A Life of William Shakespeare
by LEE, Sidney
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good- with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Littleton, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Macmillan Company. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1906. Hardcover. A biography of William Shakespeare by England's Sir Sidney Lee in a 1906 printing of the original 1898 issuance. With frontis portrait of Shakespeare, as well as other illustrations, including three examples of Shakespeare's autographs. --- In maroon ribbed cloth with gilt-stamped Shakespeare coat of arms to front cover; titling in gilt to spine and top edge gilt. --- With prior owner's signatures to front free endpaper and to title page, mild sunning to cloth at spine, neatly-inked underlinings to several passages and dampstains to cloth at tail of spine, otherwise a tightly-bound, sound copy.; Small Octavo - 7-1/2 to 8 in. tall; xxv, 476, (1, ads) pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bluebird Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 85521
- Title
- A Life of William Shakespeare
- Author
- LEE, Sidney
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good- with no dust jacket
- Publisher
- The Macmillan Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1906
- Bookseller catalogs
- >>Biography, Autobiography, Memoir;
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About the Seller
Bluebird Books
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Littleton, Colorado
About Bluebird Books
Bluebird Books is the bookselling business of Eric Mayer, operating from my base in Littleton, Colorado. I specialize in classic fiction and literature, books on birds and natural history, railroadiana, biography, history and many other genres. Bluebird Books features publications by the Modern Library and Everyman's Library. I offer free shipping on books shipped within the US via USPS Media Mail. INTERNATIONAL ORDERS: I recommend that you use Biblio.com for your international orders because they have formed a partnership with Asendia to allow for much more affordable shipping on parcels weighing under 5 lb. (about 2.26 kg).
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- Gilt
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- Tail
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