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            In the Hill Memorial Library on the Louisiana State University campus, in the Shakespeare collection resides a copy of William Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark. This book was published by High Wycombe, and printed exclusively for the members of the Limited Editions Club by Hague and Gill in 1933.

            The Limited Editions Club was founded in 1929 by George Macy and they were located in New York. Their purpose was to publish finely made and illustrated limited editions of classic literature. There are a couple of places that have collections from the club, including for example; the Library of Congress, the Harry Ransom Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin, and The Nashville Public Library. This edition of Hamlet took a...

Roses, written by William Shakespeare (1564-1616), part of an early American lithographic gift book series, can be found in the Laughlin Collection at the Hill Memorial Library on Louisiana State University’s campus. The Hayes Lithographing Company published this book in the city of Buffalo in New York.  Although the exact date of when the book was produced is unknown, we assume it to be around the 1900s. The book itself is a little worn, but it is in fairly good condition. The spine of the book is somewhat torn, but shows that it has been able to withstand many years of use. The book is rather small and has painted roses on the front cover.  Roses contains a white leatherette cover that has a pebbly texture. The cover of the book is marked with a yellow, maybe...

Group 4: Descriptive Account of New York Times tercentenary special edition (PR2923 1916 .N4 MAP)

We are exploring a newspaper from 100 years ago published by the New York Times, dedicated to celebrating the tercentenary of Shakespeare. This tercentenary celebration covered a series of newspapers published by The Times from February 20th 1916 through to April 23rd 1916, and the paper we have here is the first one in this line. We know that by nature of being a newspaper this item was intended for the general public, however we do not know who was in possession of this exact copy before it reached here in Louisiana. It was more preserved for content rather than being a particularly special item.

The pages of this...

Hamlet: A Television Script is a tall thin script bound like a book. The work was published in 1954. This item is more of a book than a script. It even contains illustrations like a book. This is something more for personal enjoyment rather than the actual script of an actor. The cover is white with red and black writing. The illustrations are by Ben Shahn and depict different scenes and characters every few pages. All of the illustrations are done in black with simple lines resembling brush strokes. Something to note is the lack of page numbers as well as line numbers, something any regular script requires. This script was adapted for the CBS television series Hamlet, which aired in 1959. The odd things about this book is the fact that the title claims that it is a...