The Plays of William Shakespeare, accurately printed from the text of the corrected copy left by the late George Steevens, Esq with glossarial Notes. To which are prefixed an account of the life and writings of Shakespeare by Mr. Rowe and Dr. Johnson’s celebrated preface to his edition of Shakespeare printed in 1765.Volumes: Ten. Vol. 1,2,4,7,10 available INCOMPETE SET
Binding: 7×4″, original brown calf with gilt border to cover, gilt dec. spine With gilt title to leather label, 4 raised bands to spine, marbled epps, all edges marbled, slight foxing throughout, spine worn in parts. Condition: Average+
Illustration: With over 600 prints from original drawings and 120 studies in color. Occasional wormholes.
Condition: Average+
Binding: 11×8″, orig. green cloth with gilt title to cover and spine, gilt lion to cover and gilt bird to spine, sp. frayed and torn in parts, wormholes throughout the book, binding loose, pp. getting brittle, edges thumbed.
The works of Shakespeare SET:3. Three. Vol 1: Comedies, Vol 2:Tragedies, Vol 3: Histories
With a memoir and essay on his genius, by Barry Cornwall, illustrated with engravings on wood, from designs by Kenny Meadows
Condition: Good Several woodcut vignettes throughout, title pp. in red and black, text in double columns. Binding:10.5×6.7, half red morocco over buckram cl., gilt title and dec. to sp., marbled epps., edges thumbed, all edges marbled, covers sl. loose. Condition: Average
Edited by Henry Irving and Frank A. Marshall with notes and introductions to each play by F.A. Marshall and other Shakespearian Scholars. With numerous illustrations by Gordon Browne.
Condition: Average + Several full-paged woodcut engravings with tissue guards, frontis, prints of woodcut vignettes throughout the book, slight spotting mostly to pl. margins.
Binding: Orig. brown color with a lady made in black and gilt to cover, gilt dec. spine. with a man with a spear in black and gilt, small child made to back cover in black, beveled edges, edges thumbed, spine ends bumped, aeg, text in double columns, sl. foxing.
Special Remarks: Vol’s 2 – 8 available, Vol 1 missing
Condition: Average+. Illustration: Several b/w printed photographic images, colored plates with printed tissue guards, occasional wormholes.
Binding: 10″ x 7″, orig. green cloth with gilt title to spine, wormholes throughout the book, paper is getting brittle, red and black title page, edges thumbed, spine ends frayed, Binding: poor
ILLUSTRATED: Only in vol. XVI (Just So Stories) by the Author, in black and white.
Condition: Good BINDING: Original cloth-backed paper boards, a few volumes slightly soiled or spotted, most spine labels chipped and a little worn, 2 edges uncut, t.e.g.
Binding Condition: Average
COMMENTS: Large 8vo, Volume I signed by Kipling. Printed by R.& R. Clark from the Florence Press type, designed by Herbert P. Horne, and lent by Chatto & Windus, the proprietor of the type. Includes paper title panel on the last blank, laid in. Some foxing and offsetting to endpapers and half-title, a few joints cracking, otherwise a very good set.
– Full black color with gilt title on cover and spine
– Pages yellowed
– Red stamp note on front endpapers of all volumes: “The external boundaries of India as depicted in the maps are neither correct nor authentic”
– Corners and endpapers of some volumes bumped and stained
– Subjects include all wars during the 20th century, world leaders, society
– Numerous black & white and colored illustrations
– Each book is 11 15/16 by 9 inches and about 1 inch thick
– Overall condition: Good
