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SHAKESPEARE, William

Othello

Othello

London: The Folio Society, [1955]

Illustrated by MOISEIWITSCH, Tanya

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Othello by William Shakespeare. London: The Folio Society 1955. First printing thus. Introduction by Ivor Brown, designs by Tanya Moiseiwitsch. Glossary by Jean Rook. 224 × 173 × 17 mm. Pp. [1–2] 3–136: [8] leaves of colour plates (facing pp. [1], 16, 33, 48, 65, 80, 96 and 113). Type: Bembo. Printed in red and black by Benham and Company, the lithographs by Van Leer. Bound by Mackay in dark purple series binding (see item 27). White dust-jacket printed in dark brown and colour. The designs were made for the Stratford Memorial Theatre Company’s tour of New Zealand and Australia in 1953.

Light rubbing to boards, with light bumping and discolouration to spine tips, edges a little tanned, offsetting to prelims and slight cocking to spine; else a clean and uninscribed example. In a lightly tanned unclipped dust wrapper with a sunned spine, some small stains to spine and creasing to rear flap, a little loss to head of spine, some chipping to extremities and with some small archival tape repairs to verso; else good. Now in an archival sleeve.

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