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London: Folio Society , 1990. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. The Folio Shakespeare, six volumes complete including all of Shakespeare's plays. Without slipcases. All books in very good condition. Slight signs of dust and shelfwear to extremities. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper of volumes I-III. Texts otherwise clean and bright - appear unread. Attractive covers with some fading and faint signs of tanning. Full set scarce. .

London: Folio Society, 1988. Slipcased. Very Good. Decorative boards, blue slipcase. 6 volumes : illustrations.

LONDON: THE NONESUCH PRESS, 1953 Brown Buckram cloth quarter binding with gilt blocked titles and marbled paper effect cloth boards, 220 x 140 mm. Applied head and tail bands,1953 1st printing thus by The Nonesuch press established by Herbert Farjeon published and dedicated to Queen Elizabeth II in the year of the Coronation. Four Vols complete (Lacks slipcase). Please see our images of the actual set offered for sale for further details and condition. Very Good ( No notable shelf wear or soiling to cloth. No previous owner names or insc. No notable defects). A heavy set and an additional charge will need be made for overseas shipping.

The Nonesuch Press. 1953. Tall 8vo. Marbled hardback covers with gilt to brown cloth spine. In very good condition. Some very slightly sunned. One inside page publishers error corner cut. Very clean and tight copies. 4 vols. Half title headpieces and dedication in woodcut by R.Stone. Published and dedicated to Queen Elizabeth II on the occasion of her Coronation.

London: The Folio Society, 1990. 1990 second impression 6 volume set. Each play has a engraved frontis. plate with large text printed on quality paper. A complete set as issued but lacking the blue slipcase box. Edited by Stanley Wells and Gary Taylor. Burgandy cloth spines, gilt with attractive gilt patterned papers on boards. No inscriptions, wear or fading. PLEASE EMAIL FOR PHOTOS.This six volume set was first pub. in 1988 using the text from the Oxford Complete works published in 1986. A fine set.. second impression. Hardback. Fine/No Slipcase. large 8vo.

London: Virtue & Co, 1890. Decorative Cloth. Good+/No Jacket. Complete Set of 6 Volumes. Vols. I & II, Comedies; Vols. III & IV, Tragedies; Vols. V & VI, Histories. Undated Edition, Circa 1890s. Very interesting Photogravures of leading Actors & Actresses, making this Edition not only a very attractive set of Shakespeare's Plays but a fascinating souvenir of Theatrical History. Plates protected by Tissue Guards. A margin around the picture is indented by the printing process. Frontispiece of Vol 1 shows H. Beerbohm Tree as Falstaff and other plates show him in the roles of King John & Richard II; Other Plates include Ellen Terry as Mistress Page, Queen Katherine, Lady Macbeth, Portia & Cordelia; Forbes Robertson as Hamlet & Romeo; Sir Henry Irving as King Lear, Shylock, Cardinal Wolsey & Becket; Brandon Thomas as John of Gaunt; 50 Plates in total. Text arranged in Double Columns with Footnotes. Black, Olive Green and Light Green Cloth covers with Floral… Read More

London: Virtue & Co, 1890. Decorative Cloth. Near Very Good/No Jacket. Complete Set of 6 Volumes. Undated Edition, Circa 1890s. Very interesting Photogravures of leading Actors & Actresses, making this Edition not only a very attractive set of Shakespeare's Plays but a fascinating souvenir of Theatrical History. Plates protected by Tissue Guards. A margin around the picture is indented by the printing process. Frontispiece of Vol 1 shows H. Beerbohm Tree as Falstaff and other plates show him in the roles of King John & Richard II; Other Plates include Ellen Terry as Mistress Page, Queen Katherine, Lady Macbeth, Portia & Cordelia; Forbes Robertson as Hamlet & Romeo; Sir Henry Irving as King Lear, Shylock, Cardinal Wolsey & Becket; Brandon Thomas as John of Gaunt; 50 Plates in total. Text arranged in Double Columns with Footnotes. Complete 6 Volume Set. Vol I, Comedies; Vol II, Comedies; Vol. III, Tragedies; Vol. IV, Tragedies; Vol. V, Histories; Vol. VI, Histories. Black,… Read More

London: The London Printing and Publishing Company, Limited N.d. [c. 1880]. 4to.Illustrated. 3 volumes bound as 6. Comedies. Tragedies. Histories. xxxvi, 288; xi, 289-640; [v], 306; x, 306-586; xi, 318; vii, 318- 641, xxxvii-lxxi, xvi pp. Full blue cloth with elaborate gilt- and blind stamped decorations, illustrations and lettering to boards and spines - some chipping to the spine and marking to the basesall edges gilt. Light spots throughout and occasional offsetting (mainly to tissue guards, which shows they've worked!). Engraved frontispiece to every volume and engraved title page to every odd numbered book. Many tissue-guarded full page and in-text engravings by Kenny Meadows. All bindings firm. Extensive supplementary materials: glossaries, biography, notes, criticism, etc. An attractive VG set. This is a heavy set and may require additional postage if being shipped outside of Europe. . Very Good. Gilt Decorated Cloth. 1880.

The Folio Society. London. 1988. The Folio Society. 1988. First edition thus, specially and finely bound, to request, in full red morocco gilt. Raised bands and gilt fleur de lis pattern to spine, boards ruled and patterned in gilt with buyer's name "PAMELA" to foot of the upper board of each volume. Cockerell endpapers, all edges gilt. A fine set presented in a handmade dovetail wooden box. VERY SCARCE. The Folio Society produced three series of limited delux editions. This Shakespeare set is from number 2. The limitation is unknown as sets were only bound to order. Please see below for the complete series.1. The ultra-rare series of 5 regular titles from 1960 offered in a special binding, numbered and signed.2. A series of 12 regular box sets between 1968 and 1989 offered in full morocco leather bindings, limited but unnumbered. *3. A series of 9 regular titles between 1990 and 1995, in quarter morocco leather with Ann Muir marbled paper boards and signed by the artists, each limited to 100… Read More