1911-1912 The Comedies of Shakespeare; The Tragedies of Shakespeare; The Histories of Shakespeare

Name: 1911-1912 3vol The Comedies, Tragedies and Histories of Shakespeare
SKU: 953Y25
Price: 249 GBP
Availability: InStock

Published: London Henry Frowde; Oxford University Press

Size: 7.5" by 5" Pagination: xxxviii, 1128; 1315; 1214pp

An attractive leather-bound set of William Shakespeare's works in three volumes.

£249.00

weight: 2kgs / stock code: 953Y25

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Description

Leather Binding, Signed Binding

A uniform set of three volumes, offering the Tragedies, Comedies and Histories of eminent English playwright, William Shakespeare.

Bound in signed half calf by A. & F. Denny, with marbled boards and charming gilt decoration to the spines.

This Oxford edition prepared by W. J. Craig, with a general introduction by Algernon Charles Swinburne, introductory studies by Edward Dowden and a full glossary.

With a frontispiece to each volume.

'Comedies' (1911) includes 'The Tempest', 'Measure for Measure', 'As You Like It' etc.

'Tragedies' (1912) includes 'Romeo and Juliet', 'Julius Caesar', 'Hamlet', 'Othello' etc.

'Histories' (1912) includes 'King John', 'King Henry the Sixth', 'King Richard the Second' etc.

Condition

Bound in signed half calf by A. & F. Denny. Externally, very smart, with minor rubbing to the extremities and minor fading to the spines. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with scattered spotting to the endpapers.

Overall: Very Good Indeed

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