All the World’s a Stage

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“Shakespeare’s Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies is one of the two most important works in the English language, culturally, historically, and linguistically—the other, of course, being the King James Bible,” says Christopher Sokol of London-based Sokol Books. The dealer is bringing a 1632 edition of the Bard’s seminal work to the California International Antiquarian Book Fair, which runs February 9 through 11 at the Pasadena Convention Center. In explaining the volume’s rarity, Sokol says, “It is from this version of the text, published just 16 years after the author’s death, that all modern versions derive.”

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Shakespeare’s Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies

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Shakespeare’s Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies

Photo: Courtesy