The Library Shakspeare [Complete]

Hardcover folios in green cloth boards with gilt title to spine and gilt illustration to covers. 3 volumes in 9 folios: illustrations (some color), color frontispieces, plates (some color, some pasted on); 32 cm. Complete in nine books. Illustrated by Sir John Gilbert, George Cruikshank, and R. Dudley. Contents: pt. 1. Tempest; Two gentlemen of Verona; Merry wives of Windsor; Twelfth night; Measure for measure; Much ado about nothing -- pt. 2. Taming of the shrew; Comedy of errors; Merchant of Venice; Midsummer night's dream; Love's labour's lost; As you like it -- pt. 3. As you like it (continued); Winter's tale; All's well that ends well; Macbeth; Troilus and Cressida; Timon of Athens -- pt. 4. Timon of Athens (continued); Hamlet; Cymbeline; Romeo and Juliet; King Lear -- pt. 5. King Lear (continued); Othello; Coriolanus; Julius Caesar; Antony and Cleopatra -- pt. 6. King John; King Richard II; King Henry IV; Henry V -- pt. 7. Henry V (continued); King Henry VI; King Richard III; King Henry VIII -- pt. 8. King Henry VIII (continued); Titus Andronicus; Pericles; Poems -- v. 9. Notes, critical and explanatory / by Samuel Neil. Comedy plays. Drama. Historical drama. Poetry. Tragedies (Drama) Vol I-Comedies (Book I); Vo. I-Comedies (Book II); Vol. I-Comedies (Book III); Vol II-Tragedies (Book IV); Vol. II-Tragedies (Book V); Vol. III-Historical Plays (Book VI); Vol. III-Historical Plays (Book VII); Vol. III-Historical Plays (Book VIII); Notes, Critical and Explanatory (Book IX)// **A large, heavy set. Extra shipping charges may apply for international & expedited orders. Please inquire.**. All books have: Moderate rubbing to boards, edges and corners of boards, spine, and head and foot of spine. Mild to moderate fraying to head and foot of spine and corners of boards. Moderate bumping to corners of boards. Mild foxing? to boards. Mild soiling to covers. Moderate yellowing to title page. Very mild spotting and soiling throughout. || Book I: Heavy foxing? to front cover. Mild crack to hinge at end papers. ; Book II: Mild crack to hinges at end papers. ; Book III: Cup stain to front board. ; Book IV: Mild crack to hinge at pages 88 and 89. ; Book VIII: Very mild worming to title page (singular worm hole to edge). ; Book IX: Heavy damp stain? or foxing to back board. || Else most pages cleana and bindings tight. Overall books are good. …