'This is the second edition of an important book first published in 2003 … This deeply learned, well-written volume will be an indispensable reference work for Shakespeareans … Highly recommended.' W. Baker, Choice Magazine
List of Illustrations; List of Tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Part I: Text; Introduction; 1. Bringing Shakespeare to Print; 2. Collecting Shakespeare; 3. The Tonson Era 1: Rowe to Warburton; 4. The Tonson Era 2: Johnson to Malone; 5. Copyright Disputes: English Publishers; 6. Copyright Disputes: Scottish and Irish Publishers; 7. American Editions; 8. Nineteenth-Century Popular Editions; 9. Nineteenth-Century Scholarly Editions; 10. The New Bibliography; 11. Shakespeare in the Modern Era; 12. Shakespeare Beyond Print; Part II: Introduction to the Chronological Appendix; Chronological Appendix; Index 1: By Play/Poem Title; Index 2: By Series/Edition Title; Index 3: By Editor/Creator; Index 4: By Publisher/Printer/Host; Index 5: By Place of Publication (excluding London); Notes; Bibliography; Main Index.