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SHAKESPEARE'S WORKS ( the Reader's Shakespeare ) COMPLETE 9 VOLUME SET

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SHAKESPEARE'S WORKS ( the Reader's Shakespeare ) COMPLETE 9 VOLUME SET

by Shakespeare, William

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  • Hardcover
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About This Item

London: Walter Smith ( Late Mozley ), 1886. Complete Set of 9 Volumes. Frontispiece of Vol. I illustrated with a fine Photogravure Portrait of Shakespeare. Blue cloth covers with Gilt Designs of Lamps and dramatic masks on spines. Gilt Lettering to fronts & spines (including titles of plays in the volumes. Page edges untrimmed. 8 1/4" Tall. Printed at Clarendon Press, Oxford, by Horace Hart, Printer to the University. Vol I; Tempest, Two Gentlemen, Merry Wives, Measure for Measure, Comedy of Errors. 338 Pages. Vol II; Much Ado, Love's Labours Lost; Midsummer Night's Dream, Merchant of venice, As You Like It. 361 Pages. Vol III; Taming of the Shrew, All's Well, Twelfth Night, Winter's Tale. 338 Pages; Vol IV; King John, Richard II, Henry IV Parts 1 & 2, Henry V. 418 Pages; Vol V; Henry VI parts I, II & III. Richard III, Henry VIII. 451g; Vol VI; Troilus & Cressid, Coriolanus, Titus Andronicus, Romeo & Juliet. 364 Pages. Vol VII; Timon, Julius Caesar, Macbeth, Hamlet, King Lear. 422 pages. Vol VIII; Othello, Antony & Cleopatra, Cymbeline, Pericles. 373 Pages; Vol IX; Songs & Lyrics, Sonnets, Poems, Index to First Lines. 299 Pages. Attractive Antique Bookplates on Endpapers illustrated with the St. Levan (of St. Michael's Mount, Cornwall) Armorial Bearing. Quite a few top page edges still uncut so some of the plays are still unread. Some edge wear to cloth and a small dent on front of vol I (see photos). Foxing to some pages (see photos). No inscriptions. Set weighs 5.5 Kilos so Shipping outside UK will be extra. Please ask if you would like more Pictures, Information or a Shipping Quote. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Decorative Cloth. Very Good. Book.

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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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Bookseller
Cornish Books GB (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #
015221
Title
SHAKESPEARE'S WORKS ( the Reader's Shakespeare ) COMPLETE 9 VOLUME SET
Author
Shakespeare, William
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Very Good
Publisher
Walter Smith ( Late Mozley )
Place of Publication
London
Date Published
1886
Keywords
ANTIQUARIAN BOOKS/DRAMA/SHAKESPEARE/READER'S SHAKESPEARE
Bookseller catalogs
Antiquarian Books; Drama;
Note
May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.

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