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The Comedy of Errors; Much Ado About Nothing; Love's Labour's Lost; A Midsummer-Night's Dream; The Merchant of Venice [The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Volume Two only of nine volumes]
by Shakespeare, William; Edward Dowden (Introductions)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
London: Henry Frowde / Oxford University Press. Fair with no dust jacket. 1910. Hardcover. Chips to leather at ends of spine and corners of boards. Gutter split at front hinge. Previous owner's name. Marginalia on front endpaper.; This is Volume Two only of a nine volume edition of the complete works of William Shakespeare. This volume contains these five plays: The Comedy of Errors; Much Ado About Nothing; Love's Labour's Lost; A Midsummer-Night's Dream; The Merchant of Venice. [6], 402, [2], [8 (advertisements)] pages + frontispiece + extra decorative title leaf. Full burgundy limp leather boards with gilt lettering and decoration on spine. Page dimensions: 149 x 93mm. Top page edges gilt. Series: The World's Classics, #101. .
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- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 25486
- Title
- The Comedy of Errors; Much Ado About Nothing; Love's Labour's Lost; A Midsummer-Night's Dream; The Merchant of Venice [The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Volume Two only of nine volumes]
- Author
- Shakespeare, William; Edward Dowden (Introductions)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair with no dust jacket
- Publisher
- Henry Frowde / Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1910
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About the Seller
Renaissance Books
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Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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- Edges
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- Gilt
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- Fair
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- Marginalia
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- Jacket
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- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Spine
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