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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Brundage, Frances; Bowley, M. (Sophia May); Horowitz, H. (illustrator). First Thus. Set of 3 Shakespearean classics (& additional other plays) especially rewritten in story form for young readers by Edith Nesbit & Hugh Chesson, with pen-and-ink sketches & full color illustrations by leading female children's book artists Frances Brundage, Sophia May Bowley, H. Horowitz, & more. No dates in books, but research places them c. 1900. Each is a 16mo (4.5" x 6.5") bound in brightly colored cloth over boards, with colorful decorations & lettering to front & spine. Book 1: "The Merchant of Venice and Other Stories,'' also contains "Timon of Athens" & "The Comedy of Errors,'' in 64 pages + other titles by this publisher in rear. Book 2: "Cymbeline," also includes "All's Well that Ends Well" & "Much Ado about Nothing,'' in 64 pages + ads. Book 3: "A Midsummer's Night Dream" also contains "Hamlet, Prince of Denmark,'' "Twelfth Night,'' & "King Lear," in 64 pages + ads. Book #2 has a lovely full color frontispiece. All books contain numerous pen-and-ink sketches, many full page. Condition overall is VG: exceptionally clean & bright, stitched bindings strong & straight, pages creamy white & unmarked save for child's name in 2 books to ffep. Modest rubbing to extremities, slight bumping to all corners/both ends of spine. "Midsummer" shows heavier rubbing to spine, "Cymbeline" has some paper residue stuck to rear board along fore edge side. A lovely little set & a wonderful introduction to the Bard for young readers! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, Weekends & holidays ship very next business day.