The play of Pericles Prince of Tyre
By: Wm. Shakespeare ; with passages introduced from George Wilkins' The painfull adventures of Pericles, Prince of Tyre ; newly edited & introduced by Crispin Elsted ; illustrated with wood engravings by Simon Brett
Contributors: Elsted, Crispin, 1947-; Brett, Simon, 1943-; Elsted, Jan; Wilkins, George, active 1607; Barbarian Press
Publisher: Barbarian Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: [Mission, B.C.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 235
ISBN-13: 9780920971406; 9780920971413
Subjects: Authorship; Collaboration; Illustrations; Princes; Drama; Early works to 1800
Other titles: Reading Pericles
Work titles: Pericles
Notes: Vol. [1] dated MMIX [2009] on title page.

Vol. [2] has t.p.: Reading Pericles : essays / by Simon Brett & Crispin Elsted ; notes & glosses on the text by Crispin Elsted.

"Published in 2010 by Crispin & Jan Elsted at Barbarian Press in an edition of 116 copies, of which 100 numbered copies constitute the Standard edition, & twelve, designated I to XII, the Deluxe; four additional Deluxe copies are hors commerce. The text ... was newly edited ... from the 1609 Quarto text, with reference to many later editions. The book and bindings were designed by Crispin Elsted, who also set the type; the book was printed by Jan Elsted ... Both states are printed ... in Poliphilus & Blado, with Jim Rimmer's Duensing Titling for display. The play itself and the textual notes are hand-set; the 16 point type for the essays in Reading Pericles is Monotype composition, cast by Michael and Winifred Bixler ... The calligraphic texts at the opening and closing of the play and on the covers of Reading Pericles are by Andrea Taylor. The photograph for the frontispiece of the second volume is by Denis Larocque. The engravings, all printed from the wood, are by Simon Brett. The Standard binding, by Alanna Simenson and Russell Murphy at Rasmussen Bindery in North Vancouver, is full purple morocco with an inlaid vellum panel and vellum spine label stamped in gold, for the play; and quarter morocco with vellum spine label and printed paper sides, for Reading Pericles. Both volumes are enclosed in a labelled chemise of white linen in a purple silk slipcase."--Colophon (v. [2]).

Rare Book copy: No. 59; signed by Simon Brett, Jan Elsted, and Crispin Elsted.

Includes bibliographical references (v. [2], p. 62-65).