The Pictorial Edition of the Works of Shakespere in EIGHT(8) VOLUMES
by Shakespere, William [Shakespeare][Edited by Charles Knight]
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Internally, all of the volumes are clean and tight. Condition of the bindings varies. One spine is entirely missing. One cover
- Seller
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Brattleboro, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
London: Charles Knight & Co., nd (ca 1838). Gilt decorated brown cloth. Internally, all of the volumes are clean and tight. Condition of the bindings varies. One spine is entirely missing. One cover is detached. The remaining volumes had small spine nicks and tears, many reguled. Overall, it's about VG. Large 8vo. Profusely illustrated with wood engravings. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. Wikipedia says this edition was published in parts from 1838-41 and that his non-standard spelling of "Shakespere" set a trend.
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- Bookseller
- The Bear Bookshop, John Greenberg
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18021721
- Title
- The Pictorial Edition of the Works of Shakespere in EIGHT(8) VOLUMES
- Author
- Shakespere, William [Shakespeare][Edited by Charles Knight]
- Illustrator
- Profusely illustrated with wood engravings
- Format/Binding
- Gilt decorated brown cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Internally, all of the volumes are clean and tight. Condition of the bindings varies. One spine is entirely missing. One cover
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Charles Knight & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- nd (ca 1838)
- Pages
- 8 volumes
- Size
- Large 8vo
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, Elizabethan Tragedy, Elizabethan Comedy, Elizabethn History, English Tragedy, English Comedy, English History, Poetry, Sonnets, Biography, Illustration, Elizabethan Drama, English Drama, Elizabethan Theatre, English Theatre, Theater
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About the Seller
The Bear Bookshop, John Greenberg
Biblio member since 2005
Brattleboro, Vermont
About The Bear Bookshop, John Greenberg
A used and rare bookshop with over 25,000 volumes on all subjects. The Bear Booskhop, founded in 1975, has a strong collection in most academic areas.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- ND
- no publisher's date given
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- 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....
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