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The Plays of William Shakespeare in Eight Volumes, Volumes VII & VIII
by William Shakespeare, (Samuel Johnson, Ed)
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair/No Jacket
- Seller
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Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Item Price
NZ$942.57NZ$754.06
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About This Item
London: Printed for J & R Tonson, C Corbet, H Woodfall, J Rivington, R Baldwin, L Hawes, Clark and Collins, W Johnston, T Caslon, T Lownds and the Executors of B Dodd, 1765 Book. Fair. Full-Leather with Raised Bands. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Early edition of Samuel Johnson's Shakespeare. Vol VII: Julius Caesar; Antony and Cleopatra; Cymbeline; Troilus and Cressida. 547pp. Vol VIII: Romeo and Juliet; Hamlet, Prince of Denmark; Othello, The Moor of Venice. 473pp plus appendices to all eight volumes to rear. Full calf with gilt lined border, 5 raised bands, black label to spine 'Johnson's Shakespeare' (text only just legible). Marbled endpapers. Red page edges. Boards rubbed to edges and corners. Top board of Vol VIII detached. Top board of Vol VII starting to loosen but holding. Text block appears complete and in good condition although pages a little browned. Title and half-title pages complete in both volumes. Minor foxing to endpapers. OFFERS INVITED FOR ONE OR BOTH VOLUMES, contact seller..
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- Bookseller
- Washburn Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007539
- Title
- The Plays of William Shakespeare in Eight Volumes, Volumes VII & VIII
- Author
- William Shakespeare, (Samuel Johnson, Ed)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Publisher
- Printed for J & R Tonson, C Corbet, H Woodfall, J Rivington, R Baldwin, L Hawes, Clark and Collins, W Johnston, T Caslon, T
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1765
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Washburn Books
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About the Seller
Washburn Books
Biblio member since 2010
Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire
About Washburn Books
Washburn Books is a small family business, based in Yorkshire. We offer a wide variety of hard-to-find and out-of-print books in our virtual store, as well as an offline search service. We take pride in our fast delivery of well packaged books.
Glossary
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- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- 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...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 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....
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