As You Like It by Shakespeare (Inside a Book) - Dragon in Knots

As You Like It by Shakespeare (Inside a Book)

A book is always more than a book, but some instances are more obvious than others. Such is the case of this copy of As You Like It, a facsimile from the first folio. Its former owner stuffed it full of articles and other Shakespeare-related ephemera.

 

The title page                                                                                          As You Like It - Facsimile of Shakespeare First Folio

A look inside                                                                                          As You Like It - Facsimile of Shakespeare First Folio

Verse numbering bookmark included!As You Like It - Facsimile of Shakespeare First Folio

A list of other titles availableAs You Like It - Facsimile of Shakespeare First Folio

Ephemera, mostly from Shakespeare's 400th birthdayShakespeare Ephemera from 1964

A very fancy brochure from an exhibitionShakespeare Ephemera from 1964

Classic portrait of WilliamShakespeare Ephemera

James I with the Globe Theater in the backgroundShakespeare Ephemera

 "That Man Shakespeare"That Man Shakespeare vintage news article

"Why not Pattern Dinner after the Bard of Avon?"Dinner with Shakespeare vintage news article

 

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1 comment

This is so interesting! I’d really like to read more.

A M

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