A short life of Shakespeare : with the sources / abridged by Charles Williams from Sir Edmund Chamber's William Shakespeare: a study of facts and problems
1933, 1st edition. Oxford : Clarendon Press. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Item #445092
Physical description; vii, [1], 260 p : front., ill. (maps) port., facsims ; 19 cm. Contents; Principal dates.--Pedigree of Shakespeare and Arden.--Shakespeare's origin.--Shakespeare and his company.--The plays: publication.--The plays: authenticity and chronology.--The sonnets.--Appendix: I. Records. II. Contemporary allusions (to the First folio, 1623) III. Tradition (from 1625)--Index. Subjects; Shakespeare, William 1564-1616 ; Biography. Shakespeare, William 1564-1616 Sources. ; Biography. Chambers, E. K. (Edmund Kerchever) 1866-1954 Criticism and interpretation.
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