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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) With Notes of Various Commentators, Accurately Printed From the Text of George Steevens's Last Edition in Ten Volumes | Volume I: Some Account of the Life of William Shakspeare, Shakspeare's Will, The Tempest, Two Gentlemen of Verona, Merry Wives of Windsor, Twelfth Night, Measure for Measure. Volume II: Much Ado About Nothing, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Love's Labour's Lost, The Merchant of Venice, and As You Like It. Volume III: All's Well That Ends Well, Taming of the Shrew, Winter's Tale, Comedy of Errors, Macbeth. Volume IV: King John, King Richard II, King Henry IV. Part I, King Henry IV. Part II, and King Henry V. Volume V: King Henry VI. Part I, King Henry VI. Part II, King Henry VI. Part III, and King Richard III. Volume VI: King Henry VIII, Troilus and Cresida, Timon of Athens, and Coriolanus. Volume VII: Julius Caesar, Antony and Cleopatra, Cymbeline, Titus Andronicus, Pericles. Volume VIII: King Lear, by Shakspeare, William [1564-1616] (Shakspere, Shakespere, Shakespeare) [Engraved by Heath after Stothard, Fuseli and Hamilton] Prefaces and Annotations by Samuel Johnson and George Steevens, et al. [Nicholas Rowe] - 1807
by Shakspeare, William [1564-1616] (Shakspere, Shakespere, Shakespeare) [Engraved by Heath after Stothard, Fuseli and Hamilton] Prefaces and Annotations by Samuel Johnson and George Steevens, et al. [Nicholas Rowe]
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The Plays of William Shakspeare (Shakspere, Shakespere, Shakespeare) With Notes of Various Commentators, Accurately Printed From the Text of George Steevens's Last Edition in Ten Volumes | Volume I: Some Account of the Life of William Shakspeare, Shakspeare's Will, The Tempest, Two Gentlemen of Verona, Merry Wives of Windsor, Twelfth Night, Measure for Measure. Volume II: Much Ado About Nothing, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Love's Labour's Lost, The Merchant of Venice, and As You Like It. Volume III: All's Well That Ends Well, Taming of the Shrew, Winter's Tale, Comedy of Errors, Macbeth. Volume IV: King John, King Richard II, King Henry IV. Part I, King Henry IV. Part II, and King Henry V. Volume V: King Henry VI. Part I, King Henry VI. Part II, King Henry VI. Part III, and King Richard III. Volume VI: King Henry VIII, Troilus and Cresida, Timon of Athens, and Coriolanus. Volume VII: Julius Caesar, Antony and Cleopatra, Cymbeline, Titus Andronicus, Pericles. Volume VIII: King Lear,
by Shakspeare, William [1564-1616] (Shakspere, Shakespere, Shakespeare) [Engraved by Heath after Stothard, Fuseli and Hamilton] Prefaces and Annotations by Samuel Johnson and George Steevens, et al. [Nicholas Rowe]
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Printed by T. Bensley and J. M'Creery; for Peter Wynne and Robert Scholey, and for James Wallis, 45-46 Paternoster Row, London 1804, 1805, 1807. 1804 - 1807., 1807. Uniform matching hard back binding in contemporary calf, spine in six compartments with three red and black Morocco labels, (gilt author on red, volume number and title on black), London and date to the foot, gilt centre tools, lines and details, gilt barley twist design and three ruled gilt lines to the front and rear board perimeters, gilt lines to the edges and returns, black and brown marble page edges and end papers 8vo. 8½'' x 5½''. Portrait frontispiece to volume I. Engraved vignettes to title pages of each volume and to the title pages of each individual play. Volume One also containing Rowe's "Life of Shakespeare" and the text of his will. Corners rubbed and turned-in, small chips to the spine ends of volumes VI and X, volume VIII rebacked with new piece of leather added to the top of the spine, volume I rebacked and with new matching rear board, two contemporary ink names to each second front free end paper, without any foxing or age toning to the text block. 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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