Select Plays of William Shakespeare: In Six Volumes. with the Corrections & Illustrations of Various Commentators. to Which Are Added, Notes, Volume 5 by Samuel Johnson, William Shakespeare, Isaac Reed - 2010-02-24

British Library, Historical Print Editions, 2011-05-25. Paperback. Good.

London: Mathews and Leigh, 1807. No edition stated. 8vo, 227pp. 4 portrait plates ( of Mr Macklin, Betterton, Henderson and Mrs Pritchard). Contemporary blue paper-covered boards. The binding has been crudely rebacked with decorated paper, the edges of the boards are worn, the plates have staining to the margins, the final text page is torn and there is an inscription by a former owner. Overall a fair to good copy only.

Edinburgh : W. P. Nimmo, 1866. New Edition. Hardcover. Worn copy bound in full aniline calf with gilt decoration to the boards and spine, with a leather gilt blocked title to the spine. Some wear and tear as with age. Remains well preserved overall; tight, bright and clean. Provenance; includes a prize bookplate from the London Committee and presented to Robert Cooper Seaton. Physical description; xx, 715 pages. Notes; A reissue of the edition of 1864. Subjects; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616). Complete works of William Shakespeare. Plays. Poems. Genre; Drama.

London : William Pickering, Chancery Lane, 1825-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. Wreath edition. 11 Volumes set. Bound in contemporary 3/4 green leather. Green cloth boards. Gilt spine. 5 raised bands. TEG. Tipped in slip to Vol. I. Bound by Riviere & Son. Good bindings. Front boards detached to Vol. I, II and VIII. Moderate shelfwear, with chipping to leather. Bookplate to each front pastedown. Clean, unmarked pages. Jaggard p. 516; Lowndes 3, 2266

J. Johnson, R. Baldwin, H.L. Gardner, et al., 1803. First Thus. Leather Binding. Very Good. 21 volumes complete as issued. The first variorum edition, also the largest edition of Shakespeare to date, Attractively bound in full brown period calf, speckled in black and light brown, spines with twin black morocco labels for author and title (at foot), and a small oval black leather label for the volume number as well, edges speckled black, marbled endpapers (some darkening and wear to spines, traces of old smoke damage to spines, covers of three volume discolored, two covers nearly detached; some foxing and occasional stains to text). Engraved frontis in Volume I, folding plates intact and crisp throughout.