S. Schoenbaum — William Shakespeare: A Documentary Life

Oxford, The Clarendon Press; The Scolar Press, 1975 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this detailled biographical account of Shakespeare's life and works, illustrated with a wide array of facsimile plates and encased in the original dust wrapper. First edition. In the publisher's original cloth binding, housed in the original, clipped dust wrapper. Illustrated with a frontispiece of the Flower portrait of Shakespeare, six folding plates, and illustrations throughout, including a wide array of facsimile reproductions of parish records, portraits, artifacts, legal papers, title pages, wills, and more. Collated, complete. An in-depth chronological documentary presentation of Shakespeare"s life and works, exploring the little known, surviving information about the most important playwright of all time. Written by Samuel Schoenbaum, a noted twentieth-century Shakespearean scholar and the former director of the Folger Shakespeare Library, who uncovered previously unrecorded manuscripts and biographical records pertaining to Shakespeare. In the publisher's original cloth binding, housed in the original, clipped dust wrapper. Externally, very smart with light marking and minor shelf wear. Dust wrapper has been clipped but retains the original £17.50 price sticker to the front internals. Significant tearing to the wraps, especially to the spine tail and rear, where the covers are creased, peeling and generally delicate. Internally, firmly bound. Page 206 contains a printout of relevant notes entitled "Francis Mere's Comments on Shakespeare". A number of post-it notes from the previous owner are retained in the text. The work also has a mild odour. Pages show the occasional spot and mark, otherwise this is a very bright and clean copy. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good/Good Only.