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D. S. Brewer, 1985. Hard cover. Very good/No cover. Second folio only. Spine is cracked but secure. Front and back covers lightly scuffed. Top of back cover has a small bump. Top edge of text block has light water damage. Fore edge and bottom edge have small stains as well. Front end paper has small marks on upper right corner and mid-joint. Inside is clean and unmarked.

[Printed by E. & J. Wright]. [1807]. Folio (370 x 215mm), [18], 303, [1], 1-100, [2], [69]-232, [2], 79-80, [26], 98, [2], 109-156, 257-993 [i.e. 393], [1]pp., q2 with fore-edge torn-away effecting text (see photos supplied), engraved portrait on title, inner hinges broken, contemporary green vellum backed boards, printed spine label, spine heavily darkened, split to upper joint, base of spine torn, uncut. The first reprint of the first edition in its original form. Unlike modern methods of producing facsimiles, this edition was produced by painstakingly setting the type in such a way as to replicate the layout and appearance of the original. "Edited by Francis Douce. This, the first reprint of the first edition in its original form, was executed by J. Wright, St. John's Square, Ln. Wm. Upcott discovered errors, and set to work to collate it with the original. After one hundred and forty-five days' attention, he compiled a list of 368 errors. This fact coming to the notice of… Read More

London: Printed for H. Herringman, E. Brewster, and R. Bentley, at the Anchor in the New Exchange, The Crane in St. Paul's Church-Yard, and in Russel-Street Covent-Garden, London, 1685. Full morocco. Near fine. 4th folio, 1st issue of Shakespeare's plays, the heart of English literature. 19th century full black morocco, fine condition and unrestored, beautiful beyond good fortune and with all of the visual satisfaction so prized by the parts of us that are superficial, a particularly appropriate and resonant antique. That said, these folios should be valued from the inside out and that is where this one's merits excel. Flaws first: The portrait has some light foxing (mostly at the margins), the title page and 5% of the text pages have intermittent stains, there are a few small chips and tears at the edges (all of them confined to the blank margins), some of them closed, and some of them left alone, tiny rust holes of no impact, and half a dozen margins are very slightly miscut, but don't be deceived… Read More

London: Printed for H. Herringman, E. Brewster, and R. Bentley, 1685. Incomparably The Most Important Work In The English Language" The Fourth Folio Edition of 'Shakespeare's Plays' A Beautiful Tall Copy, With Seven New Plays SHAKESPEAR[E], William. Mr. William Shakespear's Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies. Published according to the true Original Copies. Unto which is added, Seven Plays, Never before Printed in Folio: viz. Pericles Prince of Tyre. The London Prodigal. The History of Thomas Lord Cromwel. Sir John Oldcastle Lord Cobham. The Puritan Widow. A Yorkshire Tragedy. The Tragedy of Locrine. The Fourth Edition. London: Printed for H. Herringman, E. Brewster, and R. Bentley, 1685. The Fourth Folio edition of Shakespeare's plays, first state of the imprint (without Chiswell's name). Tall copy. Large folio (14 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches; 368 x 233 mm). [12], 96, 99-160, 163-254, 243 [i.3. 253]-272, [1], [1, blank], 328, 303, [3, blank] pp. (page 33 is numbered 23, 107 is numbered 109, 109 is 111,… Read More

London: for H. Herringman, and are to be sold by Joseph Knight and Francis Saunders,, 1685. The fourth folio, the last of the 17th-century editions of Shakespeare's works and the most grandly produced, this issue with the imprint naming Joseph Knight and Francis Saunders, the booksellers to whom Herringman had entrusted his retail business. There were three issues, with slightly different imprints. John Macock printed the title page for Herringman's copies, "to be sold by Joseph Knight and Francis Saunders". Robert Roberts printed the title pages for the other issues from a single type setting, with either three or four booksellers named. There is no known precedence among the three issues, but Macock's title is much the rarer of the two settings; the online Shakespeare Census locates thirty-five extant copies, only five in private hands. The 1623 first folio, edited by John Heminge and Henry Condell, contained thirty-six plays, to which seven plays were added in 1664 by Philip Chetwin for the… Read More

London: William Aspley, 1632. Pp. [xviii of xx]+304+232+420 (by signature: A[2]-6, *4, A6-Z6, Aa6-Zz6, aaa6-ddd4), engraved portrait of Shakespeare by Martin Droeshout on title page, with woodcut ornaments, initials and headpieces throughout, the text of the plays printed double column within single rule borders; folio in sixes (33.27 cm. x 22.86 cm); early 19th century calf, boards with triple gilt rule borders, later (not recent) gilt lettered black leather title label on spine, the boards a trifle marked and slightly rubbed, joints worn and cracking, spine lightly worn; all edges red; inked (20th century) gift inscription (donor and recipient unknown) on upper free endpaper, a few small damp stains to margins, 5 tiny holes to the first page of The Comedy of Errors (with slight loss of 3 letters of text), a couple of short closed marginal tears, a little slight soiling and browning; London, Printed by Tho. Cotes, for William Aspley, and are to be sold at the signe of the Parrat in Pauls… Read More