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The tragical history of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark / by William Shakespeare ; edited by Sydney Humphries.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, author.; Humphries, Sydney, 1862-1941, editor.; Adam and Charles Black (Firm), publisher.; R. & R. Clark (Firm), printer.
1911
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Title
The tragical history of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark / by William Shakespeare ; edited by Sydney Humphries.
Uniform title
Hamlet
Edition
New place ed.
Created/published
London : Adam & Charles Black, 1911 (Edinburgh : R. & R. Clark Limited)
Description
x*, 129 p. ; 29 cm
Associated name
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, author.
Humphries, Sydney, 1862-1941, editor.
Adam and Charles Black (Firm), publisher.
R. & R. Clark (Firm), printer.
Note
"Special note: The whole of the profit derived from the sale of this book will be devoted to the Shakespeare National Theatre."--preliminary page

"This edition of Shakespeare's tragedy of Hamlet. prince of Denmark is derived from the first quarto, the second quarto, the first folio, the seventh quarto, Sir Thomas Hanmer's first edition, the reverend Alexander Dyce's third edition, the Cambridge second edition, the Arden second edition, and the Caxton first edition."

"June 1911, first edition of 500 copies."--colophon

Corrections and notes (Addenda - April 1912) added to unsold copies; bindings with and without addenda have been differentiated by bindings.

Title and text with borders.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Great Britain -- Scotland -- Edinburgh.

Call number
PR2807 1911-2 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
Unopened. Publisher's decorated cloth binding; top edge gilt.
Folger accession
cs570