The Complete Works of William Shakespeare: The New Nonesuch Shakespeare (Four Volumes) by Shakespeare, William - 1953

London: Nonesuch Press, 1953. First Thus. Cloth. Near Fine/Not published with Dust Jacket. 8vo. Volume 1: Comedies, lii, 1080 pp. Volume 2: Histories, 1197 pp. Volume 3: Tragedies, 1471 pp. Volume 4: Poems, xvi, 247 pp. The text and order of the first folio with quarto variants & a choice of modern readings noted marginally; to which are added Pericles and first quartos of six of the plays with three plays of doubtful authorship: also the poems according to the original quartos and octavos. Notes on the text by Herbert Farjeon and a new introduction by Ivor Brown. The open letters of the title-pages and the half-title headpieces and the dedication are from wood engravings by Reynolds Stone. Designed by Francis Meynell. Bound in brown marbled cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Book interiors show some age toning. Lacks slipcase, still a lovely set.