William Shakespeare
The Tragicall Historie of Hamlet Prince of Denmarke, 1909
Hammersmith: Doves Press
One of 250 copies.
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Octavo. 159, 23pp. Printed in red and black. The text of the play was taken from the Second Quarto edition, with punctuation updates and spelling corrections by T. J. Cobden-Sanderson....
Octavo. 159, 23pp. Printed in red and black. The text of the play was taken from the Second Quarto edition, with punctuation updates and spelling corrections by T. J. Cobden-Sanderson. Hamlet marked the first of four Shakespeare plays printed by Cobden-Sanderson, and it contains the famous flourished opening initial "W" calligraphed by Edward Johnston in green. Uniform foxing to a single gathering (pp. 149-158), else fine in full limp vellum by the Doves Bindery.
