The Merry Wives of Windsor
by Shakespeare, William
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
-
New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: William Heinemann, 1910. Limited First Edition. Vellum. Fine. Thomson, Hugh. 4to - over 9¾. Book. William Heinemann, 1910., London:, 1910. First Edition, thus. Large quarto, 171 pages. Bound in vellum over boards, pictorially tooled in gilt. Illustrated with 40 colored plates, including frontispiece mounted on heavy brown paper and protected by lettered tissue guards. Top Edge Gilt. Number 137 of 350 numbered copies, signed by the illustrator. Generally fine condition, with some light soilage to decorated vellum binding, missing ribbon ties, and half-title/limitation page has tiny narrow hole in lower right corner (about one inch long). I will be glad to send photos of book, especially to allay concerns regarding said hole.
Synopsis
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Details
- Bookseller
- White Fox Rare Books and Antiques
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000106
- Title
- The Merry Wives of Windsor
- Author
- Shakespeare, William
- Illustrator
- Thomson, Hugh
- Format/Binding
- Vellum
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- William Heinemann
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1910
- Keywords
- Gift Book, Illustrated Plate Book, Shakespeare, English Literature, Theater
Terms of Sale
White Fox Rare Books and Antiques
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About the Seller
White Fox Rare Books and Antiques
Biblio member since 2010
New York, New York
About White Fox Rare Books and Antiques
By appointment. Antiquarian and rare books with strengths in illustrated plate books, the decorative arts, costume, sporting, foreign language literature (in the original language), with growing emphasis on early printing.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
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