The Works of William Shakespeare, Volume IV (Only) : King John, King Richard II, King Henry IV, Parts I & II, King Henry V
by William Shakespeare
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- Hardcover
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Oregon City, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia, PA: Porter & Coates. 1859. Hardcover. (VOLUME IV ONLY) : Very Good: shows moderate wear to the extremities; very mild overall rubbing; the slightest spine lean; former seller's price at the front free endpaper; former bookseller's pasted stamp at the front pastedown endpaper; the fore-edge has darkened slightly; the front flyleaf has been removed; the binding remains secure, but both the front and rear hinges are just starting; the text is clean. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. Free of ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, or labels except as noted above. A handsome copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing very mild wear and minor unobtrusive imperfections: clean, sturdy, and quite presentable. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 12mo. (7 x 4.5 x 1.3 inches) . Frontispiece Engraving. Edited by George Long Duyckinck. The text regulated by the Folio of 1632; with readings from former editions, a history of the stage, a life of the poet, and an introduction to each play. To which are added glossarial and other notes by Knight, Dyce, Douce, Collier, Halliwell, Hunter and Richardson. Dated from introduction. Pages bright and clean and free of markings, soiling or staining. Bound in publisher's Green cloth over boards with embossed panels and backstrip and Gilt Titles at the backstrip. Top Edge Gilt. Sewn-in red ribbon marker. Hardback: No DJ 'as issued'. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 427 pages .
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- Seller
- Black Cat Hill Books
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- Seller's Inventory #
- 48427
- Title
- The Works of William Shakespeare, Volume IV (Only) : King John, King Richard II, King Henry IV, Parts I & II, King Henry V
- Author
- William Shakespeare
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Porter & Coates
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia, PA
- Date Published
- 1859
- Keywords
- Drama:, Shakespeare, History, Plays, Theater, Drama, English, Literature, Elizabethan
- Bookseller catalogs
- Performing Arts: Theatre and Drama;
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Oregon City, Oregon
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- Marginalia
- Marginalia, in brief, are notes written in the margins, or beside the text of a book by a previous owner. This is very...
- Cloth
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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...
- 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....
- Remainder
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- 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...
- 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...
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
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