The First Folio of Shakespeare, The Norton Facsimile 2E 1996 0393039854

Acceptable condition. The front cover has a slight pull back of the fabric cover, no fabric missing. The first 14 pages have a slight water staining. 968 Pages. W. W. Norton & Company. 10x14.75x2.5 Inches. Synopsis: One of the essential books of English literature and culture, the justly famous First Folio of Shakespeare's plays, a full-size photographic facsimile that has won the admiration of actors and scholars throughout the world. When it was published in 1968, The Norton Facsimile set a new standard for scholarly accuracy. It was the first facsimile in which every page had been selected from a large number of copies in an attempt to find a clean, clear example with minimal show-through. Even more important, it offered the latest, most corrected state of pages known to vary from copy to copy because of correction at press. Finally, it introduced a standard system of reference, "through line numbering," based on the lines printed in the 1623 edition... " 266-02-08-25-3800