Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Price: US$85.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Two volumes. Spines are tanned and worn, but tight. Covers are worn, especially along edges. Insides are tanned but legible, and otherwise are clean and unmarked.
Seller: Moe's Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Shakespeare, William. POEMS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE.|THE. The Limited Editions Club, New York, 1941.
Price: US$96.00 + shipping
Description: 4to. decorated boards, top edges gilt. 125; 245, (1) pages. Edited by Herbert Farjeon with an introduction by Louis Untermeyer. 2 volumes. Limited to 1500 numbered copies signed by Bruce Rogers (LEC 122). Lacking the slipcase. Spines lightly age darkened and spotted. Top corner of volume one is lightly bumped. Else a near fine set. Overall design of this classic in book design and illustration was in the hands of Bruce Rogers. Part of a larger 40 volume set. Each of the 37 volumes of plays is illustrated by a different artist. decorated boards, top edges gilt
Seller: Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB, NEW CASTLE, DE, U.S.A.
Price: US$118.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 2 vol set.vol 1 125pp in yellowish decorative paper covered boards, heavily rubbed at corners, corners bruised with some board showing, Mild rubbing along board edge with an occasional chip with board exposed. both vol1 and vol 2 spine demonstrates surface effacement due probably to silver fish, actual integrity of binding along spine remains intact good minus, no dj.vol 2 125 pp beige pinkish paper covered boards .corners rubbed with small amount of board exposed, edges of board mildly rubbed with occasional small areas of board exposure, interior foxing but remains clean and tight.numbered copy 1397 signed by books designer Bruce Rogers vg/o. 2 vol set limited editions club 1941 issue.overall g/o
Seller: aldebaranbooks, Lantana, FL, U.S.A.
Shakespeare, William. The Poems of William Shakespeare in Two Volumes. Limited Editions Club, 1941.
Price: US$135.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 2 4to hardcover volumes in original slipcase. Volumes near fine with no faults. Slipcase has some edge wear but not split. No markings.
Seller: Antique Emporium, Eau Claire, WI, U.S.A.
Shakespeare, William. The Poems of William Shakespeare. (2 volumes). Limited Editions Club, 1941.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: One of 1500 copies designed by Bruce Rogers and signed by him. 4to, half natural buckram, patterned boards, top edges gilt. Fore-edges foxed, else fine, unopened. Slipcase worn at extremities of spine, label browned.
Seller: Possum Books, Charlottesville, VA, U.S.A.
Price: US$157.50 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: volumes 1 and 2 No dust jacket. Good hardcover with some shelfwear; may have previous owner's name inside. Oversized.
Seller: Midtown Scholar Bookstore, Harrisburg, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Two volumes. Beige buckram gilt with decorated paper-covered boards, slipcase, folio, xviii, (3), 125; (vii), 130-245, (1) pages, decorated with printer's flowers by Bruce Rogers. One of 1,500 copies printed by Colish, designed by Rogers and signed by him. One of the BR thirty. Clean, very good copies with moderate toning and spotting to the spines in a worn but entirely intact slipcase with spine label.
Seller: Entropy Books, Ferndale, MI, U.S.A.
William Shakespeare. Poems of William Shakespeare. The Limited Editions Club, New York, 1941.
Price: US$222.75 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Only 1500 copies printed with this being #724. From the Limited Editions Club. The book also signed by the Designer Bruce Rogers on the limitation page at rear of book/volume 2. Beautifully decorated boards/covers with cloth spine and original glassine dust-jackets. Many pages still unopened (Joined at the page edges) and were never cut so probably unread as well. Pages uncut with gilt page top. Small light stain to side of slipcase and paper label only (Not affecting books).
Seller: Barry's Books, San Antonio, TX, U.S.A.
SHAKESPEARE, William. The Poems of William Shakespeare. Limited Editions Club, New York, 1941.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Edited by Herbert Farjeon. With an introduction by Louis Untermeyer. Color decorations and printers' flowers by Bruce Rogers. 2 volumes. Thin small folios, tan cloth-backed patterned boards, t.e.g., board slipcase (worn but sound). New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1941. Fine in very good box Limited Edition, one of 1500 copies signed by the illustrator.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$2450.72 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 4to. Quarto volumes. Oatmeal cloth spines and decorated paper boards. Top edges gilt. This set is comprised of 37 volumes of the works, 2 volumes of the poems (in slipcase), leather bound edition of Ten Years and William Shakespeare, and Shakespeare A Review and a Preview. 41 volumes total, only the poems in the slipcase. This set is limited to 1950 numbered copies, the poems limited to only 1500 copies, both numbered 1331. The leather bound edition of Ten Years and the cloth edition of Shakespeare A Review and a Preview are both worn at spine head and heel, with bumped and worn corners. The slipcased 2 volume set of Poems in near fine condition and the set of 37 volumes all in very good condition, save light darkening to spines of two volumes. The Poems are signed by designer Bruce Rogers. Each of the 37 volumes is illustrated by a different artist. This set includes many of the newsletters issued with each volume but not all are present. A very nice set.
Seller: Karol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA, Toronto, ON, Canada