Shakespeare boiled down : written expressly for the New Home Sewing Machine Co.
1893
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Title
Shakespeare boiled down : written expressly for the New Home Sewing Machine Co.
Published
San Francisco, Cal : New Home Sewing Machine Co., [after 1893]
Printed
Chicago : Libby & Sherwood Printing Co.
Copyright
©1890
Description
31 pages, 3 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Associated name
Gray, George L., abridger.
Adaptation of (work): Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Plays. Selections.
New Home Sewing Machine Co., publisher.
Libby & Sherwood Printing Co., printer.
Adaptation of (work): Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Plays. Selections.
New Home Sewing Machine Co., publisher.
Libby & Sherwood Printing Co., printer.
Note
Caption title.
Cover illustration captioned "Macbeth murders Duncan, King of Scotland." Above, two small illustrations of Shakespeare's bust in a kettle of boiling water at either side of title.
"Written expressly for the New Home Sewing Machine Co.": page [1].
"Copyrighted 1890 by Geo. L. Gray"--front wrapper.
"Price 8 cents"--Front wrapper.
Advertising matter at end.
The Libby & Sherwood Printing Co. was incorporated in 1893.
Anachronistic references to sewing machines crop up here and there.
Cover illustration captioned "Macbeth murders Duncan, King of Scotland." Above, two small illustrations of Shakespeare's bust in a kettle of boiling water at either side of title.
"Written expressly for the New Home Sewing Machine Co.": page [1].
"Copyrighted 1890 by Geo. L. Gray"--front wrapper.
"Price 8 cents"--Front wrapper.
Advertising matter at end.
The Libby & Sherwood Printing Co. was incorporated in 1893.
Anachronistic references to sewing machines crop up here and there.
Contents
Othello
Merchant of Venice
Pericles, prince of Tyre
Cymbeline
King John
Two gentlemen of Verona
Henry VIII
King Henry IV
King Henry V
King Henry VI
The merry wives of Windsor
Julius Caesar
Richard II
Richard III
Macbeth
Troilus and Cressida
A midsummer night's dream
The taming of the shrew
As you like it
Titus Andronicus
Coriolanus
Love's labor's lost
Much ado about nothing
All's well that ends well
Twelfth night; or, what you will
The tempest
The winter's tale
The comedy of errors
King Lear
Measure for measure
Timon of Athens
Antony and Cleopatra
Romeo and Juliet.
Merchant of Venice
Pericles, prince of Tyre
Cymbeline
King John
Two gentlemen of Verona
Henry VIII
King Henry IV
King Henry V
King Henry VI
The merry wives of Windsor
Julius Caesar
Richard II
Richard III
Macbeth
Troilus and Cressida
A midsummer night's dream
The taming of the shrew
As you like it
Titus Andronicus
Coriolanus
Love's labor's lost
Much ado about nothing
All's well that ends well
Twelfth night; or, what you will
The tempest
The winter's tale
The comedy of errors
King Lear
Measure for measure
Timon of Athens
Antony and Cleopatra
Romeo and Juliet.
Genre/form
Advertisements.
Prices (Sales)
Prices (Sales)
Place of creation/publication
United States -- California -- San Francisco, -- publication place.
United States -- Illinois -- Chicago, -- manufacture place.
United States -- Illinois -- Chicago, -- manufacture place.
Item Details
Call number
Sh.Misc. 2268
Folger-specific note
Original printed wrappers.
Folger accession
267792
Former call number
Sh.Misc. 267- 792q