It has been organized into Histories (including the poems and sonnets), Comedies, and Tragedies, with the plays grouped in chronological order in each volume.Īttractively bound, with gold stamping on front and spine, and beautifully designed, these handsome volumes will undoubtably become a treasure for lovers of Shakespeare throughout the English-speaking world. It contains all the innovative features of the original, including a lucid General Introduction by Stanley Wells, and brief introductions to each work. The Complete Oxford Shakespeare divides this excellent book into three handy volumes. The result of the most fundamental rethinking of the text and presentation of Shakespeare's works ever undertaken, it offered many remarkable innovations features, including a new chronological order, revised stage directions, modern spelling and punctuation, and two full versions of King Lear-as originally written and as revised later for performance. The auction is on April 24, but the book will first be on display in London, Hong Kong and Beijing before it goes to the highest bidder in New York.Hailed in The Washington Post Book World as 'a definitive synthesis of the best editions of recent decades,' the massive one-volume Oxford Shakespeare was based on eight years of full-time research by a team of distinguished British and American scholars. This one, previously owned by Mills College in Oakland, Calif., is one of only six copies known to exist in private hands.

The last time a complete copy of the “First Folio” was sold, in 2001, it went for $6.2 million. If it hadn’t been published, historians say, many of his most famous plays would have been lost forever. With The Royal Shakespeare Company Collection, your library can offer high-definition, surround-sound recordings of modern productions featuring the worlds. The rare book is considered the first authoritative collection of the Bard’s plays.

It includes 36 of Shakespeare’s plays, including “Macbeth,” “The Twelfth Night,” “Measure for Measure” and “Julius Caesar,” according to Christie’s.

“First Folio” was published in 1623, just seven years after Shakespeare’s death and before he was acknowledged as a literary great, by his friends and actors John Heminges and Henry Condell. The collection is considered one of the most influential books of all time, right next to the Bible. The book, “Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies” - also known as the playwright’s “First Folio” - could go for $6 million at the Christie’s auction. That’ll be the question in April when the very first collection of William Shakespeare’s plays goes up for auction in New York. Rare T-rex skeleton named 'Trinity' sells for $6.1M at auction The true, very sweaty story behind John Travolta's famous 'Fever' duds Christie's under fire for selling jewels that belonged to billionaire widow of Naziġ912 linen map of Titanic sells for nearly a quarter-million bucks

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