Shakespeare, William (1564-04-23 to1616-04-23). THE FIRST COLLECTED EDITION OF | THE DRAMATIC WORKS | OF | WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE. | A reproduction in exact fac-simile | OF | THE FAMOUS FIRST FOLIO, 1623. | BY THE NEWLY DISCOVERED PROCESS OF PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHY, | Executed, by express permission of Lord Ellesmere and the Trustees of the British Museum, from the matchless | Copies in Bridgewater House and the National Library at the suggestion, and under the superintendence of | H. StAUNTON. | R. W. PRESTON, PHOTO-LITH. | LONDON: | DAY & SON, LIMITED, LITHOGRAPHERS AND PUBLISHERS, | GATE STRET, LONDON’S INN FIELDS. | 1866.. Day & Son Limited, London, 1866.

Price: US$450.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Reproduction in exact facsimile of First Folio except for substantial larger size. 39 x 24 cm. Exact photo lithographic copy of original edition except the third leaf is a red and black modern title page. A 5 cm lower corner is missing from the first page with the poem. This is also true of the preceding blank pages. There is some dust soiling but the page block is tight and intact except for pages at the beginning and end which are all present. The book was bound in full leather with 5 raised bands on the spine and beautiful marbled paper, free ones now detached. Every page has been individually checked. Both boards are detached but present, the spine is attached but damaged Despite these serious flaws, this facsimile is excessively rare and with some (expensive) restoration would be very impressive and pleasant, possibly even exciting, to read. Unwrapped the book weighs 11.46 pounds, so extra shipping cost will be necessary depending on destination.

Seller: T. W. Palmer Books, Eugene, OR, U.S.A.

Shakespeare, William; Staunton, Howard [Editor]. SHAKESPEARE. THE FIRST COLLECTED EDITION OF THE DRAMATIC WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE. A REPRODUCTION IN EXACT FAC-SIMILE OR THE FAMOUS FIRST FOLIO, 1623, BY THE NEWLY-DISCOVERED PROCESS OF PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHY [.]. Day & Son, Limited, London, 1866.

Price: US$1300.00 + shipping

Description: Folio, [xix], 399 pages. In Very Good condition. Bound in publisher's original full brown cloth sympathetically rebacked with spine preserved. Spine paneled with gilt lettering. Gilt turn-ins and marbled endpapers. Some uneven fading to boards. Bookplate to front pastedown. Light toning to text block edges. With additional letterpress red and black title page. SC Consignment. Shelved above Case 4. 1371680. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.

Shakespeare. Shakespeare. The First Collected Edition of the Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare. A Reproduction in exact facsimile of the famous first folio, 1623, by the newly discovered process of photo-lithography. At the suggestion and under the supervision of H. Staunton. London: Day and Son, 1866.

Price: US$1500.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Hardcover, original 16 parts bound in later half morocco over marbled boards with specimen of original wrapper and prospectus bound in back. Edge-wear to the binding with some cracking along the backstrip and exposure to the fore-corners, joints strong; neat repair to the fly leaf; bookplate; text clean and unmarked.

Seller: Moroccobound Fine Books, IOBA, Lewis Center, OH, U.S.A.