Shakespeare, William. The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare; With a Life of the Poet, and Notes, Original and Selected. [4 vols. III, V, VI, VII]. Phillips and Sampson ; Metcalf & Co., Boston, MA, USA., 1846.

Price: US$499.74 + shipping

Description: VG. [4 vols. III, V, VI, VII] Original blind embossed boards, gold embossed spine. Sunned. Copyright page notes the edition as printed by "Metcalf & Company, Printers to the University" - presumed Harvard University. Important scholastic connection. Notable for acid-free rag paper - no darkening or browning. Partial set but scarce. Important 19th century American edition. In academic tradition, each work is prefaced by "Preliminary Remarks" discussing historical settings of the works, their themes, events and writers contemporary to Shakespeare. Some spotting to all ffeps and endpapers. Many pages still unseparated/trimmed. Shakespeare is common - yes; this Boston edition of 1846 - no. [B198]

Seller: Sierra Rose Antiques, Minden, NV, U.S.A.

SHAKESPEARE, William. The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare; With a Life of the Poet, and Notes, Original and Selected Vol I - VII. Phillips and Sampson, Boston, 1846.

Price: US$1250.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Seven volume set. Octavo. Frontispiece portrait in Volume I, rebound in later full brown morocco. Leather gilt with raised bands on spine with some rubbing at the extremities and light foxing to some pages about near fine. A handsome early American set of Shakespeare's works along with a biography and literary notes.

Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.