[NONESUCH PRESS]; SHAKESPEARE, William.
The Works of Shakespeare.
The Works of Shakespeare.
The text of the First Folio with Quarto variants and a selection of modern readings. Edited by Herbert Farjeon.
Stock Code 117163
London, The Nonesuch Press, 1929-33.
one of 1600 copies
'The Shakespeare represents the chef d'oeuvre of the Nonesuch Press, and is a model of careful proof reading and imaginative setting. The best of ancient and modern conjectural emendations are unobstrusively set in the margins for the benefit of a glancing eye. This is the finest of all editions of our greatest poet'. (The Nonesuch Century, p69).Limited edition, number 738 of 1600 copies; 7 vols, 8vo; light offsetting to prelims' and endpapers, otherwise unmarked internally; original full niger morocco, some spotting and fading as always, double gilt fillet borders, spines in compartments with 5 raised bands, gilt lettering to spines, some boards slightly rubbed, some uneven discolouration to spines, some covers spotted, small stain to upper board of vol. V but overal,l very good.
Dreyfus 58.
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