Considered the greatest writer in the English language, William Shakespeare's works are among the world's most widely read, most intensely studied, and most passionately collected. Early editions are also some of the most valuable.

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While quarto editions of some of the plays and poems were published during Shakespeare's lifetime (1564 - 1616), the first collected plays did not appear until 1623, seven years after the Bard's death. Known as the First Folio, the 36 plays in Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies were compiled by John Heminges and Henry Condell, Shakespeare's fellow actors in the King's Men, the theatrical company for which he wrote. Of the estimated 750 copies originally printed, 228 are believed still in existence, although only 40 of those remain complete. Most known copies are held by institutions - the British Library holds five copies and the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C. holds 82.

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Based on some highly publicized sales since 2000, three copies of the First Folio are known to be privately owned. A copy sold in 2001 at Christie's in New York for US $6.1 million, to Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen. In a private sale shortly before his death in 2003, Sir John Paul Getty purchased a First Folio from Oriel College, Oxford, for an estimated US $5.6 million. And in 2006, a complete copy owned by Dr. Williams's Library in London sold to an unknown buyer at Sotheby's for US $4.6 million.

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Considered the Holy Grail of book collecting, finding a previously-undiscovered First Folio by happenstance, and at a bargain price, is the dream of many a collector. There are, unfortunately, no First Folios currently available on AbeBooks. But take heart - there are many other rare and beautiful editions of Shakespeare's works currently on offer, including the Second Folio (1632) and the Fourth Folio (1685), 18th–century editions edited by Nicholas Rowe and Alexander Pope, early 20th–century editions illustrated by Arthur Rackham, and much more.