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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… Read More

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Stratford upon Avon; Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, 1951-1956., 1951. Original Wrappers. 29 programmes for productions of Shakespeare's plays during the 1950s. Quarto (each approx 25 cm x 19). Four have printed synopses loosely inserted, while Richard III has a printed pedigree; 2 include promotional slips relating to refreshments. Each have a historic central horizontal crease from folding and several are lightly soiled with minor foxing to rear covers, otherwise all are clean and bright; one of the 1952 Tempest copies is creased to lower edge and has ownership inscription to front top corner. Overall condition: Very Good. All the productions excepting Voplone in 1952 were of Shakespeare's plays, and there is only one duplicate in the series (The Tempest 1952). An exceptional record of the actors and supporting production and theatre staff. Scarce.

Volume III. Library of Great Writers. Edited by S.A. Vengerov. Translated by A.V. Druzhinin and Vengerova, Minsky, with a foreword by Prof. L. Shepelevich and F. Brown. St. Petersburg, 1903. 1-314s. SKUalb3fd7cd60a8a28132.

London: John Bell [and] John Cawthorn, 1784-1807. [Shakespeare] JOHN BELL EDITION, later printings, mixed issue. 36 of 38 volumes. Duodecimo in half-sheets (16 x 10cm). Most volumes dated 1788 or 1803, with just a few intersectional exceptions. All volumes with two engraved title pages of varying dates ranging from 1784 to 1807, the later ones being printed for John Cawthorn, all with tissue guards. Contemporary quarter pigskin with gilt titles to spines and marbled paper over boards. Quite heavy rubbing and bumping. Eight volumes with some chipping or loss to spine head / tail. Most volumes heavily soiled to spine. Very good. A rare collection. A complex set of books made up from mixed printings of this important early 'cheap' edition, first published in 1774. Missing 'Two Noble Kinsmen' and 'The Merchant of Venice' ('Pericles' and 'Edward III' not then being considered canon). John Bell was a seminal figure in British printing and typography, responsible for dropping the long S, and for developing… Read More