1922-1924 The Histories and Poems of Shakespeare The Tragedies of Shakespeare The Comedies of Shakespeare

Description

Leather Binding, Signed Binding

This set is bound in signed full calf by Oxford Binding with gilt detailing. 

A lovely collection of Shakespeare's works in a concise format.

With a monochrome frontispiece to each. Portrait frontispiece by Sir George Scharf to the 'Tragedies'.

Each volume includes introductory studies of the works by Edward Dowden, an Irish critic, professor and poet who specialised in the field of Shakespearian criticism.

Comprises of:

The Histories and Poems of Shakespeare (1922) - Including his sonnets and King Henry plays.

The Tragedies of Shakespeare (1922) - Including Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet and Macbeth.

The Comedies of Shakespeare (1924) - Including Two Gentlemen in Verona, Tempest and The Merry Wives of Windsor.