NEW EDITION 20 VOLUMES. SMALL OCTAVO HALF LEATHER OVER MARBLED BOARDS RAISED BANDS. WITH A FINE ENGRAVING AT THE FRONT OF EACH PLAY (FOXED) TEXT VERY CLEAN. IN VERY GOOD CONDITION. WITH BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL REMARKS. A HANDSOME SET.
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.
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1896 HARPER AND BROTHERS, FRANKLIN SQUARE, NEW YORK
TWO VOLUMES LIMITED TO 900 SETS. THIS BEING NUMBER 191. EDITED BY CHARLES STONEHILL. VERY GOOD. CARD COVERS BUCKRUM SPINE. OVERSEAS POSTAGE WILL BE EXTRAQ.
12 VOLUMES COMPLETE. BOUND IN FULL LEATHER RAISED BANDS A.E.G. WITH 12 FINELY ENGRAVED TITLE PAGES AND 38 OTHER PLATES. ARMORIAL BOOKPLATE REMOVED FROM EACH FRONT PASTEDOWN. SOME FOXING TO THE PRELIMS. ONLY THEN CLEAN AND TIGHTLY BOUND. CRACKED JOINT TO VOLUME 12. A VERY GOOD SET OF A SCARCE WORK.
FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION VERY GOOD IN BLACK CLOTH GILT DECORATION WITH BLACK PROTECTED DUSTWRAPPER. ILLUSTRATED BY HENRY KEEN A VERY GOOD COPY SCARCE.
VERY GOOD HARDBACK IN PROTECTED DUSTWRAP. PAPERS GIVEN AT THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ELIZABETHAN THEATRE HELD AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO ONTARIO 1972.
LIMITED TO 200 COPIES FOR SALE (250 WERE PRINTED). THIS IS NUMBER 9(a). QUARTO ORIGINAL GREEN BUCKRAM BEVELLED EDGES T.E.G. UNTRIMMED PAGE EDGES. WITH FOUR FULL PAGE WOODCUTS BY ERIC RAVILIOUS INCLUDING THE FRONTIS.. THE TYPE IS BEMBO REVIVED FROM AN EARLY ALDINE FOUNT. THE PAPER IS PURE RAG HAND-MADE. OF THE EDITION OF 200 A BALANCE REMAINED AND THESE WERE TAKEN OVER BY HOLLIS AND CARTER LIMITED AND OFFERED IN A LESS ELABORATE BINDING AND NUMBERED 1(a) ONWARDS. tHIS IS ONE OF THOSE COPIES. SLIGHT FOXING TO THE PRELIMS. AND SOME (SLIGHT) FADING TO THE GREEN BOARDS NO SLIPCASE. A VERY GOOD COPY OF THIS SCARCE WORK.
