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Paperback. Condition: New. The Plays of William Shakespeare V6 (1856) is a collection of plays by the renowned English playwright, William Shakespeare. This volume includes several of his most famous works, including Macbeth, Othello, and King Lear. The book is a reproduction of an 1856 edition and features the original text of the plays, complete with the original spelling and punctuation. The volume also includes a preface by the editor, which provides context and background information on the plays and their historical significance. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in Shakespearean literature or the history of English theater.In Eight Volumes.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: New. The Plays of William Shakespeare V6 (1856) is a collection of plays by the renowned English playwright, William Shakespeare. This volume includes several of his most famous works, including Macbeth, Othello, and King Lear. The book is a reproduction of an 1856 edition and features the original text of the plays, complete with the original spelling and punctuation. The volume also includes a preface by the editor, which provides context and background information on the plays and their historical significance. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in Shakespearean literature or the history of English theater.In Eight Volumes.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Bound in publisher's embossed full leather. Shelf wear, scuffs. All edges gilt. x, 980 pages, 7 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, portrait ; 25 cm. Text in two columns. Some staining. [between 1854 and 1860?].

Hardcover. Condition: Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. 816 pp. Original brown cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Binding lightly soiled and rubbed. Corners and spine ends a bit bumped w/ light wear to bottom corner of rear cover. Light scattered foxing. Mild insect damage to bottom corner of front paste-down, and bottom edge of front blank endpaper. Edges of leaves age toned. Includes 5 steel engravings, including a nice portrait of Shakespeare.

Condition: New.

Half leather bound, new edition. Accurately printed from the text of the corrected copy left by the late George Stevens, Esq. with a selection of explanatory and historical notes, from the most eminent commentator; 'A History of the Stage', 'A Life of Shakespeare' etc., by Alexander Chalmers. Raised spine bands and gilt decorated spine, marbled boards, frontispiece of Shakespeare. 490pp with this 5th volume containing the Second Part of King Henry IV, King Henry V, and King Henry VI. Shelf worn. Boards are scuffed and front board is just hanging on. Corners quite heavily rubbed. Moderately foxed throughout. Previous owner name on front blank. 680 grams.

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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. NEW EDITION. Boards rubbed and marked, all edges gilt, light foxing to some pages, light pencil to some margins. Otherwise clean. Good. Book.

Gebunden. Condition: New.

Half leather bound, new edition. Accurately printed from the text of the corrected copy left by the late George Stevens, Esq. With a selection of explanatory and historical notes, from the most eminent commentator; 'A History of the Stage', 'A Life of Shakespeare' etc., by Alexander Chalmers. Raised spine bands and gilt decorated spine, marbled boards, frontispiece of Shakespeare. 309pp with this first volume containing The Tempest, The Gentlemen of Verona, and Merry Wives of Windsor. Boards are scuffed. Leather worn through at joints down spine and corners quite heavily rubbed. Moderately foxed throughout. Library tape supporting spine ends. Previous owner name on front blank. 670 grams.

Condition: Gut. Zustand: Gut - Gebrauchs- und Lagerspuren. | Seiten: 884 | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher.

Half Leather. Condition: Good+. No Jacket. H. W. Smith (illustrator). "The Works of William Shakspeare comprising his Dramatic and Poetical Works, Complete; Accurately Printed from the Text of the Corrected Copy left by the late George Stevens, Esq. with a Glossary and Notes, and A Memoir, by Alexander Chalmers, A.M. with Steel Illustrations. Complete in One Volume. 1854." from title page. Rare one volume complete works of Shakespeare. Contains biographical sketch, the complete text of the 37 plays, followed by "Venus and Adonis," "Rape of Lucrece," the Sonnets, "The Passionate Pilgrim," and "A Lover's Complaint," with a rear glossary. Illus. w/ frontis. portrait + 11 additonal steel engravings by H. W. Smith, with tissue guards. Large half-leather book. George Steevens (1736-1800) is best remembered for his 21 volume Complete works of Shakespeare with his notes compiled and published by his life-long friend Isaac Reed. The final version published in 1813 after his death. Steevens' goal was to document all known variants of Shakespeare's works and present the most likely and best translation as the original version. Alexander Chalmers (1759?1834) was a Scottish editor and biographer best known for his General Biographical Dictionary (1812?17), a 32-volume revision of a work first published in 11 volumes (1761). Chalmers' Glossary to Shakespeare was published in 1797. The publishing company was founded in Boston in 1845 by Mosses Dresser Phillips and Charles Sampson, but dissolved in 1859. They were influential in founding The Atlantic Monthly magazine. Half leather hardcover has brown textured cloth on boards, gold lettering on spine, gilt page-edges, but no dust jacket. Great looking example of American antebellum book craft. We received the book with damage we repaired to make this copy usable and keep pieces together. Page v was torn in half, repaired with tape. Gutters torn with text separated from covers, repaired to whole. Interior had front pages to torn page unattached. In spite of damage, interior was well cared for; glassine covers of lithographs still intact, no noted marks in book. Minor smudges from handling and age marks. Repaired to usable copy. No copyright asserted. Date 1854 on title page is assumed to be the year this copy was printed. Place of manufacture is unstated. Spelling abnormalities noted. No ISBN, LCCN nor MSR printed in book. No Ownership Markings.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. New Edition. Full leather, double gilt border to covers, five raised bands with gilt decorations. Shows rubbing to extremities, less so to the edges and surface of the boards, also spine, with leather spine labels detached, leaving blind-stamping which is readable. All edges marbled, top edge darkened, the others bright; this marbled design is identical to the end papers. Well bound, both covers firmly attached. Pages are bright and clean with hardly any foxing, free of markings. This volume consists of the plays: Julius Caesar, Anthony and Cleopatra, Cymbeline, Titus Andronicus and Pericles. This edition "Accurately Printed form the Text to the Corrected Copies left by the Late George Steevens and Edmond Malone, with Mr. Malone's Various Readings." Plus "A selection of Explanatory and Historical Notes from the Most eminent Commentators; A History of the State, and a Life of Shakspeare" by Alexander Chalmers. 554 pages. Questions welcome. Images can be made upon request.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. New Edition. Full leather, double gilt border to covers, five raised bands with gilt decorations. Shows rubbing to extremities esp. to head of spine, less so to the edges and surface of the boards, also spine, with leather spine labels detached, leaving blind-stamping which is readable. All edges marbled, top edge darkened, the others bright; this marbled design is identical to the end papers. Well bound, both covers firmly attached. Title page and frontispiece illustration of Shakespeare show very light foxing, the balance of the book has minor foxing, paper is bright. This volume consists of: Preface, Sketch of the Life of Shakespeare, Mr. Pope's Preface, Dr. Johnson's Preface, An Historical Account of the English Stage by Mr. Malone, Glossary, The Tempist, Two Gentleman of Vermona, Merry Wives of Windsor.This edition "Accurately Printed form the Text to the Corrected Copies left by the Late George Steevens and Edmond Malone, with Mr. Malone's Various Readings." Plus "A selection of Explanatory and Historical Notes from the Most eminent Commentators; A History of the State, and a Life of Shakspeare" by Alexander Chalmers. xlviii, 182, 286 pages. Questions welcome. Images can be made upon request.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. New Edition. Full leather, double gilt border to covers, five raised bands with gilt decorations. Shows rubbing to extremities esp. to head of spine, less so to the edges and surface of the boards, also spine, with leather spine labels detached, leaving blind-stamping which is readable. All edges marbled, top edge darkened, the others bright; this marbled design is identical to the end papers. Well bound, both covers firmly attached. Pages are bright with minro foxing and free of markings. This volume consists of the plays: King Richared III, King Henry VIII, Troilus and Cressida , Timon and Cressida, Timon of Athens and Coriolanus. This edition "Accurately Printed form the Text to the Corrected Copies left by the Late George Steevens and Edmond Malone, with Mr. Malone's Various Readings." Plus "A selection of Explanatory and Historical Notes from the Most eminent Commentators; A History of the State, and a Life of Shakspeare" by Alexander Chalmers. 621 pages. Questions welcome. Images can be made upon request.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Thick 8vo. One volume edition. Bound in half-leather. A.E.G. Illustrated with the Heroines of Shakespeare. Rubbing along joints and corners. Rubbing to bottoms of boards. Slight spotting to top edge of textblock. Light starting to top of front hinge. Some foxing throughout. Offsetting to illustrations throughout. 1-inch losed tears to foredge of first few leaves. Two-inch closed tear to top hinge of front free endpaper. Good.

Condition: Fair, No Dust Jacket. 1852. 4TO, B/W Illus, Hardcover Hardcover. Plain brown leather boards are worn and frayed at edges. Soil and scuffing throughout. Title in gold on creased spine. Fore edge soil. First endpaper has been removed. Second and third blank endpapers have pencil notations and are noticeably soiled. Frontis and half title pages are noticeably foxed/soiled as well. Text pages are lightly foxed throughout, a few pages and illustrations are completely foxed. Full title:The Works of Shakspeare, Complete. Accurately Printed From The Text Of The Corrected Copy Left By The Late George Steevens, Esq. With A Memoir, By Alexander Chalmers, A.M. In One Volume. Always carefully wrapped and shipped in cardboard boxes to protect your purchase.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Full calf leather covers with gilt rule to boards, elaborate gilt tooling to spines, five raised bands, both black and brown labels with gilt to spines, all edges marbled, marbled endpapers. Some very slight signs of edgewear, rubbing, some small stains to covers otherwise very good. Vol. 2 has sticker mark to top right front cover. Foxing to endpapers and prelims otherwise main text block is generally clean and bright.

, 8 matching finely bound volumes New Editions , joints split and some spines detaching, rubbing to corners and edges, one title label chipped, boards attached but loose to some volumes, light foxing, fair condition , full straight grained morocco, five raised bands, gilt lettering on red morocco title labels, gilt borders and board edges, marbled endpapers and full marbled edges , octavo, 22 cm x 15 cm Hardback ISBN:

octavo full leather with gilt rule to boards, elaborate gilt tooling to spines, five raised bands, both red and deep green labels with gilt to spines, all edges marbled, marbled endpapers VG+ (light wear and scuffing) An attractive eight volume complete set (HEAVY).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. This is a sound and attractive copy of the eight-volume Longman edition of 1856, with all volumes bound in half leather over marbled paper-covered boards, spines with five raised bands, compartments gilt, author and title labels in green morocco; all edges marbled; contents excellent. Bindings are sunned at extremities, corners scuffed, wear to edges, outer hinges sturdy; the front inner hinge of volumes IV, V, and VI is slightly tender, the front board of volume VIII is rubbed and scuffed. 6360.