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SHAKESPEAR, William. The History of Sir John Oldcastle, the Good Lord Cobham. J Tonson, 1734.
Price: US$373.60 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Brown half leather and marble paper boards with gilt lettering to spine. Boards are rather rubbed but still serviceable. Corners are bumped, edges are worn. Spine has bumping to the ends. Front inner hinge is cracked, but holding. 2 pages have some repaired damage. 72 pp. Additional photos are available upon request. When securely packed this item will weigh in the region of 144g. Postage within the UK remains at £3. For international orders ABE use an estimate based on a 1kg book. Where a book is lighter/heavier, we will reduce/request additional postage accordingly. We make no profit on postal charges. All our books are photographed so you can see what you are buying. ABE may, however, display a stock image whilst processing ours. (YBP Ref: 032991:15(6a)) Size: 16mo - over 53/4" - 63/4" tall 144 G
Seller: YattonBookShop PBFA, Bristol, United Kingdom
Price: US$386.48 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 72 pp, b/w illustrated frontispiece, the 1st seperate Tonson edition, wear to spine edges and browning to pages. 12mo.
Seller: Foster Books - Stephen Foster - ABA, ILAB, & PBFA, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Duodecimo. 72pp. The fourth separately printed edition (?). Disbound. With an engraved frontispiece by P. Fourdrinier. ESTC T54739; Maslen & Lancaster. Bowyer ledgers, 2115. The attribution to William Shakespeare is false; probably by Anthony Munday, Michael Drayton, Robert Wilson and Richard Hathway. Part (sig. B) printed by William Bowyer; his records show 10,000 copies printed.
Seller: Sam Gatteno Books, Grosse Pointe, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$2318.87 + 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