THE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE WINDSOR EDITION DE LUXE [CT IN 20 VOLS] by William Shakespeare - 1901

The Nottingham Society, 1909. Hardcover. USED Fair.

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PHILADELPHIA: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1902 BEAUTIFUL DARK RED COVER, GOLD PRINT AND DESIGN SPINE. CLEAN AND TIGHT WITH NO INTERNAL MARKINGS, THICK PAGES, COLORFUL ARTWORK ON TITLE PAGE. NO DATE LISTED, CIRCA EARLY 1900. TWO COLOR PLATES INSIDE. The Merry Wives of Windsor is a comedy by William Shakespeare, first published in 1602, though believed to have been written prior to 1597. The Windsor of the play's title is a reference to Windsor Castle in Berkshire, England, and though nominally set in the reign of Henry IV, the play makes no pretence to exist outside contemporary Elizabethan era English middle class life. All's Well That Ends Well is a play by William Shakespeare. It is believed to have been written between 1604 and 1605, and was originally published in the First Folio in 1623. Though originally the play was classified as one of Shakespeare's comedies, the play is now considered by some critics to be one of his problem plays, so named because they cannot be neatly classified as… Read More

Archibald Constable & Co. Ltd. / J. B. Lippincott Co, London . Philadelphia, No date. Edition Unstated. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Illustrated. Each play is individually paginated. At the beginning of each play there is a small note giving the first time the work was published in folio and what the play contains – how many acts, how many scenes and how many lines. The Merry Wives of Windsor – [6], 3 - 114, [2] pages, persons represented, notes and glossary, & All's Well That Ends Well: – [2], 3 - 121, [1] pages, persons represented, notes and glossary. Illustrated endpapers. Colour illustrated frontispiece, by "LFD". Each play is illustrated with one colour illustration – protected by tissue guard with appropriate quote for the illustration. Maroon coloured cloth covered boards with gilt illustration and titles to the back strip. Gilt to the top textblock edge. Pale blue coloured… Read More

The International Shakespearean Society, 1901. Hardcover. Acceptable. one inch chip out of red leather decorated spine; rubbed and bumped spine and red leather corners; mottled boards; unmarked text

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