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SHAKESPEARE DIVERSIONS. Two volume set. A Medley of Motley Wear. From Dogberry to Hamlet.
by Jacox, Francis
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good- condition
- Seller
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Chicago, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
London: Daldy, Isbister, & Co., 1877. Book. Very good- condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo (8vo). Two volume set. Original decorative green cloth bindings with minor shelfwear, including tiny tears and creases, and minor darkening to the spine. Vol. I: xxii, 506 pages of text. Vol. II: vi, 479 pages including an index. The second volume has what is apparently an authorial inscription on the title page. Handwritten just above the author's printed name is the inscription "George A. Trist" [or Frist] a present from" Francis Jacox. Minor to moderate foxing to the first and final several pages of both volumes, with minor spotting to some closed page edges. First edition. Previous owner's name neatly on a corner of a rear endpaper. From the collection of Louis Marder, Shakespeare historian and collector of books by, on or referring to William Shakespeare..
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- Bookseller
- Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA)
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013079
- Title
- SHAKESPEARE DIVERSIONS. Two volume set. A Medley of Motley Wear. From Dogberry to Hamlet.
- Author
- Jacox, Francis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good- condition
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Daldy, Isbister, & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1877
- Size
- Octavo (8vo)
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA)
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About the Seller
Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA)
Biblio member since 2003
Chicago, Illinois
About Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA)
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- Spine
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- Cloth
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