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Shakespear (Shakespeare), William. All's Well That Ends Well. J. Tonson, London, 1734.

Price: US$700.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First separate unadulturated edition, 82 + (2) pages, frontispiece, bound in modern half morocco, gray paper-covered boards, Fine condition; bookplate of the Shakespeare collector Dr. Otto Orren Fisher on front pastedown

Seller: Stony Hill Books, Madison, WI, U.S.A.

William Shakespear. The Tragedy of Locrine, All's Well That Ends Well, and The History of John Oldcastle. J. Tonson, London, 1734.

Price: US$2339.18 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Early eighteenth-century illustrated editions of three of William Shakespeare's works, bound together in full contemporary calf. Three of William Shakespeare's noted works, bound together in a single volume. All from J. Tonson's published series of 'Shakepear's Plays'.William Shakespeare (1564-1616) was an Elizabethan playwright, poet, and actor. He is often referred to as the greatest writer of all time, and during the course of his life wrote at least thirty-eight plays and over one-hundred-and-fifty poems. His works includeMacbeth, Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet,A Midsummer Night's Dream,Much Ado About Nothing,Henry IV,Henry VI,Richard III, and more.Included are the following works:The Tragedy of Locrine, The Eldest Son of King Brutus, originally published in 1595 and depicting the story of the Trojan founders of the English nation.ESTC Citation No. T53697All's Well That Ends Well, A Comedy, originally published in 1623. It is a play about two women who perform the 'bed trick' in order to trick a young count into marrying one of them. It is one of Shakespeare's 'problem plays', in which there are complex ethical dilemmas that often have more than one resolution. Including an engraved frontispiece.ESTC Citation No. T21273The History of Sir John Oldcastle, the Good Lord Cobham, originally published anonymously in 1600. It is an Elizabethan play about a controversial medieval rebel and Lollard who was later depicted as a proto-Protestant martyr. Including an engraved frontispiece.ESTC Citation No. T54739Collated, and lacking the engraved frontispiece toThe Tragedy of Locrine. In full contemporary calf binding. Externally, some shelf wear and rubbing to the boards, spine, and extremities. Joints are strained, particularly the front joint, which is starting at the tail. Internally, hinges are very strained. Pages are generally bright and clean, especially considering the age of the work. Good

Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom