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Rivington et al, 1823. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1823. New Edition. 353 pages. No dust jacket. Fully bound in brown leather. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Severe cracking to hinges, causing boards to be loose. Loss of pastedowns, exposure of newspaper. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Heavy crushing & peeling to spine. Gilt lettering remains bright and clear.
The Plays of William Shakspeare (Shakspere, Shakespere, Shakespeare) From the Corrected Text of Johnson and Steevens. Embellished with Plates in Six Volumes | Volume I: A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Taming of the Shrew, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Much ado About Nothing, All's Well that Ends Well, and Measure for Measure; Volume II: A Winter's Tale, Two Gentlemen of Verona, Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Richard II, Richard III; Volume III: A Comedy of Errors, Macbeth, Henry VI, Pt I-III., and As You Like It. Volume IV: The Tempest, Twelfth Night, Henry VIII, Julius Caesar, Timon of Athens, and Coriolanus; Volume V: Love's Labour's Lost, King John, King Lear, Troilus and Cresida, Titus Andronicus, and Othello; Volume VI: The Merchant of Venice, Henry IV, Pt. I-II., Henry V, Antony and Cleopatra, Cymbeline, and Pericles [6 Volumes Complete] by Shakspeare, William [1564-1616] (Shakspere, Shakespere, Shakespeare) [Engraved by Heath after Stothard, Fuseli and Hamilton] Edited by Samuel Johnson and George Steevens - 1807
by Shakspeare, William [1564-1616] (Shakspere, Shakespere, Shakespeare) [Engraved by Heath after Stothard, Fuseli and Hamilton] Edited by Samuel Johnson and George Steevens
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The Plays of William Shakspeare (Shakspere, Shakespere, Shakespeare) From the Corrected Text of Johnson and Steevens. Embellished with Plates in Six Volumes | Volume I: A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Taming of the Shrew, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Much ado About Nothing, All's Well that Ends Well, and Measure for Measure; Volume II: A Winter's Tale, Two Gentlemen of Verona, Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Richard II, Richard III; Volume III: A Comedy of Errors, Macbeth, Henry VI, Pt I-III., and As You Like It. Volume IV: The Tempest, Twelfth Night, Henry VIII, Julius Caesar, Timon of Athens, and Coriolanus; Volume V: Love's Labour's Lost, King John, King Lear, Troilus and Cresida, Titus Andronicus, and Othello; Volume VI: The Merchant of Venice, Henry IV, Pt. I-II., Henry V, Antony and Cleopatra, Cymbeline, and Pericles [6 Volumes Complete]
by Shakspeare, William [1564-1616] (Shakspere, Shakespere, Shakespeare) [Engraved by Heath after Stothard, Fuseli and Hamilton] Edited by Samuel Johnson and George Steevens
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Printed for John Stockdale, Piccadilly, London, 1807. 1807., 1807. Uniform matching hard back binding in half burgundy leather, five raised bands to the spines with gilt title lettering and list of plays between two sections, top edges gilt, fore edges untrimmed, pink pebble cloth covered boards, gilt ruled lines to boards and corners, burgundy marble end papers on thick card stock. 4to 13'' x 11''. First published in 1773, this 1807 printing is beautifully illustrated with 11 full page monochrome plates and 11 vignettes engraved by Heath after Stothard, Fuseli and Hamilton, all with tissue guards. The text block is clean and white with only light foxing on the few first and last pages, the heaviest being to the plates, rubbing to the edges of the spines, corners and across the raised bands, bindings are tight and sound, stunning set. Weighs 27 kg. Member of the P.B.F.A.
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- Keywords SHAKESPEARE, William
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The Plays of William Shakspeare: Vol. VI
by William Shakspeare
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The Plays of William Shakspeare: Volume the Eleventh
by William Shakspeare
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London: J. Johnson; R. Baldwin; et al, 1803. Full-Leather. Good/No Jacket. J. Johnson; R. Baldwin et al,1803. Volume 11 only. Full calf with gilt ruled and decorated spine. Cover has mild shelfwear/soiling, lightly turned corners. Marbled endpapers. Name penciled on front flyleaf. Pages are clean and unmarked, slightly toned. Page 433 dog eared and followed by a pull out decorative page that is torn in half but complete. Contains two plays: King Richard II and King Henry IV, Part I. Binding is tight. Hinges are perfect. Good reading/research copy.
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The Plays of William Shakspeare [William Shakespeare] With Notes of Various Commentators Edited by Manley Wood Vol. XIII
by William Shakspeare
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George Kearsley, 1806. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1806. No Edition Remarks. 332 pages. Fully bound in leather. Rebound. Vol. XIII. Moderate thumb marking, foxing and tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges. Light cracking to gutters but binding remains firm. Book is slightly bowed and forward leaning with visible tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has hey loss to leather with prominent peeling and crushing to ends.
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The Plays of William Shakspeare [William Shakespeare] With Notes of Various Commentators Edited by Manley Wood Vol. XIV
by William Shakspeare
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George Kearsley, 1806. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1806. No Edition Remarks. 394 pages. Fully bound in leather. Vol. XIV. Rebound. Moderate thumb marking, foxing and tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges. Binding remains firm with slight creasing to gutters. Boards have moderate corner bumping and edge-wear with visible tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has heavier chipping and tanning with noticeable loss and crushing to ends. Book has a slight forward lean.
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The Plays of William Shakspeare (Shakespeare), Accurately Printed from the Text of the Corrected Copy Left by the Late George Steevens, Esq. with Glossarial Notes - Complete in ten volumes
by William Shakspeare (Shakespeare); George Steevens, Mr Rowe, Dr Johnson
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F.C and J. Rivington & Partners, London, 1823. 'A New Edition'. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Ten matching small volumes with dark green half leather bindings and marbled boards. Gilt decoration on spine, two spine labels on each volume with gilt lettering. Covers are lightly worn, corners, edges and spine ends are a little rubbed. Bindings are sound. Volume 1 contains black and white frontis portrait of Shakspeare. Marbled end-papers and block edges. Light foxing to prelims in some volumes, pages and text is clean, crisp and bright. 8 of the volumes have a previous owners name handwritten on front free end-papers. Volume I also contains 'Some Account of the Life &c. of William Shakspeare' by Mr Rowe. and 'Dr. Johnson's Preface to his Edition of Shakspeare's Plays, Printed in 1765'. 10-volume set (complete). No dust jacket, as published. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here…
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The Plays of William Shakspeare (Shakspere,Shakespere,Shakespeare) The plays of William Shakspeare by Samuel Johnson
by William Shakspeare
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London: F and C Rivington, 1804. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo.. Samuel Johnson's edition of nine volumes. Tan calf boards with gilt lines. Gilt bands to spines and gilt lettering and numbering. Lettering has faded. Edges are bumped and there is fading and scratching to boards but the bindings are uniformly tight and well presented. Internally the endpapers are of grey paper with the slight marks of a removed bookplate on Vol I and IX. Internally the pages are age-tanned but generally clean and bright. Dr Johnson's preface is included in Vol 1 together with an historical acount of The English Stage by Mr Malone. Engravings by Fuseli face the frontispiece of each play, Vol II has light foxing and slight rippling. Vol III has cream endpapers and the front hinge is just beginning to crack. There is scattered foxing to this volume and some pencilled annotations. Vol VI has slight staining and the occasional pencilled line. Vol VIII has scattered foxing. Vol IX has some pencilled annotations and slight…
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