[FINE PRESS -- NONESUCH PRESS]. SHAKESPEARE. Works. LIMITED EDITION. 1929-33.
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[FINE PRESS -- NONESUCH PRESS]. SHAKESPEARE, William (1564-1616). Works. London and New York: The Nonesuch Press for Random House, 1929-1933.
7 volumes, 8vo. (Very light offsetting to preliminary leaves.) Original brown morocco, spines in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, top edges gilt, others uncut (very light toning). Provenance: Armorial bookplate on pastedowns of each volume.
LIMITED EDITION, number 1275 of 1600 copies. The text for the "Nonesuch Shakespeare" was mainly compiled from the contents of the First Folio as well as various quarto editions. T.E. Lawrence called the work "a most marvelous pleasure... Altogether a triumph." The Nonesuch Century 58; Dreyfus 58.
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