Shakespeare, William (2009) ‘Sonnets and Poems’, Folio Society letterpress limited edition

William Shakespeare (2009) ‘Sonnets and Poems‘, Folio Society letterpress limited edition. One of 1,980 copies of which this is no. 1586. Comes with the companion volume and the clamshell case.

Condition: fine with the slightest of shelf wears to the clamshell case. Long sold out from The Folio Society.

Here is an interesting video showing how the hand marbled paper has been produced: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEbAJNie_po

Production details:

• Quarter-bound in goatskin leather
• Blocked in gold with hand-marbled paper sidesby Ann Muir
• Gilded top edge and ribbon marker.
• Set in 16pt ‘Monotype’ Baskerville with Caslon Display,
• Printed by letterpress on mould-made paper.
• Oxford University Press text, edited by various scholars under the General Editor Stanley Wells. Presented together with a commentary volume which includes the text of the play with full explanatory notes.
• Supplied in a buckram-bound solander box measuring 15″ x 11″ x 2¾”.
• Letterpress volume: 14″ x 10¾”.
• Commentary volume: bound in buckram. 8¾” x 5¾”