The Works of William Shakespeare; His Plays and Poems: From the Text of the Editions By Charles Knight with Glossarial Notes and Facts Connected with His Life and Writings
by Skalsepere, William; Charles Knight
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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The Works of William Shakespeare; His Plays and Poems from the Text of the Editions by Charles Knight with Glossarial Notes and Facts Connected with His Life and Writings, Abridged from "William Shakspere, A Biography. Complete in One Volume, Shakspere". Published by George Cox, London, 1853, Sixth edition. 8vo up to 9½" tall. 1060 pages. Profusely illustrated throughout by W. Harvey. Tan leather boards with gilt border front and back. Spine has 6 gilt raised bands with elaborate gilt design between each; title "Skakspere" (without 'e') in gilt block letters against dark brown leather strip. Endpapers and all edges marbled. Light and sporadic foxing, light toning to illustrations and otherwise contents are clean without markings, tears or folds. Free front endpaper along with blank page and frontis portrait are cleanly detached but remain bound together; easily repairable; remaining text block is tight. Boards have moderate wear with small stain to rear, tiny splits to head and tail of spine. A beautiful copy of a scarce edition.
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- Bookseller
- Back Lane Books (Member of IOBA) (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001844
- Title
- The Works of William Shakespeare; His Plays and Poems
- Author
- Skalsepere, William; Charles Knight
- Illustrator
- W. Harvey
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - See Notes
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- George Cox
- Place of Publication
- London, U.K.
- Date Published
- 1853
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- RARE AND COLLECTIBLE; POETRY AND DRAMA;
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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...
- Text Block
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- 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...
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
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