The Complete Works of William Shakespeare with a Life of the Poet, Explanatory Foot-notes, Critical Notes, and a Glossarial Index 20 Volumes (complete) Harvard Edition
by Shakespear, William / Henry N. Hudson (editor)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good- with No dust jacket as issued
- Seller
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Decatur, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Ginn, Heath, & Co.. Very Good- with No dust jacket as issued. 1881. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. The set shows uniform light wear and soiling to the covers. Most wear is to the spine tops which have light rubbing or in a some fraying in a few volumes. All volumes has some soiling / darkening to the spines with light general soiling to covers. All volume are very good internally -- tight, clean, and bright with readable type size. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .
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- Bookseller
- Novel Ideas Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 244012
- Title
- The Complete Works of William Shakespeare with a Life of the Poet, Explanatory Foot-notes, Critical Notes, and a Glossarial Index 20 Volumes (complete) Harvard Edition
- Author
- Shakespear, William / Henry N. Hudson (editor)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good- with No dust jacket as issued
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- Publisher
- Ginn, Heath, & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1881
- Bookseller catalogs
- Drama;
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Novel Ideas Books
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Decatur, Illinois
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Jacket
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...