Edited with a glossary, by W.J. Craig. [The Oxford Shakespeare].
London, Humphrey Milford Oxford University Press, 1913
Presentation binding. A very handsome copy of Shakespeare's complete works, comprising his 36 canonical plays together with the late romance Pericles, Prince of Tyre, his sonnets, and narrative poems. With an index of characters, and a useful glossary compiled by the editor W.J. Craig (1843-1906) defining key terms. Bound in tree calf for Ashdown House school.
8vo (20 x 14.5 cm); presentation inscription to front free endpaper verso, portrait frontispiece, slight offsetting to title, gutter margin of last leaf of glossary adhered to endpaper with minor loss; tree-calf prize binding, upper panel stamped in gilt 'Ashdown House', marbled edges, small crack to upper panel joint, minor wear to extremities, very good; viii, 1350pp.
8vo (20 x 14.5 cm); presentation inscription to front free endpaper verso, portrait frontispiece, slight offsetting to title, gutter margin of last leaf of glossary adhered to endpaper with minor loss; tree-calf prize binding, upper panel stamped in gilt 'Ashdown House', marbled edges, small crack to upper panel joint, minor wear to extremities, very good; viii, 1350pp.
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