The Works of Shakespeare.

A handsome, finely-bound set of the collected works of William Shakespeare.

Limited edition of 1000 copies of which this is number 86, each volume signed by the publisher to limitation page;10 vols, 4to (33 x 22 cm); engraved frontispiece to each volume with tissue-guards (first volume captioned), some offsetting from ribbon bookmark to relevant leaves of each volume, small closed tears to the edges of the following pages p.281 of vol. I, p.96 of vol. II, p.197 of vol. III, p.279 of vol. VI, p.147 of vol. VIII, p.207 of vol. X, all minor (approx. 1-2cm or less) and none affecting text, small hole to p.126 of vol. II not affecting text, occasional spot or mark throughout, as expected with age, otherwise a bright and clean set in very good condition; finely-bound by Morrell, modern half brown morocco over brown cloth boards lined in gilt, spine in 6 compartments with two-line gilt-panelled border, ribs and lettering in gilt, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, marbled endpapers with some light offsetting to edges, slight spotting to page edges, very small hole to cover of vol. V, largely unnoticeable, some general minor signs of wear, primarily to extremities, otherwise very handsome; [x], 353pp, [1]pp, [x], 368pp, [2]pp, [x], 326pp, [x], 335pp, [1]pp, [x], 358pp, [vi], 304pp, [viii], 347pp, [1]pp, [x], 362pp, [viii], 383pp, [1]pp, [x], 317pp, [1]pp.