Comedies, Histories and Tragedies: The Works of Shakspere Revised form the best Authorities: With a Memoir, and Essay on His Genius by Barry Cornwall : Also, Annotations and Introductory Remarks on the Plays by R. H. Horne, E. W. Elton, and Various Othe
by Shakespeare, William
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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SHREWSBURY, Shropshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
UK: William Orr, 1855. Three solidly-bound volumes in red cloth which is worn and stained in places, all spines discoloured, spine ends and corners bumped and frayed, spine of vol. 1 has a 1.5 inch tear to the cloth, inexpertly repaired, dust and soiling to edges, flourishing ink signatures to the yellow-sided prelim of each volume (Charles B Jago or Iago!?), vol. 1 has an ink inscription to verso of frontispiece portrait of Shakespeare, and shows through at the front; delightful plates by Kenny Meadows, some dated 1845, must have been originally published separately before being bound in, and all have a rounded waterstain to top or bottom margin, and are browned to the edges; many equally delightful black and white illustrations in the text; pages generally in good plus condition, with some browning, particularly those opposite the plates which have offset marginal discolouring; text in double-columns. Heavy items which will require extra postage/insurance.. Hardcover. Good. Illus. by Kenny Meadows [wood engravings].
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- Bookseller
- Nigel Sustins Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005258
- Title
- Comedies, Histories and Tragedies: The Works of Shakspere Revised form the best Authorities: With a Memoir, and Essay on His Genius by Barry Cornwall : Also, Annotations and Introductory Remarks on the Plays by R. H. Horne, E. W. Elton, and Various Othe
- Author
- Shakespeare, William
- Illustrator
- Kenny Meadows [wood engravings]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Publisher
- William Orr
- Place of Publication
- UK
- Date Published
- 1855
- Keywords
- Shakespeare Works Kenny Meadows Orr
- Bookseller catalogs
- Illustrated; Drama;
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Nigel Sustins Books
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SHREWSBURY, Shropshire
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- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Offset
- A technique of printing where the inked image or text is ...