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London: The Folio Society, 1956. Hardcover. Good/Fair. First printing From the Folio Society series of Shakespeare's complete plays. Illustrated with the designs of costumes by Audrey Cruddas and b/w images of decor and staging by Roger Furse. With an introduction by Laurence Olivier. Complete with Dust Jacket. DJ has tears to edges with slight loss, and mild marking. Covers are toned and sunned through Dust jacket. Light mark to ffep. Contents otherwise clean and tight. Good overall.

London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1900. Hardcover. Good. Tremendous illustrated 'Savoy' edition of Shakespeare's complete works. Including all his plays and his sonnets plus his longer poems, the Rape of Lucrece etc. Printed in double columns. With a brief biography. With 28 colour images, including the Chandos portrait of Shakespeare and fold out images of famous paintings of the plays by Artists such as Landseer, Gilbert, Millais and others. Plus numerous b/w reproductions of photographs of actors in costume. Fine binding, full read morocco leather with gilt and blind-stamped decoration to cover with W. S. initials. Raised bands to spine. Inner and outer dentelles. Marbled end-papers. All edges gilt. 8vo. (220x160mm) [xxxviii] 1085pp. Rubbing to edges of spine and corners. Very light, occasional spotting within. Contents clean and binding sound. Good+

London: The Folio Society, 1955. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First edition from the Folio Society series of Shakespeare's complete plays. Illustrated with the designs for costumes and stages by Tanya Moiseiwitsch done for the Stratford Company's tour of Australia and New Zealand. With an introduction by Ivor Brown. Complete with Dust jacket. Dust jacket has rubbing and small tears to edges with slight loss from top and tail of spine. Violet/Maroon cloth boards are very slightly rubbed and bumped at edges, Contents clean and tight. Very good in a good DJ.

London: William White, 1857. Hardcover. Good. Displaying 'The multiform phases of the Human Mind, collated, elucidated and alphabetically arranged'. Extracts and examples of Shakespeare's plays that present philosophical and moral lessons on human behaviour, giving, if you will, Shakespeare philosophy. Red cloth with blind-stamped design and beveled edges. All edges gilt. Engraved half-title. Advertisements to front and rear pastedowns. 12mo. 643pp. Rubbing to extremities, mild fraying to top and tail of spine. Occasional light spotting within. Front hinge slightly weakening but binding sound overall. Good.

London: Everyman Library; J. M. Dent, 1929. Hardcover. Good. Neat quarter leather binding of the Everyman edition of Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories and Tragedies, plus his poems. Reprinted editions from 1929, 1931 and 1932. Blue leather with gilt decoration to spine. Top edge gilt. 12mo. Rubbing to leather at top and tail of spines. Light marking to covers. Contents clean and tight. A nice little set. Good.

London: Oxford University Press; Humphry Milford, 1960. Hardcover. Good. Charming special edition of Shakespeare's Works, bound in publisher's lambskin with decorative floral design to spines. With introductory essays and glossary. Full leather. Top edge gilt. Frontis-portraits. Small 8vo. (185x135mm) light marking and scratches to covers. Small scuff to rear cover of Histories volume. Contents clean and bindings sound. Good+