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The Works of William Shakespeare in Twelve Volumes:Volume I Only
by SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM
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- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
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About This Item
New York, USA and London, England: John Alden, Publisher, 1887. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6?" - 7?" tall. Type: Hardback Volume I of the 1887 John Alden, Publisher, Ideal Edition, in dark red quarter leather with dark green boards, marbled page edges and endpapers, in Good+ Condition. No Jacket, as issued. Elaborate decoration and titles in bright and sharp gilt on spine. Head and heel rubbed, slight wear to corner tips, back panel faded near lower edge. Tight and solid sewn binding with cracked inner hinge. Pages toned, quite clean, no markings of any kind. This edition of Shakespeare's Works gives the most generally accepted text, without note or comment. This volume includes: The Tempest; The Two Gentlemen of Verona; The Merry Wives of Windsor; and Measure for Measure. Edited by William George Clark and William Aldis Wright. Front endpapers have former owner information. 299 pages. 7.5 x 4.5 inches. 1887, John Alden, Publisher, New York, USA
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- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 023682
- Title
- The Works of William Shakespeare in Twelve Volumes:Volume I Only
- Author
- SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- John Alden, Publisher
- Place of Publication
- New York, USA and London, England
- Date Published
- 1887
- Size
- 12mo - over 6?" - 7?"
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- DRAMA PLAYS THEATRE STAGE LITERATURE ELIZABETHAN
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
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