The Works of William Shakespeare
by William Shakespeare
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Indeed
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
£650.00£585.00
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (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.
Terms of Sale
Rooke Books
Books are sent on approval and may be returned in like condition for any reason within 14 days of receipt. Responsibility of return to be with the purchaser.
About the Seller
Rooke Books
Biblio member since 2007
BATH, Somerset
About Rooke Books
Welcome to Rooke Books Antiquarian Bookseller
We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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