{"product_id":"the-tragedy-of-antony-cleopatra-william-shakespeare-introduction-sir-laurence-olivier-illustrated-folio-society-1952-2","title":"The Tragedy of Antony \u0026 Cleopatra","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSHAKESPEARE, William. The Tragedy of Antony \u0026amp; Cleopatra.\u003c\/strong\u003e London: The Folio Society, 1952. First printing thus. With an introduction by Sir Laurence Olivier, designs for costumes \u0026amp; scenery by Audrey Cruddas and Roger Furse. Glossary by Josephine Lane. 223 × 172 × 17 mm. Pp. [1–2] 3–134 [135–136]: [8] leaves of colour plates (facing pp. [1], 16, 33, 48, 65, 80, 97 and 112). Type: Bembo. Printed in purple and black by Mackay, the lithographs by Jarrold. Bound by Mackay in purple series binding with John Westwood’s design of seven quills on the front board and the spine lettered in gold in sans serif type. Each text was taken from the ‘New Temple Shakespeare’ published by J.M. Dent and edited by M.R. Ridley. White dust-jacket printed in yellow, black and colour. In addition to the plates, which show costume designs by Cruddas, there are five sketches of set designs by Furse in the text. All the designs were made for Olivier’s 1952 production at the Saint James’s Theatre.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA very good copy, the binding square and firm but worn to spine tips and corners and discoloured to spine, with a few foxing spots to the closed text block and offsetting to prelims, and a bookplate to FFEP; pages remain otherwise clean and uninscribed. In the good, unclipped dust jacket, slightly worn to extremities with minimal loss to crown, a little foxed and tanned to spine, but otherwise in very good nick; now housed in an archival wrapper.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Bard's famous story of a romance between two powerful lovers: Cleopatra, the queen of Egypt, and Mark Antony, who rules the Roman Empire.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sancho's Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53648173859155,"sku":null,"price":55.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0830\/5403\/5283\/files\/The-Tragedy-of-Antony-Cleopatra-WILLIAM-SHAKESPEARE-Cruddas-FOLIO-SOCIETY-1952_1_b8964b00-4f9d-489e-99a2-f5209eacae5c.webp?v=1778422542","url":"https:\/\/sanchosrarebooks.co.uk\/products\/the-tragedy-of-antony-cleopatra-william-shakespeare-introduction-sir-laurence-olivier-illustrated-folio-society-1952-2","provider":"Sancho's Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}