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The Works of William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare; Alexander Dyce (ed.)
1895-1901
Swan Sonnenschein & Co. : London
8.5" by 5"
xii, 556; [4], 422; [4], 511; [4], 522; [4], 576; [4], 485; [4], 437; [4], 512; [4], 447; [4], 519pp.
SUMMARY
The seventh edition of Alexader Dyce's edition of the collected works of William Shakespeare.
Leather Binding,Rebound
Overall Condition: Very Good
This book weighs 15 KG when packed
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DESCRIPTION
The seventh edition of this work. Complete in ten volumes. With half titles. Originally published in 1857.
The collected works of William Shakespeare, with text revised and annotated by Alexander Dyce. Containing all histories, tragedies and comedies by England's national bard, including of course his famous works 'The Tempest', 'Much Ado About Nothing,' 'A Midsummer Night's Dream,' 'Macbeth,' 'Othello,' King Lear,' 'Romeo and Juliet,' 'Anthony and Cleopatra', &c. as well as his sonnets and other verses.
A complete glossary to vol X.
With preface to previous editions and a biographical sketch of the life of Shakespeare to vol I.
Alexander Dyce was a Scottish dramatic editor and literary historian known for his prolific contributions to critical studies and biographies of prominent authors, as well as his valuable library, containing many rare Elizabethan books, which was left to the South Kensington Museum (Victoria and Albert Museum) upon his death.
CONDITION
In uniform attractive tree calf bindings with titles in gilt to morocco spine labels, intricate gilt tooling to spine, gilt to edges, marbled endpapers. Tail of back strip to rear vol V gently lifting. Externally very smart with light rubbing to joints and head and tail of spine as well as light marking to boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean.
Overall Condition: Very Good
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Overall Condition
Fine - Very well preserved copy showing very little wear
Very Good Indeed - Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy
Very Good - Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones
often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy
Good - Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will
be described in the condition report under 'condition'
Good Only - Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair
Fair - As with good only above but with other faults
leaving a compromised copy even after repair
Poor - Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete.
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