SHAKESPEARE'S COMEDIES; TRAGEDIES; HISTORIES AND POEMS ( Complete 3 Volume Set )
by Shakespeare, William
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
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Penzance, Cornwall, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton Kent & Co Ltd. Decorative Cloth. Good+. Complete set of 3 Volumes. Undated Edition, probably Early 20th C. Each book has a different Frontis illustration of Shakespeare writing his plays. Title pages have vignette illustration of Grecian Tragic/Comic masks. Blue-Grey clot Covers with blind-stamped Decorative design of the Tragic/Comic masks to fronts. Dull gilt classical design and lettering on spines. Top page edges Gilt. 7" Tall. Histories & Poems 976 Pages; Tragedies 1065 Pages; Comedies 963 Pages. Penciled name in corner of ffep on one volume. No other inscriptions. Pages in good, clean condition, very slightly age darkened. Spines faded. Set of 3 Books weighs 1.2 Kilos so shipping Outside UK will be a little extra. Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" Tall
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Details
- Bookseller
- Cornish Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 018006
- Title
- SHAKESPEARE'S COMEDIES; TRAGEDIES; HISTORIES AND POEMS ( Complete 3 Volume Set )
- Author
- Shakespeare, William
- Format/Binding
- Decorative Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton Kent & Co Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Keywords
- DRAMA/SHAKESPEARE/SHAKESPEARE'S WORKS/CLASSICS
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Cornish Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Cornish Books
Biblio member since 2019
Penzance, Cornwall
About Cornish Books
Online Bookseller since 2008, in Penzance, Cornwall.We are a small family business and offer a personal service.Always in stock is a good selection of Cornish Interest Books.
Glossary
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- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- 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...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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...
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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