Adonis, 1593; The Rape of Lucrece, 1594; Sonnets, 1609; The Lover's Complaint. Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press . 1893. 216 p. 21 cm.
Note(s): "Edited by Frederick S. Ellis, and printed by me William Morris"--Colophon./ Limited ed. of 500 copies printed on paper, 10 on vellum. Cf. Peterson./ Some parts printed in black and red.
SPEC PRB-473

Shakespeare, William. Romeo and Juliet. New York: Little Leather Library. 1910. 160 p.; 10 cm.
Note(s): Cover, embossed brown leather, back cover embossed with "Little Leather Library, Redcroft edition."
SPEC F-94

Shakespeare, William. The Shakespeare Anthology; Poems, Poetical Passages, Lyrics. London: Nonesuch Press; New York: Random House, Inc. 1935. vii, 525 p. [1] p. 20 cm.
Note(s): The sonnets, lyrics and poems are given in full.
SPEC E-2519

Shakespeare, William. Introduction by Harley Granville-Barker and illustrated by Charles Ricketts. Shakespeare’s The Tragedie of Macbeth: Printed from the Folio of 1623. London: [Ernest Benn]. 1923. lix, 84 pages, 12 unnumbered leaves of plates: illustrations (8 color); 33 cm.
Note(s): Spine title: Macbeth./ With introd. by Harley Granville-Barker and ill. by Charles Ricketts./ "There are two editions. The one, strictly limited to one hundred signed copies for sale and six copies not for sale, numbered respectively 1 to 100 and I to VI, is printed on Batchelor's Kelmscott hand-made paper and bound either in vellum or in oasis morocco by Zaehnsdorf. The other edition, printed on pure rag paper, is strictly limited to four hundred and fifty copies for sale and fifty copies not for sale, numbered respectively 101 to 550 and VII to LVI"--Page [vii].
SPEC C-2182

Shakespeare, William. Ed. G. Blakemore Evans. Shakespearean Prompt-Books of the Seventeenth Century. Charlottesville: Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia. 1960-. v. illus., facsims. 32 cm.
Note(s): Issued in portfolios.; Includes bibliographical references.; "The prompt-book[s are] reproduced in collotype facsimile (reduced in size by 10 per cent)"
SPEC C-2781 v.2-8

Shakespeare, William. Ed. B. Iden Payne. Shakespeare's As You Like It: As Arranged for the Stage of the Globe Theatre at the Century of Progress, Chicago. New York; Toronto; Los Angeles: S. French; London: S. French Ltd. 1935. 39 p. illus. 19 cm.
Responsibility: by B. Iden Payne.
Note(s): Includes cast list./ Series edited by Thomas Wood Stevens.
SPEC PAM-3860

Shakespeare, William. Ill. Edmund Dulac. Shakespeare's Comedy of The Tempest. New York: Hodder & Stoughton. 19--. 143 p., [16] leaves of plates: 16 mounted col. ill.; 26 cm.
Note(s): Illustrated t.p.; Colored plates tipped in on mounts.; "The text is printed by permission from the Oxford edition"--T.p. verso.
SPEC D-3646

Shakespeare, William. Ed. Thomas Wood Stevens. Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet: As Arranged for the Stage of the Globe Theatre at the San Diego Exposition. New York: S. French. 1937. 67 p. illus. 19 cm.
Note(s): A short version for the use of amateur groups. cf. Note.
SPEC PAM-3861

Shakespeare, William. Printed by Thomas Bird Mosher. Shakespeare's Sonnets. Portland, ME: Thomas B. Mosher. 1901. 3 p. ℓ., 3-155, [1] p., 1 ℓ.; 19 cm.
Note(s): "This first edition on Van Gelder paper consist of 925 copies."
SPEC TBM WS-25:1

Shakespeare, William. Printed by Thoms Bird Mosher. Shakespeare's Sonnets. Portland, ME: T. B. Mosher. 1907. 155, [1] p.; 18 cm.
Note(s): "This second edition on Van Gelder paper consists of 925 copies."--Title page verso./ Letterpress printed in an edition of 925 copies by Thomas Bird Mosher./ "Printed by Smith & Sale, Portland, Maine"--Colophon.
SPEC TBM WS-25:2

Shakespeare, William. Ed. B. Iden Payne. Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors. New York: S. French. 1962. 38 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
Responsibility: as arranged for the stage of the Globe Theatre at the Century of Progress, Chicago, by B. Iden Payne.
Note(s): Series edited by Thomas Wood Stevens.
SPEC PAM-3863

Shakespeare, William. Ed. Thomas Wood Stevens. Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, or, What You Will. New York: S. French. 1965. 55 p.; 19 cm.
Responsibility: as arrarged for the stage of the Globe Theatre at the San Diego Exposition by Thomas Wood Stevens.
SPEC PAM-3919

Shakespeare, William. Ed. Thomas Wood Stevens. Shakespeare's, the Taming of the Shrew. New York; Toronto; Los Angeles: S. French; London: S. French Ltd. 1937. 50 p. illus. 19 cm.
Note(s): A short version for the use of amateur groups. cf. Note.
SPEC PAM-3859

Shakespeare, William. Notes by Samuel Ayscough. Shakspeare's Dramatic Works; With Explanatory Notes. To Which is Now Added, a Copious Index to the Remarkable Passages and Words. Dublin: William Jones. 1791. 3 v.: 2 ports. (engravings); 23 cm (8vo).
Responsibility: by the Rev. Samuel Ayscough, F.S.A., and assistant librarian of the British Museum ; embellished with a striking likeness of Shakspeare, from the original folio edition, and another from the collection of His Grace, the Duke of Chandos.
Note(s): The Poems of Shakspeare, Dublin, William Jones, 1791 often found bound with v. 2./ The volumes are continuously paginated; plays are printed in 2 columns./ Engraved frontispiece portraits in v.1 lettered: Engrav'd by H. Brocas./ Some account of the life, &c. of Mr. William Shakespear by Rowe in v.1./ With a list of subscribers in v.1./ Vol. 3 has title: An index to the remarkable passages and words made use of by Shakspeare...
SPEC D-3733 v.1-3

Shakespeare, William. Illuminated by H.C. Hoskyns Abrahall. Songs of Shakespeare. London: Alfred Tarrant. 186-? [12] leaves: col. ill.; 29 cm.
Responsibility: illuminated by H.C. Hoskyns Abrahall.
Note(s): Bound in red cloth boards with gold borders; stamped in gold; illustrated t.p.; 12 chromolithography plates.; Text within ornamental border; initials.
SPEC C-2339

Shakespeare, William. Sonnets. New York: Little Leather Library. 1910? 158 p.; 10 cm.
SPEC F-82

Shakespeare, William. The Sonnets of Shakespeare. East Aurora, NY: Roycroft Shop. 1899. 162, clxiii-clxvi p. 2 ℓ. illuminations 21 cm.
Note(s): Head-pieces in color by Elbert Hubbard.; "Of this edition...but nine hundred & eighty copies were done into print, and types then distributed. This book is Number 214. Elbert Hubbard" [autograph].; Includes index.
SPEC E-2791

Shakespeare, William. The Sonnets of William Shakespeare. Mount Vernon N.Y.: Peter Pauper Press. 1936. [79] p., 1 l. 26 cm.
Note(s): "Nine hundred and fifty copies of this book, set by hand in Deberny type, have been printed on Andria paper at the Walpole printing office, Mount Vernon, N.Y."
SPEC D-1138

Shakespeare, William. Engravings by Mary Kuper. The Sonnets of William Shakespeare. Los Angeles: Plantin Press. 1974. 154 p.: ill.; 21 cm.
Note(s): "This edition of the sonnets of William Shakespeare has been entirely subscribed for by Jacob Israel Zeitlin & Josephine Ver Brugge Zeitlin"--Colophon.; "120 copies printed"--Colophon.
SPEC E-6862

Shakespeare, William. Selected by Charles Lamb and Mary Lamb. Tales from Shakespeare. Boston: Joseph Knight Company. 1900. 2 v. 16 cm.
SPEC BL-829 v.1-2

Shakespeare, William. Taming of the Shrew. New York: Knickerbocker Leather & Novelty Co. 19--. 221 p., [1] leaf of plates: port.; 80 mm.
Note(s): "Carefully edited and compared with the best texts."--Half-title page.
SPEC F-416

Shakespeare, William. The Taming of the Shrew. New York: Little Leather Library. 1910? 154 p.; 10 cm.
SPEC F-85

Shakespeare, William. Ill. Valenti Angelo. The Taming of the Shrew. Palo Alto: Lewis Osborne. 1967. 75p. col. ill.; 36 cm.
Note(s): Author's name transferred from head of title; place of publication taken from publisher's bill-head.; Title within colored decorative border.; "Text is that of the first Globe Edition edited by William Aldis Wright."; One of 375 copies.; Natural linen, with all-over pattern in red and green; gilt lettering on spine.; "Designed by Sherwood Grover. The pages were printed by Grabhorn-Hoyem at San Francisco in an editin of 375 copies...
SPEC C-1344

Shakespeare, William. The Tempest. New York: Knickerbocker Leather & Novelty Co. 18--. 216 p.: port.; 9 cm.
SPEC F-422

Shakespeare, William. The Tempest. New York: Little Leather Library. 1910? 123 p.; 10 cm.
SPEC F-84

Shakespeare, William. The Tempest. New York: Little Leather Library Corp. 1921? 123 p.; 10 cm.
Note(s): On back cover under series: Redcroft edition.
SPEC F-488

Shakespeare, William. The Tempest. New York: Robert K. Haas. 1925? 123, [1] p.; 10 cm.
Note(s): The publisher used this form of name between 1925 and 1930.
SPEC F-438

Shakespeare, William. Ill. Charles Ricketts. The Tempest, a Romantic Comedy. London: Ballantyne Press. 1902. 76 p. 24 cm.
Note(s): "This edition ... has been seen through the press by T.S. Moore. Decorated by Charles Ricketts under whose supervision the book has been printed at the Ballantyne Press ... Sold by Hacon and Ricketts, London&by John Lane, New York"--Colophon./ Printer's device (Vale Press): p. [iv]./ Ornamental borders..
SPEC D-671

Shakespeare, William. Ed. Alfred Harbage. The Tempest: A Comedy. New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts. 1946. xi, 84 p.; 17 cm.
Responsibility: by William Shakespeare, newly edited from the first folio text; edited by Alfred Harbage.
SPEC E-6936

Shakespeare, William. Adapted by Julie Taynor. Titus: The Illustrated Screenplay 1st ed.. New York: Newmarket Press. 2000. 191 p.: ill. (some col.); 32 cm.
Responsibility: Julie Taymor; adapted from William Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus.
SPEC STRR-1

Shakespeare, William. Ill. Mary Grabhorn. Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra. San Francisco: Grabonhorn Press. 1960. 111 p. col. illus. 39 cm.
Note(s): "One hundred and eighty-five copies."; "The text for this edition ... has been taken ... from the first folio of 1623."
SPEC B-38

Shakespeare, William. The Tragedie of Julius Caesar. [Hammersmith], [London]: [Printed by T.J. Cobden-Sanderson]. 1913. 111 pages, 5 unnumbered pages; 24 cm.
Note(s): Colophon: Printed by T.J. Cobden-Sanderson at the Doves press ... from the Text of the First folio, first imprinted in 1623, with only such corrections of the Text as are set out opposite. 200 copies on paper and 12 copies on vellum.
SPEC D-3786

Shakespeare, William. Ill. Mary Grabhorn. The Tragedie of King Lear. San Francisco: Grabhorn Press. 1959. 103 p.: col. ill.; 31 cm.
Responsibility: by William Shakespeare ; with woodcuts by Mary Grabhorn.
Note(s): "One hundred and eighty copies printed according to the original folio of 1623."
SPEC C-864

Shakespeare, William. Ill. Mary Grabhorn. The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice. San Francisco: Grabhorn Press. 1956. cxv p.: col. ill.; 39 cm.
Note(s): Spine title: Othello.; "This edition, reprinted from the First Folio of 1623, is limited to one hundred and eighty-five copies"--Colophon.
SPEC B-223

Shakespeare, William. Ill. Eric Gill. The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark. High Wycombe: Hague and Gill. 1933. ix, 149 p. illus. 20 cm.
Responsibility: by William Shakespeare; with engravings by Eric Gill & an introduction by Gilbert Murray.
Note(s): "This edition of Hamlet is designed and illustrated by Eric Gill. Fifteen hundred copies have been printed ... for the members of The Limited Editions Club. This copy is number 1477." Signed by the illustrator.
SPEC D-1136

Shakespeare, William. The Tragedy of King Lear. New York: Knickerbocker Leather and Novelty Co. 1900--? 284 p. illus. 80 mm.
Note(s): "Carefully edited and compared with the best texts."--Half-title page.
SPEC F-417

Shakespeare, William. Ill. Charles Ricketts. The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. London: Ballantyne Press. 1900. 100 p. 24 cm.
Note(s): "This edition ... has been seen through the press by T.S. Moore. Decorated by Charles Ricketts under whose supervision the book has been printed at the Ballantyne Press ... Sold by Hacon and Ricketts, London&by John Lane, New York"--Colophon./ Printer's device (Vale Press): p. [iv]./ Ornamental borders.
SPEC D-673

Shakespeare, William. Ill. Sylvain Sauvage. The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. New York: Heritage Press. 1935. [5], 125 p., [8] leaves of plates: ill. (some col.); 29 cm.
Note(s): "The text used in this edition is ... based upon 'the authorized version' of 1599, and is used as the 'Romeo and Juliet' volume in the Temple Shakespeare."--4th prelim. leaf.; Designed by Frederic Warde.
SPEC C-170

Shakespeare, William. Twelfth Night, or, What You Will. New York: Knickerbocker Leather & Novelty Co. 191-. 192 p., [1] leaf of plates : port.; 80 mm.
SPEC F-418

Shakespeare, William. Twelfth Night: or, What You Will. New York: Little Leather Library. 1910? 128 p.; 10 cm.
SPEC F-83

Shakespeare, William. The Vale Shakespeare. London: Hacon & Ricketts. 1900-1904. 36 v. in 39 24 cm.
Note(s): Each play forms a separate volume, with special title (no imprint), collective title as above, on verso preceding text, and colophon: This edition ... has been seen through the press by T. S. Moore. Decorated by Charles Ricketts under whose supervision the book has been printed at the Ballantyne press ... sold by Hacon and Ricketts, London & by John Lane, New York.; Title vignette: Vale press mark, ornamental borders.; 310 sets printed.
SPEC D-3720 v.1-39

Shakespeare, William. Ill. Rockwell Kent. Venus and Adonis. Rochester: Printing House of Leo Hart. 1931. 80, [2] p. illus. 28 cm.
Note(s): Printed on one side of leaf on opposite pages.; "The edition is limited to twelve hundred and fifty signed copies, of which the first seventy-five are printed on English handmade paper and eleven hundred and seventy-five on Hand & arrows."; Typography by Will Ransom. Signed by Rockwell Kent.
SPEC C-389

Shakespeare, William. Ed. John Doebler. Venus and Adonis. Tempe: Venus and Adonis. 1984. [8], 8, [60] p.: ill.; 29 cm.
Responsibility: William Shakespeare; newly edited with an introd. by John Doebler.
Note(s): Based on the text of the First Quarto, 1593, in the Bodleian Library.; With lithographs by Leonard Lehrer.; "A numbered edition of one hundred twenty and thirty proof copies ... "--Colophon.
SPEC C-2143

Shakespeare, WIlliam. Venus and Adonis: Vilia miretur vulgus: mihi flauus Apollo Pocula Castalia plena ministret aqua 1593. Hammersmith: Doves Press. 1912. 57 p.; 24 cm.
Note(s): "Printed by T. J. Cobden-Sanderson ... from the text of the First Edition imprinted by Richard Field, 1593 ... 200 copies on paper and 15 copies on vellum ... "--Colophon.
SPEC D-2655

Shakespeare, William. VIII Lyrics. San Francisco: Grabhorn Press. 1946. 1 p.ℓ., [8] p., 1ℓ.; 21 cm.
Note(s): Songs selected from the plays of Shakespeare. The 1st lyric is from The Tempest, act 1, scene 2; the 2nd, from The Tempest, act 5, scene 1; the 3rd, from The Two Gentlemen of Verona, act 4, scene 2; the 4th, from A Midsummer Night's Dream, act 2, scene 2; the 5th, from The Merchant of Venice, act 3, scene 2; the 6th-7th, from As You Like It, act 2, scenes 5 and 7 respectively; and the 8th, from Cymbelline, act 2, scene 3./ "A souvenir of Albert M. Bender"--Page [11]. Above is the device of the Grabhorn Press./ 100 copies printed by the Grabhorn Press.
SPEC PAM-1891

Shakespeare, William. The Works of Shakespear. Dublin: Printed for R. Owens and others. 1747. v. 18 cm.
SPEC E-196

Shakespeare, William. The Works of Shakespear: In Six Volumes: Carefully Revised and Corrected By the Former Editions Octavo edition; Oxford edition. London: Printed for J. and P. Knapton, S. Birt, T. Longman, H. Lintot, C. Hitch, J. Brindley, J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, R. and B. Wellington, E. New, and B. Dod. 1745. 6 volumes.: 1 portrait (engraving); 21 cm (8vo)
Note(s): Loose-leaf "Advertisement from the booksellers" inserted on the page [3] of cover.; Printed from the 1744 Oxford edition edited by Sir Thomas Hanmer, who followed Pope's edition of 1723-25, with notes and emendations noted and identified, in part, by Warburton (Folger card catalog).; Contains the plays only.; Title vignette.; Vol. 1 with a general title page; all volumes with a dated volume title page, with contents listed on volume title page verso; all plays with an individual play half-title.; Engraved frontispiece plate lettered: B. Arlaud del., G. Duchange scul.; Vol. 1 includes an advertisement from the booksellers, a preface to the Oxford edition, Mr. Pope's preface, and "Some account of the life, &c. of Mr. William Shakespeare" written by Mr. Rowe. Vol. 6 with a glossary.
SPEC E-8526 v.1-6

Shakespeare, William. Ed. Herbert Farjeon. The Works of Shakespeare. The Text of the First Folio with Quarto Variants and a Selection of Modern Readings: Ed. by Herbert Farjeon …. London: Nonesuch Press; New York: Random House. 1929-1933. 7 v. 24 cm.
Note(s): "This edition consists of 1050 copies for sale in Great Britain & Ireland and 550 copies for sale in the United States of America ... printed ... at the Cambridge university press." No. 229.; Nonesuch number 58.
SPEC D-726 v.1-7

Shakespeare, William. The Works of Shakespeare. In Eight Volumes. London: Printed for J. Tonson, and the rest of the Proprietors. 1635 [i.e. 1734-1735. 8 v. fronts. 17 cm.
Note(s): Pope's edition--cf. B.M. v. 220, col. 9, item 2.; Includes: Some account of the life, &c of Mr. William Shakespear. Written by Mr. Rowe.; Set consists of plays issued separately by Tonson 1734-1735 with the addition of volume title pages and the Life by Rowe.
SPEC E-276 v.8 Rare Books and Manuscripts, High Density Storage Collection

Shakespeare, William and John Marston. Ed. John Bowle. Miscellaneous Pieces of Antient English Poesie. Viz. The Troublesome Raigne of King John, Written by Shakespeare, Extant in No Edition of His Writings. The Metamorphosis of Pigmalion's Image, and Certain Satyres. By John Marston. The Scourge of Villanie. By the Same. All Printed Before the Year 1600. London: Printed for Robert Horsefield. 1764. 6 p. β., [9]-234 p. 16 cm.
Note(s): With reproduction of original title-pages.; Ed. by John Bowle.
SPEC E-2150