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The Works of William Shakespeare

The Works of William Shakespeare

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The Works of William Shakespeare

by William Shakespeare

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  • Hardcover
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Very Good Indeed
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Stratford-on-Avon: The Shakespeare Head Press, 1904-1906. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 10.5" by 7.5". None. The Shakespeare Head Press's limited edition of Shakespeare's works, in attractive bindings and printed on handmade paper. With a different tissue-guarded frontispiece in every volume. Includes the Comedy of Errors, Much Ado about Nothing, Love's Labour's Lost, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Merchant of Venice, As You Like It, The Taming of the Shrew, All's Well That Ends Well, Twelfth Night, The Winter's Tale, King John, King Richard the Second, The Two Parts of King Henry the Fourth, King Henry the Fifth, The First part of King Henry the Sixth, The Second and Third Part of King Henry the Sixth, King Richard the Third, King Henry the Eighth, Troilus and Cressida, Coriolanus, Titus Andronicus, Romeo and Juliet, Timon of Athens, Julius Caesar, Macbeth, Hamlet, King Lear, Othello, Antony and Cleopatra and Cymbeline. With watermarks to front blanks, titles and play titles in each volume. Volumes II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII and IX of ten volumes. The Shakespeare Head Press was established in Stratford on Avon in 1904 by Elizabethan Scholar, editor and publisher Arthur Henry Bullen they are reknowed for the quality of their design and printing, working in the Morris tradition. In armorial half morocco bindings. Externally very attractive with just some shelfwear and marks to the boards. The hinges have been reinforced, just one is slightly strained but holding firm. Internally, firmly bound, beautifully bright and clean throughout due to excellent quality paper. Very Good Indeed

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Bookseller
Rooke Books GB (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #
SET28-I-1
Title
The Works of William Shakespeare
Author
William Shakespeare
Illustrator
None
Format/Binding
Leather
Book Condition
Used - Very Good Indeed
Quantity Available
1
Binding
Hardcover
Publisher
The Shakespeare Head Press
Place of Publication
Stratford-on-Avon
Date Published
1904-1906
Size
10.5" by 7.5"
Keywords
Shakespeare Shakspere Plays Hamlet Shakspere
Note
May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.

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Rooke Books

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About Rooke Books

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Shelfwear
Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
Morocco
Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...

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