Author: SHAKESPEARE, William
Title: The Life of King Henry V
Description: New York, Limited Editions Club, 1951. Hardcover. Folio (8-1/2" x 13") bound in full "blond" English buckram lavishly stamped in bright gold leaf, with beveled edges. The Arden text, edited and introduced by Herbert Arthur Evans with a prefatory note by Mark Van Doren. Copy #333 of 1500 numbered copies illustrated with tipped-in color plates after paintings by Fritz Kredel based upon the film version of the play created by Laurence Olivier. Perhaps most famous for its "Band of Brothers" speech, often used to arouse patriotism: "We few, we happy few, we band of brothers." Issued unsigned. Ill.: Fritz Kredel. Fine in glassine and a moderately soiled, Near Fine slipcase .

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