The Works of Shakespeare The text of the First Folio with Quarto variants and a selection of modern Readings
W Shakespeare; Herbert Farjeon
Published by Nonesuch Press 1929-1933, London, 1929
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A fantastic, bright set of this Nonesuch limited edition of William Shakespeare's works. The first edition of this Nonesuch set.A super set with much more even colour than usually seen.With the text based on the first folio, with quarto variants and a selection of modern readings. It follows the text of the First Folio faithfully, in its misprints and intermittent use of a comma for a full stop at the close of an uninterrupted speech. The editors note describes in detail the intention and treatment regarding substantive errors between the early editions. Numbered 60 of 1600 copies of this work, which have been designed by Francis Meynell and printed by Walter Lewis, printer to the University at the Cabmbridge University Press. The Nonesuch Press specialised in limited edition and private press. They were founded by Francis Meynell, his second wife Vera Mendel and their friend David Garnett. Their aspiration was for their publications to be aligned with the same aesthetic standards as the private press movement. They were unusual as they used a small Albion press to design the books, but had them printed by commercial printers. In doing so, books with the quality of a fine-press were produced, but available to a wider audience at lower prices. Edited by Herbert Farjeon, a major figure in British theatre in the early twentieth century. He wrote many works on Elizabethan theatre and was a great authority regarding Shakspeare's works.A very smart, bright copy of this work. Uncommon to see the spines in such a bright condition, as they typically sun. In the original full morocco binding. Externally, all volumes are smart with minor shelfwear to the raised bands. Rear board to volume VI is slightly bowed. A few marks to the boards. Internally, all volumes are firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine. Seller Inventory # 758L6D
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Title: The Works of Shakespeare The text of the ...
Publisher: Nonesuch Press 1929-1933, London
Publication Date: 1929
Binding: Leather
Illustrator: None
Condition: Near Fine
Edition: First edition.
Book Type: book
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The Works of Shakespeare The text of the First Folio with Quarto variants and a selection of modern readings: edited by Herbert Farjeon.
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The Nonesuch Press & Random House Inc. [London] & New York, 1931
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Seller: Anthony Smith Books, London, LND, United Kingdom
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8vo. Volume 6 only of a 7 volume set. Limited edition of 1050 copies. Full tan niger morocco ruled and lettered in gilt. Raised bands on spines. Top edge gilt others untrimmed. Fine. An odd volume of the finest library edition of Shakespeare from the 20th century. This volume contains the Quarto texts of Pericles, The Merry Wives' of Windsor, Henry the Fift [sic], Henry VI Parts II & III, Romeo and Juliet and Hamlet. Seller Inventory # 4710
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The Works of Shakespeare. The text of the First Folio with Quarto variants and a selection of modern readings. Edited by Herbert Farjeon.
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Nonesuch Press, 1929
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Hardcover
Seller: Bristow & Garland, Shaftesbury, United Kingdom
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Published 1929-1933. Number 574 of a limited edition of 1050 for sale in Great Britain and Ireland, a further 550 sets were printed for sale in the United State of America. 7 volumes large 8vo (9 1/2 x 6 1/4 inches), publisher's full tan morroco, sides ruled in gilt, spines with wide raised bands and gilt lettered direct, top edges gilt, others uncut. Spines a little sunned apart from volume 6. Small scuff to lower compartment of vol. 3. Internally excellent. Seller Inventory # 22377
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The Works of Shakespeare, The Text of the First Folio with Quarto Variants and a Selection of Modern Readings [ 7 Volume Set ]
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Nonesuch Press, 1929
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Seller: Griffin Books, Stamford, CT, U.S.A.
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Leather. Condition: Very Good. Nonesuch Press, 1929. Hardbacks, 7 volume set, full morocco, gilt titles. Each volume 24 x 16.5cm. 1929-1933. No. 1574 of a total of 1600 sets, 1050 for sale in the UK and 550 for the USA. Edited by Herbert Farjeon. Designed by Francis Meynell. Tight and unmarked spines darkened. oversized and overweight. Please email for photos. Larger books or sets may require additional shipping charges. Books sent via US Postal. Seller Inventory # 117519
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The Works of Shakespeare, the text of the First Folio with Quarto variants and a selection of modern readings, edited by Herbert Farjeon.
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[Cambridge, University Press for] The Nonesuch Press, and New York, Random House, 1929 [ 1933]., 1929
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Seller: Bernard Quaritch Ltd ABA ILAB, London, United Kingdom
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First Edition. 7 vols, 8vo; a very good set in the publisher's tan niger morocco by A.W.Bain, borders gilt-filleted, spines lettered directly in gilt, edges uncut, top-edges stained red and gilt on the rough; spots to boards, a few minor scuffs; bookplate of Sherman Kingsbury Ellis to upper pastedown vol.I.First Nonesuch edition, number 220 of 1600 copies, not only handsomely printed and bound but also an important scholarly edition, collating the texts of the First Folio against variants in preceding quarto editions. 'The text is printed litteratim from the First Folio, except in the case of Pericles and the poems which were not included in the Folio and hence are reprinted from the Quartos The Shakespeare represents the chef d'uvre of the Nonesuch Press, and is a model of careful proof reading and imaginative setting. The best of ancient and modern conjectural emendations are unobtrusively set in the margin for the benefit of a glancing eye. This is the finest of all editions of our greatest poet' (The Nonesuch Century). T.E.Lawrence considered the Nonesuch Shakespeare 'a most marvellous pleasure. I have handled it ever so many times, and read The Tempest right through. It satisfies. It is final, like the Kelmscott Chaucer or the Ashendene Virgil. And it is a book which charms one to read slowly, an art which is almost gone from us in these times. Every word which Shakespeare uses stands out glowing. A really great edition Altogether a triumph' (quoted in The Nonesuch Century, pp.47-48). The Nonesuch Century 58; Dreyfus 58. Seller Inventory # E6039
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The Works of Shakespeare, The Text of the First Folio with Quarto Variants and a Selection of Modern Readings [ 7 Volume Set ]
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Nonesuch Press, 1929
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Seller: Besleys Books PBFA, Diss, United Kingdom
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Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Hardbacks, 7 volume set, full morocco, gilt titles. Each volume 24 x 16.5cm. 1929-1933. No. 850 of a total of 1600 sets, 1050 for sale in the UK and 550 for the USA. Edited by Herbert Farjeon. Designed by Francis Meynell. Set in Monotype Fournier. Some variation in the colour of the bindings between volumes. A few small scuffs and marks but only slight wear. Contents clean and unmarked. An attractive set. Seller Inventory # 18317
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The Works of Shakespeare The text of the First Folio with Quarto variants and a selection of modern readings: edited by Herbert Farjeon.
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The Nonesuch Press & Random House Inc. [London] & New York 1929-33, 1929
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Seller: Anthony Smith Books, London, LND, United Kingdom
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8vo. 7 volumes, set. #798 or 1050 copies. Full tan niger morocco ruled and lettered in gilt. Raised bands on spines. Top edges gilt on the rough, others untrimmed. The top part of the front board of volume 7 is partially faded. Contents clean and fresh. Near fine. England's greatest poet in a superb 20th Century private press edition, both scholarly and attractive for the general reader. The finest library edition of Shakespeare in very nice condition. Seller Inventory # 7864
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The Works of Shakespeare The text of the First Folio with Quarto variants and a selection of modern readings: edited by Herbert Farjeon.
Published by
The Nonesuch Press & Random House Inc. [London] & New York 1929-33, 1929
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First Edition
Seller: Anthony Smith Books, London, LND, United Kingdom
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8vo. 7 volumes, set. #484 or 1050 copies. Full tan niger morocco ruled and lettered in gilt. Raised bands on spines. Top edges gilt on the rough, others untrimmed. A fine set. England's greatest poet in a superb 20th Century private press edition, both scholarly and attractive for the general reader. The finest library edition of Shakespeare in near pristine state. Seller Inventory # 5210
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THE WORKS OF SHAKESPEARE. The text of the First Folio with Quarto variants and a selection of modern readings.
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London: The Nonesuch Press; New York: Random House. -1933, 1929
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Seller: LUCIUS BOOKS (ABA, ILAB, PBFA), York, United Kingdom
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Limited edition. Seven volumes. Original full tan niger morocco by A. W. Bain, upper and lower boards and spine ends double ruled in gilt with tiny corner pieces. Five raised bands and titles in gilt to the spine. Single gilt ruled turn ins. Top edge gilt over red. Designed by Francis Meynell, set in Monotype Fournier and printed by the Cambridge University Press on Pannekoek mould-made paper. No. 1385. An excellent set, the bindings square and firm with some natural patina to the morocco and darkening of the spines. The contents, with the small green morocco bookplate of B.V.R. Overbury to the top of the front pastedown of each volume and minor toning to the page edges of the prelims, are otherwise clean and bright throughout. Limited to 1600 copies of which 1050 were for the UK market and 550 for the US. This set numbered 171 to the limitation page of volume I. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers. Seller Inventory # 22476
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The Works of SHAKESPEARE The Text of the First Folio with Quarto Variants and a Selection of Modern Readings: Edited by Herbert Farjeon. [Nonesuch Press Limited Edition Full Leather Binding Seven Volumes Complete]
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Nonesuch Press, 1929
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Hardcover
Seller: Louis88Books (Members of the PBFA), Andover, United Kingdom
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Limited Edition. The Works of SHAKESPEARE The Text of the First Folio with Quarto Variants and a Selection of Modern Readings: Edited by Herbert Farjeon. [Nonesuch Press Limited Edition Full Leather Binding Seven Volumes Complete]. Seller Inventory # ABE-1729267374175
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The Works of Shakespeare. The text of the first folio with quarto variants and a selection of modern readings: edited by Herbert Farjeon.
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Seller: Collinge & Clark, London, United Kingdom
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Limited Edition. Number 595 of 1,600 sets printed at Cambridge University Press in Monotype Fournier (with the capitals reduced in size) on specially watermarked Pannekoek paper. Full tan niger morocco with gilt spine titling, boards decorated with double gilt rules, all edges uncut, gilt tops. A near fine set, with little variation in the skins used for the binding. [FM in Century:] "The Shakespeare represents the chef d'oeuvre of the Nonesuch Press, and is a model of careful proof reading and imaginative setting." (Dreyfus 58). Seller Inventory # 3309
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