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The Tempest

by Shakespeare, William

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About This Item

London & New York: William Heinemann & Doubleday Page & Co.. Fine. 1926. First Edition; First Printing. Full Leather. Fine vellum bound edition, no names or marks. Limited edition of 520 copies signed by Arthur Rackham on the limitation page. Minor shelf wear to cream colored cover. Endpapers are foxed. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 185 pages; Signed by Illustrator .

Synopsis

The Tempest is one of Shakespeare’s last solo-written plays. This tragedy tells the story of an exiled ruler who uses magic to restore his daughter to power and argues that the powerful must show mercy. First performed in 1611,  The Tempest  has been put to varied interpretations, from those that see it as a fable of art and creation, with Prospero representing Shakespeare, and Prospero's renunciation of magic signaling Shakespeare's farewell to the stage, to interpretations that consider it an allegory of Europeans colonizing foreign lands. O wonder! How many goodly creatures are there here! How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world That has such people in ’t! (V.i.)

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Bookseller
Elders Bookstore US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
32218
Title
The Tempest
Author
Shakespeare, William
Illustrator
Arthur Rackham
Format/Binding
Full Leather
Book Condition
Used - Fine
Quantity Available
1
Edition
First Edition; First Printing
Binding
Hardcover
Publisher
William Heinemann & Doubleday Page & Co.
Place of Publication
London & New York
Date Published
1926
Bookseller catalogs
Literature;

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About Elders Bookstore

In business in Nashville, Tennessee for nearly 80 years, we specialize in rare and collectible books. We have an extensive Tennessee, Southern and Civil War inventory. Lots of Genealogy and Family History material. Southern Literature, Signed 1st editions, and Children's books. Come see us when you are in Nashville. Our store hours are 10am - 3-pm CST Monday through Saturday.

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Vellum
Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
Fine
A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
Shelf Wear
Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
Foxed
Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
New
A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...

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