The Handy-Volume Shakespeare
by SHAKESPEARE, William
- Used
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Lebanon, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
London: Bradbury, Agnew, & Co., nd [ca. 1880]. 13 volumes in 5. 12mo. Contemporary crushed red morocco, gilt turn-ins, a.e.g., silk markers; rebacked preserving original gilt spine titling, tips rubbed PROVENANCE: Dame Jane Strachey, 1840-1928, English suffragist and writer, mother of Lytton Strachey (book-plate in each volume)
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bull's Head Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 100907
- Title
- The Handy-Volume Shakespeare
- Author
- SHAKESPEARE, William
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Bradbury, Agnew, & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- nd [ca. 1880]
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Bull's Head Rare Books
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Lebanon, New Jersey
About Bull's Head Rare Books
Bull's Head Rare Books was established in 2020 by Alex Obercian after more than a dozen years in the New York City book trade. BHRB deals in rare books and manuscripts in all fields, with specialties in literature, bookbindings, architecture, photography, science and medicine and country-life pursuits — gardening, farming and landscape design.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rebacked
- having had the material covering the spine replaced. ...
- 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....
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- ND
- no publisher's date given
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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...