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Studies in Shakespeare
by White, Richard Grant
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable/No Jacket
- Seller
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Newton, Massachusetts, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1886. 8vo size deep maroon clothbound hardcover with gilt titles on spine. Book has olive green endpapers; 283 pages followed by a 13 page catalogue of the publisher's other titles. Richard Grant White (1822 - 1885) was a prominent Shakespearean scholar and literary critic. He wrote multiple books on Shakespeare, and edited a 12 volume edition of Shakespeare. White was the father of architect Stanford White. Provenance: the bookplate inside front cover is: William Roscoe Thayer. Thayer (1859 - 1923) was a historian, editor and author of more than 18 books, most historical or literary. Bookplate inside front cover detailed above. Book has damage to covers apparently from insects, water damage to lower corner of front cover and a water stain in the margin of up to page 94. One signature from pages 69 to 92 is separated from the book and laid it. It also appears to have some insect damage in the top margin. Back cover also has water damage to edge side. Head and heel of spine and corners are bumped. Both front and back pastedowns are cracked. Pages are tanned. Small tacky area on fep where sticker was removed.. Cloth. Acceptable/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Charity Bookstall
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006712
- Title
- Studies in Shakespeare
- Author
- White, Richard Grant
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Publisher
- Houghton, Mifflin and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1886
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Riverside Press; William Shakespeare; literary;
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiquarian;
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- Cloth
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- Jacket
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- 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...
- Cracked
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- 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....
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Bookplate
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