Poems for Shakespeare 2

Hughes, Ted; Enright, DJ; Hughes, Glyn; Soyinka, Wole; Heaney, Seamus; Schmidt, Michael; Huchel, Peter; Hampton, Christopher; Adcock, Fleur; Collins, William; Dunn, Douglas; Hamburger, Michael; Tanikawa, Shuntaro; Lucie-Smith, Edward;

Published by The Globe Playhouse Trust publications, London, 1973

About this Item

Signed, limited issue, printed before the Trade edition. Edited with an Introduction by Graham Fawcett. Octavo. 80pp. Quarter calf and red cloth-covered boards stamped in gilt, All edges gilt. Illustrated. A fine copy in publisher's cloth-covered slipcase Limited to 100 numbered copies specially bound and signed by fourteen of the contributing poets as issued including: Seamus Heaney, Ted Hughes, D. J. Enright, Harry Guest, Glyn Hughes, Wole Soyinka, Michael Schmidt, Edward Lucie-Smith, Fleur Adcock, Ted Walker, Douglas Dunn, Michael Hamburger, Christopher Hampton, and Tanikawa Shuntaro. In addition to which there is a signed dedication by Sam Wanamaker on the title page. Sam Wanamaker was instrumental in the re-opening of the modern Globe Theatre which had it's first performance in 1997. The smaller, indoor playhouse was affectionately named after him and is now nearly ten years old. Scarce. Overall Very Good condition, save for slipcase which has minor stains on the upper and lower end. There are small surface area scratch marks on the front and back board of the slipcase. Faint traces of rubbing.

Seller Inventory # 036897

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Poems for Shakespeare 2
• Publisher: The Globe Playhouse Trust publications, London
• Publication Date: 1973
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Authors