The Complete Works of Shakespeare from the Original Text: Three Volume Set
New York: Martin, Johnson and Company Steel, Late 1800s. Edition not stated, assumed late 1800s. Hardcover. Full leather on thick boards. Quarto. 11 x 8.75 inches. Complete three-volume set. Blind embossed dark brown full leather on thick beveled boards, gilt double-ruled edges, blind inside dentelles, five raised fillet bands with gilt-stamped lettering in two chambers. Original owner's name (O. B. Sappington) gilt stamped at foot of spine. All edges gilt. Comedies volume, pages [liv] 1-621; Historical Plays volume, pages 623-1097; Tragedies volume, pages 1099-1725. "Carefully Collated and Compared with the editions of Halliwell, Knight, and Collier: With Historical and Critical Introductions, and Notes to Each Play; and A Life of the Great Dramatist, by Charles Knight. Illustrated with New and Finely Executed Steel Engravings, Chiefly Portraits in Character of Celebrated American Actors, Drawn from Life, Expressly for This Edition." Pages age toned and foxed. Cases edgeworn and quite rubbed. Front hinge and bands of Tragedies volume broken with text block separated from front board and back strip. Back hinge secure. Please note: This is an oversized or heavy item; additional shipping charges will apply. Good / No dust jackets as issued. Item #0000078
Price: $175.00