Shakespeare, William. The poems of William Shakespeare

Folger bibliographic ID: 226466
Newman & Wiche. Great and good books: 398
Limited Editions Club. Bibliography of the fine books published by the Limited Editions Club, 1929-1985: no. 398
Folger call number: Sh.Col. 265- 794q
Folger holdings ID: 257983
Accession Number: 265794

General notes

Limited edition of 1,500 copies, designed by John Dreyfus, and signed by the illustrator Issued in slipcase "... printed at the University Printing House in Cambridge by Brooke Crutchley, Printer to the University."--colophon

Contents

Venus and Adonis --

Item information about Folger Sh.Col. 265- 794q

Quarter burgundy mock-leather binding with red cloth boards and a relief portrait of Shakespeare on front cover. Slip case split. 29 cm as housed. Folger bookplate: Gift of Paul S. Koda. Number 55 of the edition. Inserted between front cover and first fly leaf: Limited Editions Club newsletter for November 1967 (no. 405) in envelope addressed to Mr. Stanley Rinehart / 42 Paschell Road / Shelburne / Wilmington 3, Delaware

Uniform title: Poems. 1967
Extended title: The poems of William Shakespeare / edited and introduced by Peter Alexander ; illustrated with wood engravings by Agnes Miller Parker

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Poems

author: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
editor: Alexander, Peter, 1893-1969
illustrator: Parker, Agnes Miller, 1895-1980
book designer: Dreyfus, John
printer: Crutchley, Brooke
former owner: Rinehart, Stanley
donor: Koda, Paul S. (Paul Stephen), 1942-
printer: Cambridge University Press
associated with: Limited Editions Club