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Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Vol. 1: Life, The Tempest, Two Gentlemen of Verona, Comedy of Errors
by William Shakespeare
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
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Plano, Texas, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Volume 1 of a 10-volume set, containing a life of Shakespeare by Israel Gollancz, The Tempest, Two Gentlemen of Verona, and The Comedy of Errors. Burgundy cloth with blind stamping on front and gilt on front and spine. Decorative endpapers with yellow-and-black shield. Red-and-black title page and red scene indicators throughout. All four B&W illustrated plates are intact, as is their tipped-in protective tissue. Text block has gilt top.
Former owner inscription on FFEP dated 1907.
Cover has wear and stains, with fraying on corners and spine. Text block is slightly loose from binding. Pages are age tanned.
Former owner inscription on FFEP dated 1907.
Cover has wear and stains, with fraying on corners and spine. Text block is slightly loose from binding. Pages are age tanned.
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Details
- Bookseller
- PWK Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- Y31
- Title
- Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Vol. 1
- Author
- William Shakespeare
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Gollancz
- Publisher
- David McKay
- Place of Publication
- Philidelphia
- Date Published
- n.d. [c. 1900]
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- shakespeare, tempest, verona, comedy of errors, gollancz
- Bookseller catalogs
- PWK Theatricals; Works of William Shakespeare;
Terms of Sale
PWK Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
PWK Books
Biblio member since 2020
Plano, Texas
About PWK Books
Independent seller of antiquarian books. Prices as listed. PWK Books sells exclusively through Biblio.
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- 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...
- Age Tanned
- Age tanning, or browning, occurs over time on the pages of books. This process can show up on just the edges of pages, when...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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