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Shakespeare.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, author.; Bell, Henry Glassford, 1803-1874.; Irving, Henry, Sir, 1838-1905.; Wilson, Charles, active 1924, former owner.; Benson, Frank R. (Frank Robert), 1858-1939, associated name.
1921
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Title
Shakespeare.
Uniform title
Works. 1921. Collins' Clear-Type Press
Variant title
Half-title: Complete works of William Shakespeare
Created/published
London ; Glasgow : Collins' Clear-Type Press, [between 1921 and 1924?]
Description
xlv, 1,312 p., [91] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), ports. ; 20 cm
Associated name
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, author.
Bell, Henry Glassford, 1803-1874.
Irving, Henry, Sir, 1838-1905.
Wilson, Charles, active 1924, former owner.
Benson, Frank R. (Frank Robert), 1858-1939, associated name.
Note
Includes biographical introduction by Henry Glassford Bell and an essay on Shakespeare and Bacon by Henry Irving.

Photolithographed title-page.

Includes portrait of Sir John Martin Harvey, knighted 1921; inscription in Folger copy dated 1924.

Same setting of type as the 1900 edition published by W. Collins, Sons & Co.,

With 61 portraits of actors in roles, and 23 scenes from Shakespeare.

Includes index of characters and glossary.
Folger-specific note
Printmakers and/or illustrators named in volume.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Great Britain -- Scotland -- Glasgow.

Call number
PR2754 1yt2 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
Inscription: Charles Gibson, with all good wishes from Frank Benson; our indiscretion sometimes serve us well, when our deep plans do pail; "There's a divinity that shapes our ends, rough-hew them as we may"; the readiness is all; January 18th, 1924. Publisher's cloth binding, with gold stamp, marbled endpapers.
Folger accession
cs1516