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Lot 179

[BINDINGS]. SHAKESPEARE, William (1564-1616). Shakspere’s Works. L: Kegan Paul, Trench & Co., 1888-1889. 12 volumes. 20th-century red morocco gilt, stamp-signed by Sotheran. FINELY BOUND SET OF SHAKESPEARE'S WORKS.

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[BINDINGS]. SHAKESPEARE, William (1564-1616). Shakspere’s Works. London: Kegan Paul, Trench & Co., 1888-1889.


12 volumes, 12mo (159 x 99 mm). Half-titles. (Some occasional spotting.) 20th-century red morocco, spines in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, gilt-lettered in 2, edges gilt, spine ends and edges gilt-tooled, green and gilt floral printed endpapers, maroon silk bookmarks, stamp-signed by Sotheran (slight slight rubbing to joints and extremities, very slight chipping to a few spine ends); morocco slipcase.

FINELY BOUND SET OF SHAKESPEARE'S WORKS. "The text of the present Edition of Shakspere's Works is mainly that of Delius... In no case is a new rendering of the text proposed; nor has it been thought necessary to distract the reader's attention by notes or comments" (Introduction).

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