William Shakespeare: The Sonnets by William Shakespeare - 1947

William Shakespeare: The Sonnets, Decorations by Reynolds Stone, Published by The Folio Society, 1947, Very Rare, 1st Edition, Published With the Founding of the Folio Society, Elegant Half -Leather, Hard Bound, Gold Emblem Stamped, Marble Paper Backed Boards, Gold Gilt Accents and Lettering, Gold Gilded Along the Top Edge. ----- Near Fine Antiquarian Condition. Faint to indiscernible signs of any wear. The book is clean, secure binding, crisp inner pages, unmarked, no writing, no stains, no rips, no edge chipping, no page folds, not ex-library. A stunning volume. Free USA Shipping ----- The Folio Society is a privately owned London-based publisher, founded by Charles Ede in 1947. It produces illustrated hardback editions of classic fiction and non-fiction books, poetry and children's titles. Folio editions feature specially designed bindings and include artist-commissioned illustrations (most often in fiction titles) or researched artworks and photographs (in non-fiction titles). Shakespeare's sonnets are poems that William Shakespeare wrote on a variety of themes. When discussing or referring to Shakespeare's sonnets, it is almost always a reference to the 154 sonnets that were first published all together in a quarto in 1609; however, there are six additional sonnets that Shakespeare wrote and included in the plays Romeo and Juliet, Henry V and Love's Labour's Lost. There is a partial sonnet found in the play Edward III.