Fine Books and Manuscripts, Including the Olympic Manifesto

Fine Books and Manuscripts, Including the Olympic Manifesto

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SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM | The Works. London and New York: Macmillan & Co, 1891-1893

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December 18, 08:58 PM GMT

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1,500 - 2,500 USD

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SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM

The Works. London and New York: Macmillan & Co, 1891-1893


9 volumes, 8vo. Half-titles, titles in red and black; occasional and minor toning. Uniformly bound for Henry Sotheran by Bayntun of Bath in 20th-century red half morocco over cloth-covered boards, spines with raised bands in six compartments, second and fourth gilt-lettered, others decoratively stamped in gilt, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt.


Mixed second and third edition of the Cambridge Shakespeare — a handsomely bound set of the Bard's works, edited by William Aldis Wright.