Antony & Cleopatra / William Shakespeare ; designed and produced by Ronald King ; with notes and an introductory essay, "The elusive absolute," by Keith Please.
1979
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Title
Antony & Cleopatra / William Shakespeare ; designed and produced by Ronald King ; with notes and an introductory essay, "The elusive absolute," by Keith Please.
Uniform title
Antony and Cleopatra
Published
Guildford, England : Circle Press Publications, 1979.
Printed
Guildford, England : Circle Press Publications
Copyright
©1979
Description
xi, 59 pages, 5 unnumbered pages : illustrations (some color) ; 40 cm
Associated name
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. author.
King, Ron, 1932- book artist, signer.
Circle Press, printer, publisher.
King, Ron, 1932- book artist, signer.
Circle Press, printer, publisher.
Note
Eleven sections, unsewn, in paper wrappers; issued in a portfolio.
"A limited edition of three hundred books with five H.C. [hors commerce] copies, forty artist's proofs, and ten marked Circle Press, held for presentation; all the books signed by the artist"--Page [v].
"...the box designed and made at The Dorset Bookbinding Co., by Paul Haskell"--colophon.
"Published and printed by Circle Press Productions"--page [vi].
"A limited edition of three hundred books with five H.C. [hors commerce] copies, forty artist's proofs, and ten marked Circle Press, held for presentation; all the books signed by the artist"--Page [v].
"...the box designed and made at The Dorset Bookbinding Co., by Paul Haskell"--colophon.
"Published and printed by Circle Press Productions"--page [vi].
Includes
Container of (work): Please, Keith. Elusive absolute.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- Guildford, -- publication place.
Item Details
Call number
ART Vol. f285
Folger-specific note
Artist's proofs, lettered 'A.P.' in red ink. Signed by the artist. Housed in a canvas portfolio, quarter bound in blue leatherette. Acquired from Ron King / Circle Press 2017-10-10. Adopted by Jeffrey Cunard and Mariko Ikehara with thanks to the UCLA English Department, Acquisitions Night 2019.
Folger accession
270147