Shakespeare's Works [3 Volumes]: Shakespeare's Tragedies; Shakespeare's Historical Plays, Poems & Sonnets; Shakespeare's Comedies
by Shakespeare, William
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
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About This Item
London: Robert Rivière & Son Ltd. / Printed by Temple Press [no date]. (Leatherbound) 981pp, [1]; 887pp, [1]; 847pp, [1]. Good. Undated (c.1920s?). Three (3) volumes. 12mo. Beautifully bound by Bayntun (Rivière) in blue, polished half-leather over marbled boards. Spine in six compartments; title compartment lettered in gilt, remaining compartments with uniform decorative devices in gilt. Top edges gilt. Spines heavily sunned; heavy sunning to quarter leather strip on "Comedies" volume; same sunning light on "Histories, Poems, & Sonnets" volume. Boards rubbed, most notable to leather at extremities and hinges. EPs and blancos toned at corners from leather corners on binding; also evident on edges. "Tragedies" volume starting at front gutter, remaining entirely secure. Each volume with engraved frontispiece with guard. Binder's stamp small at head of verso-ffep of each volume. This set from the library of renowned English-Canadian physician Ian McWhinney - the "Founding Father of Family Medicine" - with his bookplate on the ffep of each volume; "Tragedies" volume bookplate dampstained..
Reviews
On Feb 13 2017, a reader said:
Its is Shakespeare in all its glory and such a beautiful volume. My fingers itch to reread Hamlet, Macbeth and every sonnet he ever wrote!
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Details
- Bookseller
- Spafford Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 124561
- Title
- Shakespeare's Works [3 Volumes]: Shakespeare's Tragedies; Shakespeare's Historical Plays, Poems & Sonnets; Shakespeare's Comedies
- Author
- Shakespeare, William
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Robert Rivière & Son Ltd. / Printed by Temple Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, Classic Literature, English Literature, Fine Bindings, Literature - English, Plays, Poetry, Theater, Verse
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Spafford Books
Biblio member since 2009
Regina, Saskatchewan
About Spafford Books
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Glossary
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- 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...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- 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....
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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...
- Marbled boards
- ...