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SHAKESPEARE, William.

The Works of William Shakespeare.

Name: The Works of William Shakespeare.
Brand: SHAKESPEARE, William.
SKU: 112575
Price: 3250.00 GBP
Availability: InStock

Stock Code 112575

Stratford-on-Avon, The Shakespeare Head Press, 1904; 1905; 1906; 1907.

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A very handsome set of The Shakespeare Head Press's limited edition of Shakespeare's works, including the Sonnets; The Lover's Complaint; The Passionate Pilgrim; The Phoenix and Turtle; Essays and Notes; a Memoir by Henry Davey; Ben Jonson's Views on Shakespeare's Art, by J. J. Jusserand; On the Influence of the Audience by Robert Bridges; The Religion of Shakespeare by H. C. Beeching; The Stage of the Globe by E K. Chambers; The Sonnets by H. C. Beeching; Notes on the Text by A. H. Bullen. 'The work begun in July M.CM.IV and finished in January M.CM.VII' (1907)...from the final colophon in vol. 10.

Limited edition, number 153 or 1,000 copies, 'printed on Handmade Paper; 10 vols, 4to (208 x 200 mm); illustrated frontispiece to each volume (each different), the portraits of Shakespeare by M. H. Spielmann, with tissue-guards (some browned with resultant offsetting), minor staining to first few leaves of vol. III at base of gutter, not affecting text or illustration the odd minor discolouration and toning to extremities, otherwise very good; modern half maroon morooco over marlbed boards, matching endpapers, spines gilt, top edges gilt, others untrimmed (as published), these are tad browned, otherwise, a handsome set in a fine bindings.

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