SHAKESPEARE AND OTHER DRAMA

Shakspeare, William. THE PLAYS AND POEMS OF.

It is June 2006, and this Shakespeare set is for sale,as are many other books from my library. Call meat 727 862-5012 or email me atmylibrary@webtv.net Jerry Morris

Philadelphia,1795,1796. Printed and sold by Bioren & Madan. Eight volumes. The stated First Americanedition of Shakspeare's Works. "Corrected from thelatest and best London editions, with notes by Samuel Johnson...." This is a married set; vol. viiihas a different binding. How rare is this set? Winterich, in his 1935 book, Early American Books And Printing(159,160,) had written: "...A dozen or so copies are known, of which at least a third areimperfect". Winterich meant that a third of the dozen copies were missing the frontispiece ofShakespeare because print collectors had removed them. My set has the frontispiece. It is the firstlikeness of Shakespeare that was made in America, and only one frontispiece was made for thisset (See Update below). I queried the Folger Library for an update on the number of sets. Georgianna Ziegler, Head ofReference at Folger's, emailed little old me that the NUC (National Union Catalog) lists 25libraries holding copies of my set; I am in good company: Princeton University, Boston PublicLibrary, Duke University, American Antiquarian Society, Henry E. Huntington Library,Rosenbach Museum and Library etc.. Volumes I-III were published in 1795 and volumes IV-VIII were published in 1796. I bought Volume VIII of this set on ebay in May,2000. The leather of this volume is quite wornand needs rebacking, but the book will stay in its original binding for now. I bought the otherseven volumes in December,2000. Several of these volumes volumes need rebacking. I wonderhow many other collectors have this set in their library?

Update: May, 2004. Sandy Malcolm, London bibliophile and friend, recently discovered thatRobert Field's engraving was not the first portrait of Shakespeare engraved in America. The firstportrait appeared in an advertisement for the Boydell edition of Shakespeare in the August, 1787

issue of The Columbian Magazine. James Trenchard engraved the standing portrait ofShakespeare, which was based on the Kent and Schoemakers monument at Westminster Abbey,which was erected in 1740. Thinking about it, a portrait copied from this monument would have

been perfect for an advertisement for a set of books: Shakespeare's right elbow is resting on a pile

of books while his left hand is pointing at an inscription from The Tempest. The pile of booksbeing the Boydell's new Shakespeare edition, of course.

The question does arise as to whether James Trenchard gets credit for engraving the first portrait.When it comes to book collecting, a work is considered to be a "first edition" when it is firstpublished in book form. If that work was published in a magazine beforehand, the magazinearticle is known as the "first appearance in print," and not the "first edition." Does the same

philosophy apply to engravings? I submitted this query, along with another one, to the ExlibrisList. You can read the entire post at http://www.tinyurl.com/3yg27

The second query pertained to the value of my set. John Windle, the noted San Franciscobookseller, ABAA,ILAB (JohnWindle.com), replied to my query and provided me with an

estimate of the value of my set. Thank you, John!

Shakspeare, William. Works Of. Volume II only

no place, no publisher, 1714. This is Volume II of thesecond edition of Shakspeare's Works by NicholasRowe. Rowe's edition of 1709,1710 consisted ofseven volumes, was the first small edition to bepublished after the folios, and the first with plates.Rowe's second edition consisted of nine volumes.Although the spine is in remarkable codition and thetitle label is still present, both covers are gone, andseveral pages are missing from the last play, All"sWell That Ends Well. This book, consists of thefollowing plays: Love's Labours Lost, A Midsummer-

Night's Dream, The Merchant Of Venice, As You Like It, The Taming Of The Shrew, and All'sWell That Ends Well. This book would be a money maker for one who would dismantle the book to sell each playseparately. Instead, I will make a solander case for it. The plays in this book have been togetherfor 286 years, and I will not separate them.

Shakspeare, William THE PLAYS OF WILLIAM SHAKSPERE VOL VIIOF NINE VOLS

Boston, 1812. Printed by Munroe & Francis ForThemselves; Ezra Sargeant, New-York; And EdwardEarle, Philadelphia ( Different wording on bottom offront paper board "Printed and Published by Munroe& Francis At The Shakspeare Bookstore, No. 4Cornhill"). Revised by Isaac Reed. Third Boston fromthe Fifth London edition. Contains Timons of Athens,Titus Andronicus, Troilus and Cressida, andCymbaline. Original paper boards. Paper spine is halfgone.

Bartlett, Henrietta C. and Pollard, Alfred W. A CENSUS OFSHAKESPEARE'S PLAYS IN QUARTO 1594-1709

New Haven,1916. Yale University Press. PublishedMarch,1916. One of 500 copies printed. Bought for$50 at the 2001 St. Petersburg Antiquarian Bookfair.Photo shows a listing of some of the first editions ofShakespeare. This book provides a description of thedifferent editions complete with title page info,number of leaves, size of pages, etc. Then it goes onto detail who possessed each copy, as well as itsprovenance and condition. Granted, this census waspublished in 1916, and ownership of some of thesebooks surely has changed hands, but I do find it

interesting.

Shakspeare, William. DRAMATIC WORKS OF. COMPLETE IN TWOVOLUMES

London, 1806. William Miller. A beautiful leather setwith marbled edges and marbled endpapers.

Here's a Link to Terry Gray's All-In-One Shakespeare Reference Web Site:

Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet

BEAUTIES OF SHAKSPEARE

Printed for C & J Rivington & the other Proprietors.London, May 24,1824. A nice little beauty to rebind;both boards detached and 90% of spine leather gone.

Dodd, William LL.D. BEAUTIES OF SHAKESPEARE

Library Press, n.d. London. The accompanying photoof the endpaper opposite the title page containsinformation about the author. If the printing is toosmall, the author was hanged for forging LordChesterfield's signature for monetary gain.

Staunton,Howard, editor. THE COMPLETE ILLUSTRATEDSHAKESPEARE

New York, 1989. Gallery Books. First published byGeorge Routledge in three volumes in 1858,1859, and1866.

Nesbit, E. ROMEO AND JULIET AND OTHER STORIES

London, n.d. Raphael Tuck & Sons. Cute little bookillustrated by Frances Brundage and J.W. Grey.

Halliwell, J.O. COMPLETE WORKS OF SHAKSPEARE (COMEDIESVOLUME ONLY)

London, c.1890 London Printing And PublishingCompany. $2.00 on ebay. One heavy book! Includesengravings of the actors and actresses in theircostumes.

Daniel. P.A. editor. ROMEO AND JULIET. REPRINT OF Q 2 1599

London,1874. N.Trubner & Co. A pamphletpublished for te NewShakspere Society

Shakespeare. William THE TRUE TRAGEDIE OF RICHARD DUKE OFYORK (Henry the Sixth, Part III) 1595

Oxford, 1958 (1595) Clarendon Press. ShakespeareQuarto Facsimile No. 11. Ex-lib from the MilwaukeeLibrary

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Chalmers, Alexander, editor. THE PLAYS OF SHAKSPEARE. VOLUME IVOF NINE.

London, 1811. Printed for J. Nichols an Son: F.C.Rivington; etc. An odd volume of a set containingComedy Of Errors, Macbeth, King John, KingRichard II, and King Henry IV Part I. Armorialbookplate of Henry James Leigh on front endpaper.

Davies, Thomas. DRAMATIC MISCELLANIES; CONSISTING OFCRITICAL OBSERVATIONS ON SEVERAL PLAYS OF SHAKESPEARE:WITH A REVIEW OF HIS PRINCIPAL CHARACTERS, AND THOSE OFVARIOUS EMINENT WRITERS, AS REPRESENTED BY MR. GARRICK

AND OTHER CELEBRATED COMEDIANS. VOL.III only

London,1785. Printed for the author, and sold at hisshop in Great Russell-Street, Covent-Garden.Garrick's thoughts on the plays, Hamlet, Alexander,and Rehearsal, and some of the other dramatists,Dryden, Otway, Cibber, and Congreve. Vol. III ofthree vols.

Strunk, William, Jr. TOPICS AND QUESTIONS ON SHAKESPEARE

Ithaca, New York,1927. Cornell Co-OperativeSociety. One may recognize the author because of thebook that E.B. White made famous, the Elements ofStyle. Besides English, Strunk taught Shakespeare aswell at Cornell.

Robertson, John M. MONTAIGNE AND SHAKESPEARE

London, 1897. University Press. Bookplate ofWilliam Allen on front endpaper.

Lee, Sidney. A LIFE OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

London, 1899. Smith, Elder & Co. Illustrated LibraryEdition. Beautiful covers but spine is badly faded.

SHAKSPERE.

I had forgotten about this book! This was my secondbookbinding attempt ever. The green leather is theleather you would see on a desk. The book itselfdoesn't even have a title page; moreover the last fewpages are missing. But, this book is a permanent partof my Library!

Yes, that is the way Shakspere is spelled in this book.You'll find a link to the Spelling and Pronunciation ofWilliam Shakespeare, and much more on te followingwebpage of Dave Kathman and Terry Ross: http://shakespeareauthorship.com/

Spaulding, K.J. The Philosophy Of Shakespeare. Oxford,1953. George Ronald. Ex-lib

Shakespeare, William. OTHELLO, THE MOOR OF VENICE

This is the pamphlet on the top left. London,n.d. circa1850. Thomas Hailes Lacy. An interesting pamphletcontaining the play, stage directions, and a descriptionof the costumes. It also lists the actors and actresseswho played each character at Covent Garden onMarch 25,1833, at Sadler's Wells on June 3,1844, andat Olympic on Feb. 4,1850.

(Lamb,Charles) TALES FROM SHAKESPEARE. London,n.d. circa 1905. GeorgeRoutledge & Sons.

Shakespeare, William. HAMLET. Oxford,1876. Clarendon Press

Shakespeare,William. THE TAMING OF THE SHREW. London,1894. J.M.Dent. TempleShakespeare

Shakspeare, Will. THE TAMING OF THE SHREW. London,1785. John Bell, BritishLibrary. Bell's Edition.

England, Winburn Martha GARRICK'S JUBILEE

n.p.1964, Ohio State University Press. A study ofGarrick's three-day Shakespeare Festival at Stratford-upon-Avon in September, 1769.

Derrick, Samuel (Mr.Wilkes) A GENERAL VIEW OF THE STAGE

London,1759. Printed for J. Coote,in Pater-nosterRow; and W. Whetstone, in Skinner Row, Dublin. Bought on ebay from satnrose, who duly noted alldiscrepancies. Front cover detached and leather needsreplacing. Written by Derrick under the name of Mr.Wilkes. Derrick is best known for his Letters FromLiverpool, Chester & Dublin & 1767. Of these letters,both Lowndes,2919, and Allibone,495, quote SamuelJohnson: "If they had been written by one of a moreestablished name, they would have been thought verypretty letters". Signed by several people, most

prominent of which is Edward T. Mason, author and critic, who gave this book to his daughter onMarch 2nd, 1908. This book is divided into four parts, consisting of twenty-six chapters. Oddly,there is no heading for Part I, which covers the stage, the different types of drama, andspecifically certain works by Mallet, Shakespeare, Otway, Addison, Congreve and more. Part IIcovers the Art of Acting. Part III provides a Short Historical Account of the Stage, Ancient andModern, to the Restoration. Part IV provides a Critical Examination of the Merits and Demeritsof the Principal Performers in England and Ireland. This book will sit on the shelf alongsideFitzgerald's Art of Acting of 1892.

Fitzgerald, Percy. THE ART OF ACTING.

London, 1892. Swan Sonneschein & Co. PercyFitzgerald also wrote The Book-Fancier, Or TheRomance Of Book-Collecting, a very collectiblebook. I figure his book on Acting is a collectible bookas well. Fitzgerald gave a series of lectures on Actingat the Royal Institution, the Royal Institute, and theSociety of Arts. His book covers facial expressionsand hand gestures of actors, as well as scenic effectsof the stage, and provides a history of the stage in thelate 1800s.

Dryden, John. TYRANNICK LOVE, OR THE ROYAL MARTYR

London,1762. Printed for J. and R. Tonson.

DRAMATIC WORKS OF WYCHERLEY, CONGREVE, VANBRUGH,AND FARQUHAR, WITH BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL NOTES BY

LEIGH HUNT.

London,1851 (1840) Edward Moxon.. Fullleather,raised bands, and marbled endpapers andedges. I actually bought this book to add to my LeighHunt collection.

Connerly, Willard. BRAWNY WYCHERLEY. First Master in EnglishComedy

New York,1930. Charles Scribner's Sons.

Shaw, Bernard. DRAMATIC OPINIONS AND ESSAYS WITH AN APOLOGY BYBERNARD SHAW. Two Volumes. New York,1922. Brentano's.

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