Complete Works Volumes by Shakespeare William Edited Aldis Wright (3 results)

Three-Quarter Leather. Condition: Very Good-. No Jacket. Limited Edition. Two oversize three-quarter blue leather hardcovers with gilt lettering and decorations to spine; five raised bands; blue cloth over boards; top edge gilt; marbled endpapers; limiited edition 303/750; signed by Rockwell Kent at the beginning of volume one. Very good minus condition: spines toned to tan; the fading effects the leather on the boards too; a little dark staining to spine tails; edge wear, including some mouse nibbling; straight; the paper over the hinges is cracked but the hinges are holding well; pages excellent. Will require extra for priority shipping. Not available for international shipping. Size: Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Signed by Illustrator(s). Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Complete in exquisite full leather binding. 20 volume Cambridge Shakespeare. A limited edition of 500 copies printed on handmade paper. Macmillan and Co, London and New York. Full maroon leather (crushed Levant) with raised cords on the spine, gold lettering. Top edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Each volume measures slightly larger than 7 x 10.25. Volume 1 contains the prefaces to both first and second editions. This set printed 1893-1895. Wide margins and well printed. Spine is faded a tone darker than the boards, but all bindings complete and in very good condition. The binding is not signed, which is unusual for work as fine as this. (The set comes from a collection with other sets finely bound at Chicago's Monastery Hill Bindery.) Previous owner's name stamped in gold at the base of the spines "J.C. Peasley" who seems to have been a Chicago banker at the turn of the century. 40 volumes (bound in 20) with all of Shakespeare's plays and a few collaborations and speculations at the end. Please email to request photos or with questions (I will spare you the list of plays, since we all know what they are). Sits on 28" of shelf space. Extra shipping will be required to get it safely through the mail. This is the nicest set of Shakespeare we've seen in a long while. (shelved in the glass case with sets and fine bindings).

The complete works of William Shakespeare, in nine volumes. "The Cambridge Shakespeare". Condition commensurate with age. The spines of 2 of the volumes are sunned, as illustrated in the photo.