THE ALDUS SHAKESPEARE 1909 Bigelow Smith & Co. - COMPLETE 40 VOLUME SET
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TITLE: The Aldus Shakespeare, with copious notes and comments by Henry Norman Hudson, Israel Gollancz, C.H. Herford and over one hundred other eminent Shakespearean authorities.
AUTHOR: William Shakespeare Ed. by J. Ellis Burdick; James Orchard Halliwell-Phillips; Israel Gollancz, Henry Norman Hudson,
PUBLISHER: New York: Bigelow Smith & Co.
DATE: 1909
DESCRIPTION: 40 volumes. 17cm, limp red morocco.
CONDITION NOTES: VERY GOOD. Solid page and cover attachment throughout the entire set. Caps and corners rubbed to varying degrees. No red rot. Loose threads visible in photos invariably originate from silk bookmarks that have occasionally unravelled NO LOOSE HEADBANDS, or BINDING STICHES. Covers fresh and bright with toning only apparent on spines which sometimes share rubbing with caps. Pages and endpapers bright, fresh, occasionally new feeling of having never been opened (not to be expected in the most common plays, which are nonetheless fresh but not new). Pages universally free of marks, foxing, creases, or tears.
BINDING: Uniform binding in limp Red Morocco with silk bookmarks. Version of Shakespeare crest gilt tooled to front. Gilt tooled titles. Plain red endpapers. All edges trimmed, head edge gilt.
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Complete set of William Shakespeare works and biography in portable volumes that include many interpretative essays, offering surprisingly rich scholarship for such a decorative edition. Each Shakespeare play includes a preface by Israel Gollancz of King's College usually beginning with a descriptive bibliographic reference and statement of authority about the text the volume will use and reflections on the various editions we know. Here you will find controversies over various versions of Shakespeare's work. That's followed by literary introduction by a rotating cast of scholars with expertise in individual plays. Usually short vignettes with references to more complete work. Also included, a Life of Shakespere.
