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The Plays of William Shakespeare
by William Shakespeare
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Petworth, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: H Woodfall et al, 1768. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo.. First edition thus. Eight volume collection. Samuel Johnson's notes in Vol I are missing 3 pages. The Plays of Shakespeare. First printing of the First Edition. Brown calf boards with gilt border and raised bands and gilt decoration on spine. Title labels all present. Wear to corners. Marbling to page edges and endpapers. Bindings are tight. Scattered foxing throughout. Some wear and tear on some covers, but overall a very fine set. Attractive book plate on front paste down and a previous owner's signature dated 1870. Vol I has a small diagonal cut with loss to front endpaper.These volumes are extremely heavy, please enquire about postage charges.; Very Good 1768
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- Bookseller
- Reader’s Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1260
- Title
- The Plays of William Shakespeare
- Author
- William Shakespeare
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- H Woodfall et al
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1768
- Size
- 8vo.
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Reader’s Books
Biblio member since 2019
Petworth, West Sussex
About Reader’s Books
Market town general antiquarian book shop specialising in literature, travel and history.
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- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
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