Shelfmark
Krr.2.12(01)
Author
Uniform title
[Hamlet]
Title
Shakespeare's tragedy of Hamlet, prince of Denmark. : Arranged for representation at the Princess's Theatre, with explanatory notes by Charles Kean, F.S.A., as performed on Monday, January 10th, 1859.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Printed by John K. Chapman and Co., 5 Shoe Lane, and Peterborough Court, Fleet Street, [1859].
Physical description
110 p. ; 20 cm.
Note
Pagination continuous; in roman numerals up to p. vi, arabic from p. 7.
Provenance
Presentation copy from Charles Kean to J.W. King; ms. inscription on title-page recto: "To J. W. King Esq. from his sincere friend Charles Kean. Presented on C.K.'s birthday 18 Jan. 1859."
Provenance
With bookseller's description (Henry Sotheran) on letterhead paper, loosely inserted.
Binding
Sammelband. Late 19th- or early 20th-century three-quarter brown morocco with marbled paper. Spine with five raised bands and gilt lettering ("Hamlet / Henry V / Shakespeare"). Textblock trimmed, rounded, and gilted. Endpapers in marbled (pastedowns and facing leaves) and undecorated; three flyleaves at both ends of the textblock. Binder's stamp on first endpaper verso: "Henry Sotheran, Ltd."
Copy-specific note
Bound with: Henry V (1859), shelfmark Krr.2.12(02).
Copy-specific note
Bookseller's price and codes on first free lower endpaper recto.
Copy-specific note
Former ECL shelfmark: Krr.2.20(01).
Subject
English drama (Tragedy) 19th century.
Genre/Form
Plays.
Genre/Form
Tragedies.
Added entry--name
Kean, Charles John, 1811? - 1868 editor.
Added entry--name
John K. Chapman and Co. (London, England) printer, publisher.
Added entry--name
Henry Sotheran Ltd. binder, bookseller.
Added entry--name
Added entry--place
England London.
Language code
eng
Identifier
B50800