Shakespeare's Tragedy of Timon of Athens William Shakespeare; Israel Gollancz [Preface] Plays

A charming edition of one of Shakespeare"s most enigmatic tragedies, with Sir Israel Gollancz"s preface, bound in a delightful full-calf binding with gilt blind stamping. Bound in a charming full calf binding with gilt blind stamping."The Tragedy of Timon of Athens" is one of Shakespeare"s later plays, an interesting work, sometimes viewed as being unfinished or experimental. It tells the story of Timon, a wealthy Athenian nobleman renowned for generosity, who is betrayed by false friends and descends into bitterness and misanthropy.Sir Israel Gollancz (1864 1930), a distinguished Shakespearean scholar and founding member of the British Academy. Bound in a full calf binding with gilt. Externally, lovely, with just the slightest tracce of shelf wear to extremities. Slight offsetting to endpapers. Slight rubbing to tail of spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with one or two spots to first and last few leaves. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper dated 1925. Near Fine