The Works
by Shakespeare William
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Ambleside, Cumbria, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Macmillan, 1881 'The Globe Edition', edited by William George Clark and William Aldis Wright; 1084 pages; Leather-Bound Hardback: signed binding (Wilbee, Harrow) of full dark green polished calf decorated in gilt, spine panelled with raised bands, red leather lettering-piece, end-papers and edges marbled, Harrow School prize bookplate to front pastedown and gilt device to top board; Head of spine snagged, corners rubbed, calf scraped on lower board, vg.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookfare
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9281
- Title
- The Works
- Author
- Shakespeare William
- Format/Binding
- Full-Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1881
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Wilbee Binders Leather Bindings Shakespeare's Plays William George Clark William Aldis Wright
Terms of Sale
Bookfare
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Bookfare
Biblio member since 2014
Ambleside, Cumbria
About Bookfare
Established 1977. Having run shops in Edinburgh and Windermere for twenty-five years, Bookfare is now postal business only.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Device
- Especially for older books, a printer's device refers to an identifying mark, also sometimes called a printer's mark, on the...
- 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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- 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....
- 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...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
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