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London: Nonesuch Press, 1929-1933. First edition. Leather. Near Fine. 9.5" by 6.5". None. A fantastic, bright set of this Nonesuch limited edition of William Shakespeare's works. The first edition of this Nonesuch set.A super set with much more even colour than usually seen. With the text based on the first folio, with quarto variants and a selection of modern readings. It follows the text of the First Folio faithfully, in its misprints and intermittent use of a comma for a full stop at the close of an uninterrupted speech. The editors note describes in detail the intention and treatment regarding substantive errors between the early editions. Numbered 60 of 1600 copies of this work, which have been designed by Francis Meynell and printed by Walter Lewis, printer to the University at the Cabmbridge University Press. The Nonesuch Press specialised in limited edition and private press. They were founded by Francis Meynell, his second wife Vera Mendel and their friend David Garnett. Their aspiration… Read More

London: Printed W. Bulmer & Co.,for John & Josiah Boydell, George and W. Nicol, 1802.. Folio. 13 x 17.5 inches page size. Contemporary half calf, and marbled boards, gilt spines; later brown endpapers, expertly refurbished. Royal folio, 9 vol., half titles, c. 90 only of 97 engravings after Reynolds, Northcote, Porter, Bunbury, Opie, Westall, Smirke, Stothard, Hamilton, and other eminent British artists, tissue guards, leaves uncut, heavy foxing, especially the margins of the plates and the tissue guards, and intermittent dampstaining, mainly at gutter of leaves.Printed from the types of W. Martin at the Shakespeare Printing Office.Lowndes, Vol. 4, p. 2263 right columnVery heavy volumes about 150 pounds

London: The Nonesuch Press; New York: Random House. 1929-1933. Limited edition. Limited edition. Seven volumes. Original full tan niger morocco by A. W. Bain, upper and lower boards and spine ends double ruled in gilt with tiny corner pieces. Five raised bands and titles in gilt to the spine. Single gilt ruled turn ins. Top edge gilt over red. Designed by Francis Meynell, set in Monotype Fournier and printed by the Cambridge University Press on Pannekoek mould-made paper. No. 1385. An excellent set, the bindings square and firm with some natural patina to the morocco and darkening of the spines. The contents, with the small green morocco bookplate of B.V.R. Overbury to the top of the front pastedown of each volume and minor toning to the page edges of the prelims, are otherwise clean and bright throughout. Limited to 1600 copies of which 1050 were for the UK market and 550 for the US. This set numbered 171 to the limitation page of volume I. Further details and images for any of the items listed… Read More

New York / London: Random House / Nonesuch Press, 1933. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Quarto, 7 volumes. A fresh, lovely set in the publisher's full niger morocco, with some light darkening to some areas of the leather, as in all sets, but generally quite bright and handsome. A few small smudges to boards. Internally stunning. A very near fine set. This is number 146 of 1050 limited sets issued for the British and American markets. The high watermark of the numerous efforts by the Nonesuch Press, this set represents not only a distinctive and handsome object, but also a carefully-researched and bibliographically significant edition of Shakespeare's works. From the introductory Note: "The textual student will, it is hoped, find few needs left unsatisfied by an edition which follows the First Folio faithfully in its many misprints and even in the intermittent use of a comma for a full stop at the close of an uninterrupted speech; which notes all the significant variants of the pre-First Folio… Read More

Nonesuch Press, 1929. Hardbacks, 7 volume set, full morocco, gilt titles. Each volume 24 x 16.5cm. 1929-1933. No. 850 of a total of 1600 sets, 1050 for sale in the UK and 550 for the USA. Edited by Herbert Farjeon. Designed by Francis Meynell. Set in Monotype Fournier. Some variation in the colour of the bindings between volumes. A few small scuffs and marks but only slight wear. Contents clean and unmarked. An attractive set. . Hard Cover. Very Good.

Oxford: Henry Frowde / Oxford University Press 1902. FolioLimited Edition. Limited edition signed by Sidney Lee. 1000 copies of this facsimile printed, of which this is no. 45. xxxv, 908 pp. Recent full speckled calf, with decorative borders, gilt decoration and lettering to spine and raised bands. Together with the 47-page census, in original folio stitched wraps. Light spotting to half title of facsimile, otherwise clean. Census has some chipping and curling to edges. A fine copy of the first photographically produced facsimille of the first folio. 39 cms tall. This is a heavy item and may require additional postage if being shipped outside of Europe. . Fine. Speckled Calf. Facsimile. 1902.

London: Chatto and Windus. 1876. Facsimile. Hardcover. Very Good in boards. Owner bookplate on front pastedown. Clipping affixed to FEP. Rubbing along panel edges. Corners bumped. Shelf wear on front panel. .

Nonesuch Press, 1929. Leather. Very Good. Nonesuch Press, 1929. Hardbacks, 7 volume set, full morocco, gilt titles. Each volume 24 x 16.5cm. 1929-1933. No. 1574 of a total of 1600 sets, 1050 for sale in the UK and 550 for the USA. Edited by Herbert Farjeon. Designed by Francis Meynell. Tight and unmarked spines darkened. oversized and overweight. Please email for photos.

London: William Mackenzie. 1888.. 3 Vols. Folio. (41 x 26 cm). Original publishers green simulated morocco richly decorated in black and gilt, t.e.g. others uncut. Illustrated by Sir J. Noel Paton R.S.A. Trivial foxing to endleaves, edges slightly browned, overall a truly superbly preserved set.

London: Day & Son, Limited, 1866. Hardcover. Folio, [xix], 399 pages. In Very Good condition. Bound in publisher's original full brown cloth sympathetically rebacked with spine preserved. Spine paneled with gilt lettering. Gilt turn-ins and marbled endpapers. Some uneven fading to boards. Bookplate to front pastedown. Light toning to text block edges. With additional letterpress red and black title page. SC Consignment. Shelved above Case 4. 1371680. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

Stratford-upon-Avon: Shakespeare Head Press,, 1923. Deluxe signed edition Signed limited edition, number 26 of 106 copies signed by the illustrator Albert Rutherston and the writer of the introduction Harley Granville-Barker. A further 500 unsigned trade copies were also issued. The text is taken from the First Folio of Shakespeare, with some orthographic modernization. A very attractive production. Quarto. Original vellum by Zaehnsdorf, spine lettered in gilt, covers richly panelled and decorated in gilt and blind, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. With the original card folding case. With 5 colour plates by Albert Rutherston and line blocks by Emery Walker; printed on Batchelor's Kelmscott handmade paper. Light wear to case. A fine copy.

New York: Nonesuch Press, 1929. 7 volumes. Bound in full morrocco and in very good condition with page edges lightly soiled. The former owner's name is written in ink on the inside front covers. Set 76 of 1600 copies.

[London]: The Nonesuch Press, 1929.. Limited edition, no. 536 of 1,600 sets, seven volumes, 8vo. Finely bound in the publisher's full morocco, double gilt rules, slight loss of leather to the edges of the covers to volumes I, II and VI, otherwise a very good set. A beautifully printed edition of Shakespeare's plays, with alternate words and phrases from the various early editions printed throughout in the margins.

London : William Mackenzie, 69 Ludgate Hill. Edinburgh and Dublin, 1888. Facsimile Edition. Hardcover. Near fine set in the original title-blocked pictorial cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Minor Library marks remain. Physical description; 3 vols., [20] plates ; fol. Notes; The first volume (Comedies) has an initial advertisement note stating that the work will appear in two issues: an edition de luxe bound in cloth with gilt tops and rough edges, price three pounds ten shillings per volume; a special edition, with India proof impressions of the engravings, bound in morocco, price five guineas per volume. Title pages in red and black. Subjects; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616) — Bibliography — Folios. 1623 — Facsimiles. Early printed books — 17th century — Facsimiles.

William Mackenzie, London, n.d. (c.1870). 3 volumes complete. Pagination irregular as it includes 'all those pecularities of paging, spelling, and punctuation' of the original 'First Folio'. Illustrated with 20 photographic engravings from drawings by Sir J. Noel Paton, 2 portraits of Shakespeare, 1 photo illus of Holy Trinity Church, Stratford on Avon and another of Shakespeare's tomb in 'Stratford Church'. The engravings are India-proof impressions. Bound in the publisher's full dark green morocco with raised bands and gilt titles and decorations on the spines. The covers are decorated in gilt and have deeply inset oval central panels with gilt titles and heraldic emblems. Covers are scuffed (mainly to extremities), with some loss of surface leather (causing small scarring to the gilt date of a decorative device on one volume), but still look very impressive. Hinges of one volume (Histories) split 16cms to upper rear, 12 cms to upper front and 10 cms to lower front. Contents little… Read More

London: William Mackenzie, 1888. Facsimile. Large Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Paton, J. Noel. Hinges weakening, rear board and end matter of Histories volume stained, rear flyleaf of Histories volume removed, some loss from corners, front and end matter foxed. Overall a good set, but Histories is fair. A good candidate for restoration. 1888 Large Hardcover. Complete in three volumes. Folio. A facsimile of the 1623 first folio edition of Shakespeare's complete plays, in three volumes, with illustrations by Sir J. Noel Paton, R.S.A. Green cloth, gilt titles, black and gold decorations with inset red, black, and gold emblem on front board of each volume.

New York: W.W. Norton & Company 1996 Second Edition, The Folio Society Edition of l000 numbered copies of which this #565 xxxvii/928pp., 14 x 9 1/2 (folio), half black morocco (Wassa goatskin back strip & corners") on marbled paper covered boards, top edge gilt with dark green endpapers in slip case with black cloth covered ends and green paper sides and titled in gold 'Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies Pulifhed according to the True Originall Copies."' CONDITION: FINE, just a trace of scuffing on the leather corners o/w an excellent copy, fine condition in fine slipcase NOTES - Based on folios in the Folger Shakespeare Library Collection, The Norton Facsimile prepared by Charlton Hinman and with a new introduction by Peter W. M. Blayney. The facsimile is an "ideal copy" in which each page represents the best page selected from one of the 29 most satisfactory copies of the 80 or so first folios in the Folger Shakespeare Library.… Read More

London: John Bell, 1788. ~DATE RANGE: 1785-1788 ~Original full brown polished calf, gilt ruling, gilt number, and red gilt label per spine. Gilt decor to board edges. Corners slightly worn and slightly pushed in. 12mos (9 x 14cm). Hinges sound in all vols, endpapers uncracked at gutters. A very few instances of foxing and some age-toning throughout. Old pencil price to blank front endpage of vol. 1. Small loss to fore-edge of p. 109, Measure for Measure (vol. 2), with some loss to text. Tear to bottom corner of p. 69, All's Well that Ends Well (Vol. 4), with minor loss to text (a few words). Slight creasing to top corners of Timon of Athens, pp. 77-100 (vol. 9). Decorative tailpieces throughout. A complete set of every Shakespeare play ever published by Bell (the 36 plays from the First Folio). With 36 plates (one per play) illustrating characters as played by famous actors of the day, including Sarah Siddons and her brother John Philip Kemble. Each play has brief introductory… Read More

New York : W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. , 1968. Facsimile Edition. Hardcover. Finely bound in modern aniline calf over cloth boards. Gilt blocked title to spine with raised bands. Particularly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong, with minor wear to spine pans and panel edges. Particularly well-preserved and housed in the original cloth-covered slipcase. Further scans, images and additional bibliographical material available on request. Physical description: xxvii, 928 pages : portrait ; 37 cm. Subjects: Shakespeare, William 1564-1616. Drama 17th century England. Drama 16th century England. Genre: Drama. Language: English.

Ernest Benn, London., 1927. First edition thus. Large quarto. pp c, 110. Following the text there are five pages of black and white illustrations by Paul Nash, three full-page, which in turn are followed by five colour plates by him with loose, unprinted tissue guards. Linen-backed boards. Issued in series The Players' Shakespeare. Ninety-one page Preface by Harley Granville-Barker. Printed at the Shakespeare Head Press under the direction of B.H. Newdigate. One of 450 numbered copies, out of a total edition of 612 copies.Faint crease to front free endpaper. Fine in very good dustwrapper slightly chipped and nicked at the edges a bit tanned at the spine and edges. A bright copy.