1932 The Works of William Shakespeare

Description

First Edition, Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding, Scarce

In the publisher's original cloth binding. These volumes are first editions. These works are undated. Date taken from the statement from the verso of the title page of the volume for Julius Caesar: "One of the plays chosen for presentation at the inauguration of the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-on-Avon, April 1932.". This is a charming miniature set of Shakespeare's works that have been, as the half title page notes, "Carefully edited and compared with the best of texts". Published by Allied Newspapers Ltd, a major British newspaper group active in the early 20th century, the set was made available to newspaper subscribers. These books come with the original dark stained, three-tier plywood bookcase which measures 9" by 7.5". Each volume contains a black and white illustrated frontispiece, with plays including a brief description before text. The volumes included are as follows: Love’s Labour’s Lost King Lear Macbeth Twelfth Night or What You Will Frontispiece King Richard III Wives of Windsor King Richard II Much Ado About Nothing The Works of William Shakespeare: Complete with Glossary and Short Biography The Gentlemen of Verona Cymbeline Poems: Venus and Adonis and Rape of Lucrece King Henry VIII King Henry VI Part III As You Like It The Merchant of Venice Comedy of Errors King Henry VI Part II King Henry VI Part I Antony and Cleopatra Measure for Measure Julius Caesar All’s Well That Ends Well King Henry IV Part II Taming of the Shrew Winter’s Tale Midsummer Night’s Dream Hamlet Prince of Denmark Troilus and Cressida Pericles Prince of Tyre Othello the Prince of Venice The Tempest Sonnets: Lover’s Complaint, Passionate Pilgrim, Pheonix & Turtle King John Coriolanus Timon of Athens King Henry V King Henry VI Romeo and Juliet Titus Andronicus