William Shakespeare (–1616)

Author of The Complete Works of William Shakespeare

Includes the names: W. Shakespeare, Wm. Shakespeare, willam sksperre, Wiliam Szekspir, William Shakspere, William Shakspere, Wiliam Shakespere, William Shakespear, William Sakespeare, William Shakepeare ... (see complete list), William Shakepeare, Willam Shakespeare, William Shakspeare, William Shakespere, В. Шекспир, William Shakspeare, William Shakespear, Wiliam Shakespeare, Wlliam Shakespeare, Willam Shakespeare, William Shakesphere, Willima Shakespeare, Wiliiam Shakespeare, Willism Shakespeare, William Shakespeare, William Shakespeare, William Shakespeare, William Shakespeare, William Shakespeare, Willaim Shakespeare, SHAKESPEARE WILLIAN, William Shakespeare, William Shakespeare, willian shakespeare, William Shakespeare, William Shakespears, William Shakespeare, William Shakespeare, Wiiliam Shakespeare, William Skakespeare, Wilhelm Shakespeare, Wililam Shakespeare, William Shakespeares, William Shakespheare, Williams Shakespeare, Wiilliam Shakespeare, William) (Shakespeare, Guglielmo Shakespeare, シェイクスピア, William by Shakespeare, וילים שקספיר, Mr. William Shakespeare, ויליאם שקספיר, William Shakespear Macbeth, Уильям Шекспир, Уильям Шекспир, Shakespeare edited by Alvin Kernin, Tucker & William Shakespeare Brooke, Editor (Shakespeare); Tucker Brooke, Tucker & William Shakespeare Brooke, Shakespeare (William Farnham Editor), Shakespeare (edited By Peter Alexander), William; Karl Young[editor] Shakespeare, Charles (ed) William; Knight Shakespeare, Karl (Editor) William ; Young Shakespeare, William Shakespeare (Ed Clarence Stratton), Ed. ) Shakespeare William (Peter Alexander, R.C. (edited by) William; Bald Shakespeare, Giles (editor) William; Gordon Shakespeare, C. F. Tucker Shakespeare; Edited By Brooke, Mark (intro) William; Van Doren Shakespeare, William; Tucker Brooke [editor] Shakespeare, Frank (editor) William; Kermode Shakespeare, Tucker Shakespeare William; Edited by Brooke, William Shakespeare (Edited By Tucker Brooke), Arthur D. (editor) William; Innes Shakespeare, Arthur (editor) William ; Gewirtz Shakespeare, William J. (editor) William; Rolfe Shakespeare, William; Eugene M. Waith [editors] Shakespeare, Harold F. (editor) William; Brooks Shakespeare, Sybil (foreword) William; Thorndike Shakespeare, William Shakespeare (Edited By William J. Rolfe), Illustrator). William. (Rockwell Kent Shakespeare, Charles Jasper (ditor William; Sisson Shakespeare, William [Edited By William Aldis Wright And Illust, William. Edited By George Lyman Kittredge Shakepea, William; Peter Alexander Shakespeare, ed.; George Rylands, intro.
Also includes: Shakespeare (1), G. Blakemore Evans (20), Shakespear (1), Collier (4), Arden (1), The Viking Portable Library (2), William Shakespeare (–1616) (6), Houghton Mifflin Co. (2)

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