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THE COMPLETE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, Containing the Plays and Poems With Special Introductory Matter , Index of Characters & Glossary of Unfamiliar Terms
by SHAKESPEARE, William
- Used
- near fine
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
Item Price
NZ$46.81NZ$39.80
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London & Glasgow: Collins Clear-Type Press (UK) No date given (a guess at l1930s), date uncertain. No markings, hinges strong, slight loss to shine on gilt to top of pages, old book smell, Near Fine, no dust jacket as published, but in Good slipcase.with wear to lowere corners and small spit to lower open edge. Maroon leather with gold title to spine, plain endpapers, top edge gilt, 1312pp.8 double spread colour illustrations by British artists. The text is in double columns per page on thin but opaque paper. Includes the Sonnets and the Rape of :Lucrece, Venus and Adonis, A Lover's Complaint, The Passionate Pilgrim, The Phoenix and the Turtle. Glossary A nice copy: (2.7 JM HOQ 102/b1. Leather. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".
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Details
- Bookseller
- JWMah
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 04662
- Title
- THE COMPLETE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, Containing the Plays and Poems With Special Introductory Matter , Index of Characters & Glossary of Unfamiliar Terms
- Author
- SHAKESPEARE, William
- Format/Binding
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Publisher
- Collins Clear-Type Press
- Place of Publication
- London & Glasgow
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Shakespeare Plays Literature William Shakespeare Poems
- Bookseller catalogs
- Shakespeare and Shakespeare Studies;
Terms of Sale
JWMah
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About the Seller
JWMah
Biblio member since 2006
Burnaby, British Columbia
About JWMah
JWMah has been selling out-of-print, used and rare books on the Internet since 1997. Our stock consists of a good balance of fiction and non-fiction books in a wide range of subjects. We also sell classical Lp records. Our Cookbooks, Canadiana, Travel and Exploration catalogues are worth a look. We examine each book that we sell and try our best to grade the books conservatively. We are strictly an internet business, so usually the books put up for sale are in stock. We try update our books every two days so that our listings are as fresh as possible. It is best to contact us by e-mail or by telephone to reserve a book, as some books sell quickly. We are located in Canada's westcoast and we ship internationally.
Glossary
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- 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...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- 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....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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