The Plays of William Shakspeare by William Shakspeare - 1846: Accurately Printed from the Text of the Corrected Copies, Left by the late George Steevens Esq., and Edmond Malone. With a Sketch of his Life, and a Glossary.

Rivington et al, 1823. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1823. New Edition. 353 pages. No dust jacket. Fully bound in brown leather. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Severe cracking to hinges, causing boards to be loose. Loss of pastedowns, exposure of newspaper. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Heavy crushing & peeling to spine. Gilt lettering remains bright and clear.

London: J. Johnson; R. Baldwin; et al, 1803. Full-Leather. Good/No Jacket. J. Johnson; R. Baldwin et al,1803. Volume 11 only. Full calf with gilt ruled and decorated spine. Cover has mild shelfwear/soiling, lightly turned corners. Marbled endpapers. Name penciled on front flyleaf. Pages are clean and unmarked, slightly toned. Page 433 dog eared and followed by a pull out decorative page that is torn in half but complete. Contains two plays: King Richard II and King Henry IV, Part I. Binding is tight. Hinges are perfect. Good reading/research copy.

George Kearsley, 1806. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1806. No Edition Remarks. 332 pages. Fully bound in leather. Rebound. Vol. XIII. Moderate thumb marking, foxing and tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges. Light cracking to gutters but binding remains firm. Book is slightly bowed and forward leaning with visible tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has hey loss to leather with prominent peeling and crushing to ends.

George Kearsley, 1806. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1806. No Edition Remarks. 394 pages. Fully bound in leather. Vol. XIV. Rebound. Moderate thumb marking, foxing and tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges. Binding remains firm with slight creasing to gutters. Boards have moderate corner bumping and edge-wear with visible tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has heavier chipping and tanning with noticeable loss and crushing to ends. Book has a slight forward lean.

F.C and J. Rivington & Partners, London, 1823. 'A New Edition'. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Ten matching small volumes with dark green half leather bindings and marbled boards. Gilt decoration on spine, two spine labels on each volume with gilt lettering. Covers are lightly worn, corners, edges and spine ends are a little rubbed. Bindings are sound. Volume 1 contains black and white frontis portrait of Shakspeare. Marbled end-papers and block edges. Light foxing to prelims in some volumes, pages and text is clean, crisp and bright. 8 of the volumes have a previous owners name handwritten on front free end-papers. Volume I also contains 'Some Account of the Life &c. of William Shakspeare' by Mr Rowe. and 'Dr. Johnson's Preface to his Edition of Shakspeare's Plays, Printed in 1765'. 10-volume set (complete). No dust jacket, as published. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here… Read More

London: F and C Rivington, 1804. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo.. Samuel Johnson's edition of nine volumes. Tan calf boards with gilt lines. Gilt bands to spines and gilt lettering and numbering. Lettering has faded. Edges are bumped and there is fading and scratching to boards but the bindings are uniformly tight and well presented. Internally the endpapers are of grey paper with the slight marks of a removed bookplate on Vol I and IX. Internally the pages are age-tanned but generally clean and bright. Dr Johnson's preface is included in Vol 1 together with an historical acount of The English Stage by Mr Malone. Engravings by Fuseli face the frontispiece of each play, Vol II has light foxing and slight rippling. Vol III has cream endpapers and the front hinge is just beginning to crack. There is scattered foxing to this volume and some pencilled annotations. Vol VI has slight staining and the occasional pencilled line. Vol VIII has scattered foxing. Vol IX has some pencilled annotations and slight… Read More