Shelfmark
Krr.3.39
Author
Uniform title
[Merchant of Venice]
Title
The Merchant of Venice / by William Shakespeare.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : New York : J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. ; E. P. Dutton & Co. Inc., 1935.
Physical description
xvii, [3], 128 p. ; 14 cm.
Series statement
(New Temple Shakespeare)
Note
With series title page. At head: "The New Temple Shakespeare"; at foot: "Edited by M. R. Ridley, M.A."
Note
Series title page, title-page, and preliminaries included in pagination. Final page not paginated but taken as so.
Note
Publisher's red cloth binding; gilt stamp with theatrical imagery on upper cover. Spine with gilt titling.
Note
Includes notes and glossary.
Note
Illustrations by Eric Gill.
Note
This copy reprinted 1949.
Note
Publication date and statement of manufacture from title-page verso: "Printed in Great Britain by Turnbull and Spears at Edinburgh".
Provenance
No provenance information recorded in the book.
Copy-specific note
Booksellers' price on free upper endpaper recto.
Copy-specific note
Ink stamp on upper endpaper recto: "John Gielgud's Season."
Copy-specific note
Ms. notes in an unidentified hand (presumbed to be performer or director associated with Gielgud's production; see Copy-Specific Note) throughout with annotations, underlinings, corrections and strikethroughs (e.g. on p. 3, Antonio's phrase 'Fie, fie!' annotated with the direction "Laugh").
Copy-specific note
Manuscript note on upper pastedown: "[?]Printed this with J. G. [i.e., John Gielgud] (1938) & in 1950 for Young Vic Company".
Subject
Venice Drama Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Gill, Eric, 1882 - 1940 illustrator.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Gielgud, John, 1904 - ? director.
Added entry--name
J. M. Dent & Sons publisher.
Added entry--name
E. P. Dutton publisher.
Added entry--name
Turnbull & Spears printer.
Added entry--place
England London.
Added entry--place
United States New York New York City.
Language code
eng
Identifier
B50703