GREATEST TRAGEDIES
OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

with illustrations by ROCKWELL KENT

Franklin Library / Oxford University Press
Introductory Message copyright 1981

the six illustrations by Rockwell Kent were specially commissioned for a deluxe edition of "The Complete Works of Shakespeare" copyright 1936 by Doubleday.

this edition of The Greatest Tragedies is based on the text established by William Aldis Wright

INCLUDED

Macbeth
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
Othello, Moor of Venice
Romeo & Juliet
King Lear
Julius Cesar

This hardback book measures approx 6 1/4 by 9 3/8 and had 639 pages. It has a finely sewn binding. It has a red leather covered spine and decorative gold design on the spine and on the board's covering. The end pages are decorated with a water-silk design. The Page edges are gold on all three sides. There is a red ribbon bound in to use as a page-marker. - from Amzon