The Works of William Shakespeare [Complete in Ten Volumes]. This item is unavailable.
Published by Shakespeare Head Press, Stratford-on-Avon, 1908
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Long Brothers Fine & Rare Books, ABAA, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.Long Brothers Fine & Rare Books, ABAA
AbeBooks seller since May 1, 2020
Condition: Used - Very good
£ 1,906.78
Item description from seller
4to. Pp. xvi, 317; 295; 341; 346; 386; 417; 405; 354; 441; 451. Frontis. portrait with tissue guard each volume. Half dark green morocco over green cloth, spine titles and rules in gilt, coat of arms in gilt on the covers, head edges gilt, fore and tail edges untrimmed, mottled green endpapers. Title page in red and black, handmade watermarked paper, colophon publisher's device. Edition limited to 1000, this copy hand numbered 418. Board edges rubbed, spine color minimally faded, small chips to the spines of vol. vi and vii, toning to leaf edges and tissue guards, bookseller ink stamp of Dorbils, Vancouver B.C. to rear endpapers. This "Stratford Town" edition is a beautifully printed set in the tradition of Kelmscott Press in handsome, durable bindings. Vol. X includes essays by Henry Davy, J. J. Jusserand, Robert Bridges, H. C. Beeching, E. K. Chambers, and M. H. Spielmann. Text revised and Notes by A. H. Bullen.
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- The Works of William Shakespeare [Complete in Ten Volumes]
- Author
- SHAKESPEARE, William; Arthur Henry Bullen (editor)
- Publisher
- Shakespeare Head Press, Stratford-on-Avon
- Publication year
- 1908
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Leatherbound
- Edition
- Limited Edition.
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- Fine Bindings, Fine Press, Literature