The Tragedy of Richard II Part One

A Newly Authenticated Play by William Shakespeare

by Michael Egan

foreword by Eric Sams

First edition, signed, three volumes.  Lewiston, NY:  The Edwin Mellen Press, 2006 

Hardback set is overall in VERY GOOD condition.

• Pale gray cloth covers have titles in black ink. 
• Boards show some smudges, staining, edgewear.  Corners are bumped.  See photos.  
• Spines have black text and are a little darkened, with bumped ends.  See photos.  
• Bindings are tight. 
• End papers/ pastedowns show little to no sign of age or wear; author's inscription on fep of Volume 1.  
• Interior exhibits minimal signs of age and wear.  Inside pages are free of writing and intentional marks.
• Text block edges have a few marks.  See photos. 
• PS2025.0319

2184 pages. 6 x 9 inches

ISBN:  0-7734-6078-0

A First Edition copy, inscribed, of this critical edition of an Elizabethan drama that the author Michael Egan attributes to William Shakespeare.  Some superficial staining to the boards, in particular Volume II, Book 2, and to the text block edges, but overall a Very Good copy, with interior fresh and unmarked.

The text, an anonymous Elizabethan manuscript titled "Thomas of Woodstock," is argued by Michael Egan (b. 1941) to be a work by William Shakespeare.  Egan contends that this drama should rightly be known as The Tragedy of Richard II Part One.  It would have been composed sometime between 1582 and 1592, a period sometimes referred to Shakespeare's "Lost Years."

The three volumes, spread over four books, include a General Introduction, Synopsis, Text with Variorum Notes, Critical Commentary, and more.  

First edition.  Signed and inscribed to Robin Fox by the author on front end paper.

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