COMPLETE IN 24 VOLUMES. THIS EDITION WAS LIMITED TO 750 COPIES FOR SALE IN ENGLAND 100 IN THE USA AND 35 PRESENTATION COPIES. OCTAVO OLIVE-GREEN CLOTH GILT TITLES GILT IMAGE OF HUDSON ON FRONT BOARD TEG SILK BOOKMARK UNTRIMMED PAGE EDGES. EACH FRONT END PAGE IS FOXED BUT THEN THE PAGES ARE VERY BRIGHT AND CLEAN FIRM BINDINGS AND CLEN CLOTH. A VERY ATTRACTIVE SET. SCARCE. POSTAGE AT COST.
4 VOLUMES WITH GREY BOARDS AND CREAM SPINES. VOLUME 1: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING AS YOU LIKE IT THE COMEDY OF ERRORS AND THE TEMPEST. VOLUME 2: MIDSUMMER-NIGHT`S DREAM TWELFTH NIGHT TAMING OF THE SHREW AND TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA. VOLUME 3: MERCHANT OF VENICE ALL`S WELL THAT ENDS WELL AND LOVE`S LABOUR`S LOST. VOLUME 4: MEASURE FOR MEASURE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR AND WINTER`S TALE. BLACK & WHITE PLATES WITH TISSUES. SERRATED PAGE EDGES. EXTRA POSTAGE WILL BE REQUIRED.
Author:
ABBEY EDWIN A.
Place, Publisher, Date:
1896 HARPER AND BROTHERS, FRANKLIN SQUARE, NEW YORK
FIRST EDITION. HALF BLUE LEATHER OVER MARBLED BOARDS RAISED BANDS ELABORATE GILT TOOLING TO THE SPINE. ILLUSTRATIONS BY IN COLOUR AND ETCHINGS BY JOHN PEEL. VOLUME 1 HAS SLIGHT TEAR TO GUARD PAPER OPPOSITE FRONTISPIECE. VOLUME 2 IS WORN AT THE EDGE OF THE SPINE. A VERY GOOD HANDSOME SET.
LACKS TITLE PAGE AND HENCE THE EXACT DATE AND PUBLISHER ARE NOT KNOWN BUT MID-EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. THIS IS A HANDSOME VOLUME REBOUND IN FULL BROWN LEATHER RAISED BANDS TO THE SPINE GILT TITLE NEW ENDPAPERS SOME ORIGINAL PAGES FOR EXAMPLE IN THE INDEX STRENGHTENED WHERE THERE HAS BEEN SOME MARGINAL LOSS. CONTAINS: 4 PAGE PREFACE; A BILL OF FARE FOR EVERY SEASON; THE COMPLEAT HOUSEWIFE (354 PAGES); 4 PAGES OF AN INDEX (SEVERAL PAGES MISSING HERE); 3 PAGES OF TABLE SETTINGS (WITH SOME LOSS). THE BOOK IS TIGHTLY BOUND AND CLEAN FOR THE AGE.
OCTAVO SOMETIME REBOUND IN GREEN CLOTH WITH THE ORIGINAL SPINE LAID DOWN (WITH SMALL LOSS). FRONTIS. OF WALTON 395 PAGES TEXT ILLUSTRATIONS. WITH NOTES BIOGRAPHICAL AND EXPANATORY AND THE LIVES OF THE AUTHORS. VERY GOOD.
SECOND EDITION. QUARTO TWO VOLUMES. BOUND IN HALF LEATHER (RUBBED) OVER MARBLED BOARDS. WITH INSTRUCTIONS HOW TO ANGLE FOR TROUT OR GRAYLING IN A CLEAR STREAM BY CHARLES COTTON. WITH ORIGINAL NOTES BY SIR HARRIS NICOLAS. SOME FOXING TO THE PRELIMS AND ENGRAVED PLATES TENDERNESS TO THE JOINTS OF VOLUME 1 OTHERWISE A VERY GOOD SET.
5TH IMPRESSION.NEAR MINT HARDBACK BOOK WITH A NEAR MINT DUSTWRAP CONTAINED IN A NEAR MINT SLIPCASE. PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED IN COLOUR. BOOK WEIGHS OVER 4KG SO EXTRA POSTAGE WILL BE REQUIRED.
14 VOLUMES QUARTO ORIGINAL GREEN CLOTH. DATED 190-1940. VOLUME 12 IS IN TWO PARTS. VOLUME 13 IS THE PEERAGE CREATIONS 1901-1938. THERE IS SOME VARIATION IN THE COLOUR OF THE GREEN CLOTH FROM VOLUME TO VOLUME. SOME VOLUMES HAVE TOP EDGES GILT. A VERY GOOD EXAMPLE OF A SCARCE SET. EACH VOLUME WEIGHS WELL OVER 2Kg GIVING A COMBINED WEIGHT OF AROUND 30 Kg. POSTAGE AT COST.
