Shakespeare Adaptations | The Tempest; The Mock Tempest; and King Lear
Summers, Montague [Introduction and Notes by Augustus Montague Summers (10 April 1880 - 10 August 1948) was an English author and clergyman. He is known primarily for his scholarly work on the English drama of the 17th century, as well as for his idiosyncratic studies on witches, vampires, and werewolves, in all of which he professed to believe. He was responsible for the first English translation, published in 1928, of the notorious 15th-century witch hunter's manual, the Malleus Maleficarum]. William Shakespeare (Shakspere, Shakespere, Shakespeare) [1564-1616].
(Book #ID 95588)
Published by Jonathan Cape, Eleven Gower Street, London First Edition 1922. 1922.
First edition hard back binding in publisher's original orange and blue chevron patterned paper covered boards, cream, red and black title and author lettering label to the light brown cloth spine, fore and lower page edges untrimmed. 8vo. 8½'' x 6''. Contains [cviii] 282 printed pages of text. Hand written number 200 of 1000 Limited Edition copies. Age tanning to the closed text block edges. Very Good condition book in scarce Good condition dust wrapper with age tanning to the spine and edges, not price clipped, 15s. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. From the private library of William Leigh, General Manager of The Old Vic, London, and SIGNED by him to the front free end paper 'William Leigh'. Member of the P.B.F.A.
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