By Me..

a report upon the apparent discovery of some working notes of William Shakespeare in a sixteenth-century book

London: John Reddington, 1949.

Presentation copy from Alan Keen, the bookseller who made the discovery discussed in this book. Slim 8vo. Original red cloth, slightly faded. pp 68. 3 plates of photographs. Inscribed, "John from Alan, June 1949" to first free endpaper. On June 22nd 1940 Alan Keen, a dealer in rare books and manuscripts, was opening some bundles of books recently purchased in auction when he came across an early edition of 'Hall's Chronicles' with copious marginal notes annotated in what appeared to be an Elizabethan hand....