The Works of Shakspere [Shakespeare] (2 Vol Set)
Author:
SHAKSPERE [SHAKESPEARE], WILLIAM & KNGHT, CHARLES (Ed) & COPE, C W et al (Illus)
Title:
The Works of Shakspere [Shakespeare] (2 Vol Set)
Publisher:
Virtue & Co N/D (c.1880s)
Description:
2 VOL SET, HEAVY ITEM (OVER 10KGS), elephant folio, half leather bound teal buckram boards, gilt lettering/tooling & raised bands to spines, gilt lettering & coat of arms to front boards, aeg, marbled eps, frontispiece, vignette to prelims, vol 1- unpaginated prelims + 810pp, vol 2- unpaginated prelims + 778pp, illus/plates, G+ (top half of spine of vol 1 flapping loose but present, 3cm loss to base of vol 1 spine, heavy scuffing to board corners, moderate scuffing & surface loss to boards, moderate soiling, some plates loose but present, minor tanning & foxing/soiling to prelims, very heavy scuffing & surface loss to leather work of vol 2 inc. spine- cracking to front hinge, patches of moderate water staining to boards & page edges, prev. owner's inscription in pencil to vol 2) Photos advised.
Keywords:
imperial edition William Shakespeare literature plays sonnets verse collections antiquarian books
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