The New Temple Shakespeare. 37 Volumes in a custom made hardwood unit. First thus

Shakespeare, William; Ridley M.R (ed)

Published by J.M Dent and Sons Ltd; E.P Dutton and Co. Inc., London and New York, 1934

About this Item

London and New York. JM Dent and sons; E. P Dutton. 1934-6. Foolscap 8vo 6¾" x 4¼ " First printing thus. Hard Covers. 120 pp. approx. Publishers' scarlet cloth binding with gilt titles to spine and gilt device to upper boards, in unclipped cream pictorial dust-jackets at 2s. Eric Gill has provided engravings for the title page, half-title, binding and front wrap of the jacket. Edited by M. R Ridley who contributes introduction, notes and glossary to each volume. The books are firmly bound. The boards are in fine condition with sharp corners and spine ends and gilt titles to the spine. The top edges are gilt. The dust jackets have various flaws; the majority have very darkened spines making the titles invisible and loss to the spine ends. However. they are all present and have protected the books well so that the majority of the scarlet boards are in fine condition. Please note these are all first printings of this new edition between 1934 and 1936. The Temple Shakespeare was originally published by Dent in 1894. The New Temple Shakespeare shown here was published from 1934-36. A handsome set without the jackets which are scarce in any condition. Fine books in good dustjackets

Original unclipped dust wrappers to all volumes. Dust wrappers are good with light chipping to the extremities and dark sunning to the spines. Loss to the head and tail of the spine to most volumes. Small closed tears to the extremities and nicks to many of the corners. In addition, Timon of Athens has half of spine panel missing; The Sonnets has spine panel missing and is detached but complete. The Tempest has considerable loss at spine tail and puckering to the rear. Richard ll has the rear wrap detached but is complete.

A collection of small volumes of the works of William Shakespeare, an English playwright, poet and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. Publication began in September 1934 and the following twenty volumes were published up to April 1935. Hamlet (1934); As You Like It (1934); Coriolanus (1934); tiny hole in spine panel. Timon of Athens (1934); The Sonnets (1934); . King Henry IV, Part I (1934); King Henry IV, Part II (1934); top part of spine panel missing; Titus Andronicus (1934); The Comedy of Errors (1934); couple of tiny nicks. The Taming of the Shrew (1934); small closed tear along top edge. Julius Caesar (1935); loss in several places of spine panel; vertical split to front wrap, small creasing at bottom edge. Richard III (1935);; pinhole in panel; mark to front wrap. Henry VIII (1935); closed tears at spine tail and top rear edge; The Merchant of Venice (1935); King Lear (1935). Anthony and Cleopatra (1935); marks to rear wrap. The Merry Wives of Windsor (1935); Henry V (1935).

The completing volumes were issued at the rate of two a month commencing in May 1935 in the order shown

Macbeth (1935); Measure for Measure (1935); portion missing from spine tail, . Othello (1935); Troilus and Cressida (1935); . All's Well That Ends Well (1935); vertical closed tear at spine head. Twelfth Night (1935). Pericles (1935); small hole in spine panel, The Winter's Tale (1935); King John (1935); loss at portion of spine panel. Much Ado About Nothing (1935). Cymbeline (1935). The Tempest (1935) . The Rape of Lucrece and Venus and Adonis (1935); puckering along the top rear edge. Richard ll (1935). Two Gentlemen of Verona (1935); Henry VI, Parts I, II, and III, (1936); part 2 has a small pinhole in the spine panel; part 3 . The Life of Shakespeare (1936); a little puckering to the wraps.

The volumes have had a hard wood two shelve desktop made to house them. They can be sold without this at a lower price than shown. If you are buying from outside the UK and would like the unit, please contact us for a postage quote as it is very heavy at 7kg. Postage to the US is £40 with the unit.

Seller Inventory # 25OCT31001

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The New Temple Shakespeare. 37 Volumes in a custom made hardwood unit. First thus
• Publisher: J.M Dent and Sons Ltd; E.P Dutton and Co. Inc., London and New York
• Publication Date: 1934
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Eric Gill
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good
• Dimensions: 10W x 17H x 1D centimeters 10 centimeters width by 17 centimeters height by 1 centimeters depth
• Weight: 7 kilograms