Oxford, At the Clarendon Press, [circa 1900].
A very handsome copy in contemporary tree calf gilt 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.
8vo (19.5 x 14 cm); dated presentation inscription in pen to front free endpaper recto, frontispiece; contemporary tree calf, gilt spine in 6 compartments, contrasting green morocco lettering-piece, all edges gilt, spine slightly faded, light spotting to title and frontis, otherwise internally clean, very good; viii, 1350, [2]pp.
8vo (19.5 x 14 cm); dated presentation inscription in pen to front free endpaper recto, frontispiece; contemporary tree calf, gilt spine in 6 compartments, contrasting green morocco lettering-piece, all edges gilt, spine slightly faded, light spotting to title and frontis, otherwise internally clean, very good; viii, 1350, [2]pp.
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