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Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, Tragedies and Sonnets (Works of)
by William Shakespeare
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Leigh-On-Sea, Essex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1900. Hardcover. Good. Tremendous illustrated 'Savoy' edition of Shakespeare's complete works. Including all his plays and his sonnets plus his longer poems, the Rape of Lucrece etc. Printed in double columns. With a brief biography. With 28 colour images, including the Chandos portrait of Shakespeare and fold out images of famous paintings of the plays by Artists such as Landseer, Gilbert, Millais and others. Plus numerous b/w reproductions of photographs of actors in costume. Fine binding, full read morocco leather with gilt and blind-stamped decoration to cover with W. S. initials. Raised bands to spine. Inner and outer dentelles. Marbled end-papers. All edges gilt. 8vo. (220x160mm) [xxxviii] 1085pp. Rubbing to edges of spine and corners. Very light, occasional spotting within. Contents clean and binding sound. Good+
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Details
- Bookseller
- AJ Scruffles
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007085
- Title
- Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, Tragedies and Sonnets (Works of)
- Author
- William Shakespeare
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Eyre & Spottiswoode
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1900
- Keywords
- leather_binding, fine_binding, plays, drama, elizabethan, theatre, hamlet, king lear, illustrated, richard III, Henry, midsummer nights dream
- Bookseller catalogs
- Leather Bindings; Shakespeare;
Terms of Sale
AJ Scruffles
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About the Seller
AJ Scruffles
Biblio member since 2010
Leigh-On-Sea, Essex
About AJ Scruffles
AJ Scruffles is an online bookseller, based between Epping and Harlow. Our website also hosts an online magazine with reviews, articles and humour
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 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....
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Fine Binding
- An elaborate and decorative binding, example including a leather-bound book with gilt edges, raised blind stamps, raised ribs,...
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