Edmund K. Chambers
William Shakespeare: A Study of Facts and Problems.
Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1963. Two-volume set. xvi/576/xv/448 pages.
Volumes, each measuring approximately 6.25" x 9.25", are bound in blue cloth, with stamped gilt lettering to spines. Books are in fine condition, with solid binding. Small stain appears in margin of page 443 of first volume. Pages are otherwise clean and bright. Work is illustrated with (fold-out) plates. Top edge of rear panel of dust jacket of first volume exhibits tear. Dust jackets are otherwise well preserved in mylar covers.
"Originally published in 1930, this two-volume work collates in compendium form a body of record, allusion, criticism, hypothesis and research concerned with the Shakespearean text and tradition. This book contains an analysis of material gathered from historical records and tradition."