By William Shakespeare
London   Humphrey Milford: Oxford University Press
6" by 4" lxi, 527; 529; 547pp.
A smartly bound collection of the dramatic and poetical works of William Shakespeare, with the original slip case.
By William Shakespeare

c1915 The Comedies, Histories and Poems, and Tragedies of William Shakespeare

London   Humphrey Milford: Oxford University Press
6" by 4" lxi, 527; 529; 547pp.
A smartly bound collection of the dramatic and poetical works of William Shakespeare, with the original slip case.
£170.00
: 1.5kgs / : 935T45

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Leather Binding, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding, With Slipcase

Complete in three volumes. The collected works of William Shakespeare, an English playwright, poet and actor widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. Each volume includes introductory studies of several plays by Edward Dowden, an Irish critic, professor, and poet. With a glossary. This set contains: The Comedies of William Shakespeare. With a general introduction by Algernon Charles Swinburne, an English poet, playwright, novelist and critic. Notes by Theodore Watts-Dunton, an English poetry critic and poet. The Histories and Poems of William Shakespeare. The Tragedies of William Shakespeare. Dated from the University of Cambridge Libraries.

Condition

Bound in the original full crushed morocco. Externally, very smart with light wear to the extremities and minor fading to the spines. A small mark to the front board of Tragedies. With the original slip case. Externally, sound with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. The odd small mark to the boards with minor fraying to the cloth of the lid. Overall, good. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with minor age toning to the endpapers. Some of the text block remains unopened to Histories and Poems.

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