Shakespeare First Folio The History of the BookVolume I: an Account of the First Folio Based on Its Sales and Prices, 1623-2000

Name: Shakespeare First Folio The History of the BookVolume I: an Account of the First Folio Based on Its Sales and Prices, 1623-2000
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ISBN: 9780198187691

ISBN-10: 0198187696

ISBN-13: 9780198187691

Edition: 2001

Authors: Anthony James West

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The Shakespeare First Folio is arguably the greatest book ever written in the English language, and it is the only source for half the plays (including Macbeth and The Tempest). Vast amounts have been written on it up to its publication - for example on its printing and proofreading - but very little since it left the press in 1623. And yet its story is a highly significant contribution to the history of the book worldwide, and crucial to the study of Shakespeare's 'afterlives'. The present volume breaks new ground in its account of the price and sales history of the books - from one pound in the seventeenth century to over half a million pounds today - placing this in the context both of…

Book details

List price: $380.00
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 5/24/2001
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 238
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



Foreword



General Preface]


Preface to Volume I


List of Tables


List of Charts


List of Illustrations


Abbreviations and References


Short Titles



Sales and Prices of First Folios: A History from 1623 to the Present



The Number and Distribution of First Folios Worldwide, 1902 and 2000



A Survey of First Folio Facsimiles since the Early 19th Century



Listings of the First Folio since the Early 19th Century Concordances of Lee/West and West/Lee copy numbers


List of Manuscripts and Printed Works Consulted


Index