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Shakespeare, William. The Complete Works of William Shakespeare ( The New Nonesuch Shalespeare)- Comedies. Nonesuch Press, London, 1953.

Price: US$28.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Marbled boards. Volume I- Comedies. Volume I only. Light wear to corners

Seller: Jay W. Nelson, Bookseller, IOBA, Austin, MN, U.S.A.

William Shakespeare. The Complete Works of William Shakespeare - Histories Volume 2 of 4. The Nonesuch Press, 1953.

Price: US$33.81 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: 1953. No Edition Remarks. 1195 pages. No dust jacket. Patterned cloth. Binding remains firm. Pages are lightly tanned throughout. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Very slight crushing to spine ends.

Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom

William Shakespeare. The Complete Works of William Shakespeare - Poems Vol. 4 of 4. The Nonesuch Press, 1953.

Price: US$37.01 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: 1953. No Edition Remarks. 247 pages. No dust jacket. Patterned cloth. Binding remains firm. Pages are lightly tanned throughout. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Very slight crushing to spine ends.

Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom

William Shakespeare. The Complete Works of William Shakespeare: Comedies. The Nonesuch Press, 1953.

Price: US$40.55 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: 1953. No Edition Remarks. 1080 pages. No dust jacket. Pictorial cloth covered boards. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate shelf wear with mild bumping and fraying to corners and crushing and fraying to spine ends. Gilt lettering to spine is dulled. Some pen marks to spine.

Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom

Shakespeare, William ; Brown, Ivor (intro by). Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Volume 4: Poems). The Nonesuch Press, 1953.

Price: US$46.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Near Fine, Pages clean and bright, binding tight. Cover shows minor signs of shelf wear. Same day shping.

Seller: Snow Crane Media, Millburn, NJ, U.S.A.

SHAKESPEARE, William. The Complete Works of William Shakespeare: Comedies (The New Nonesuch Shakespeare, Comedies). Nonesuch Press, 1953.

Price: US$51.46 + shipping

Condition: Good

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Seller: Half Price Books Inc., Dallas, TX, U.S.A.

William Shakespeare. Complete Works of William Shakespeare. , 1953.

Price: US$83.95 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: [The New Nonesuch Shakespeare] Four Volumes.

Seller: BowNError, Front Royal, VA, U.S.A.

SHAKESPEARE, William.. THE COMPLETE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE. Volume 1: Comedies, Volume 2: Histories, Volume 3: Tragedies, Volume 4: Poems.. The Nonesuch Press, 1953., 1953.

Price: US$100.77 + shipping

Description: 4 Vols., 1080, 1197, 1471, 247pp. A very good hardback set bound in quarter cloth with gilt lettering and marbled boards.

Seller: Sainsbury's Books Pty. Ltd., Camberwell, VIC, Australia

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (INTRO BY IVOR BROWN). THE COMPLETE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE The text and order of the first folio with quarto variants & a choice of modern readings noted marginally: to which are added Pericles and the first quartos of six of the plays of doubtful authorship: also the poems according to the original quartos and octavos. (FOUR VOLS COMPLETE). THE NONESUCH PRESS, LONDON, 1953.

Price: US$103.06 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Brown Buckram cloth quarter binding with gilt blocked titles and marbled paper effect cloth boards, 220 x 140 mm. Applied head and tail bands,1953 1st printing thus by The Nonesuch press established by Herbert Farjeon published and dedicated to Queen Elizabeth II in the year of the Coronation. Four Vols complete (Lacks slipcase). Please see our images of the actual set offered for sale for further details and condition. Very Good ( No notable shelf wear or soiling to cloth. No previous owner names or insc. No notable defects). A heavy set and an additional charge will need be made for overseas shipping.

Seller: booksonlinebrighton, Brighton, United Kingdom

Shakespeare, William. The Complete Works of William Shakespeare [The New Nonesuch Shakespeare]. Nonesuch Press, London, 1953.

Price: US$108.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: A good+ set of the four-volume Nonesuch Press edition of the work of William Shakespeare with its original slipcase. This copy has some faint spot stains to the spines. Gilt spine titles have dulled a bit. Pages are clean and free of marks. Slipcase has seen better days, yet it is intact with a few tape repairs. (Loc: Shelf).

Seller: Memento Mori Fine and Rare Books, Stafford, VA, U.S.A.

(Nonesuch Press) Shakespeare (William).. The complete works of William Shakespeare. The text and order of the first folio with quarto variants & a choice of modern readings noted marginally: to which are added Pericles and the first quartos of six of the plays of doubtful authorship: also the poems. The Nonesuch text established 1929 by Herbert Farjeon with a new introduction by Ivor Brown.. 8vo, 4 vols, [6]liii[1]1080[4], [12]1197[5], [12]1471[7], [4]xvi, 247[5], The Nonesuch Press, London, 1953., 1953.

Price: US$122.38 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Monotype Goudy Modern with Garamond for marginal notes and Open letters (cut by Reynolds Stone) for title-pages. Printed on India paper and imitation vellum. Headpieces by Reynolds Stone. All edges trimmed and sprinkled light brown; quarter brown buckram with marble-pattern buckram sides, lettered in gilt on spines.Lacking slipcase, slight rubbing to extremities. Neat ownership signature to Volume III. A very good set.

Seller: Collinge & Clark, London, United Kingdom

SHAKESPEARE, William. The Complete Works of William Shakespeare [The New Nonesuch Shakespeare]. The Nonesuch Press, London, 1953.

Price: US$125.00 + shipping

Description: Complete in four volumes, with the original slipcase. The works of Shakespeare, a fine edition printed by the famed Nonesuch Press. Foxing to text block edges, bit of toning to pages, spine cloth damaged and discolored in areas.

Seller: Caroliniana, Aiken, SC, U.S.A.

William Shakespeare, (Preface) Herbert Farjeon, (Introduction) Ivor Brown. The Complete Works of Shakespeare: The Text and Order of the First Folio With Quarto Variants and a Choice of Modern Readings Noted Marginally, in Four Volumes. The Nonesuch Press, London, 1953.

Price: US$125.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 4 volumes. 8vo. Light shelfwear to extremities. Minor fading and soiling to spines. Moderate staining and mild rubbing and edgewear to slipcase. VG in VG slipcase THE SET:

Seller: Strand Book Store, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.

SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM:. The New Nonesuch Shakespeare: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare. The Text and order of the first folio with quarto variants & a choice of modern readings noted marginally: to which are added Pericles and the first quartos of six of the plays with three plays of doubtful authorship: also the poems according to the original quartos and octavos. A new introduction by Ivor Brown. Four volumes; Comedies, Histories, Tragedies, Poems.. The Nonesuch Press. 1953, 1953.

Price: US$127.54 + shipping

Description: Tall 8vo. Marbled hardback covers with gilt to brown cloth spine. In very good condition. Some very slightly sunned. One inside page publishers error corner cut. Very clean and tight copies. 4 vols. Half title headpieces and dedication in woodcut by R.Stone. Published and dedicated to Queen Elizabeth II on the occasion of her Coronation.

Seller: PROCTOR / THE ANTIQUE MAP & BOOKSHOP, DORCHESTER, United Kingdom

Shakespeare, William. The Complete Works of William Shakespeare [nonesuch, four vols.]. The Nonesuch Press: London, 1953.

Price: US$143.75 + shipping

Description: 4 vols. 8.5 x 5.5", brown cloth-backed marbled boards, minor wear, hinges a bit loose else a nice decorative binding set.

Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.

Shakespeare, William.. The Complete Works of William Shakespeare [Four Volumes].. The Nonesuch Press, London and New York, 1953.

Price: US$190.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First Impression. A Fine set in brown buckram over brown marbled colored cloth, without jackets as issued, all edges tinted sepia. Lacks the publisher's slipcase. Small wrinkle to a few leaves of Volume 3 (Tragedies), else an unread set with no wear. 1080pp./1197pp./1471pp./247pp. The first three volumes--Comedies, Histories and Tragedies are printed on thin paper; the fourth, Poems, on standard weight. Introduction by Ivor Brown, and A Note on the Text by Herbert Farjeon, in Volume One. Q13436

Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.

Shakespeare (William).. The Complete Works. The Nonesuch Press,, 1953.

Price: US$202.91 + shipping

Description: Four volumes Fine set in damaged slipcase

Seller: Bertram Rota Ltd, Kintbury, United Kingdom

[NONESUCH PRESS]; SHAKESPEARE, William.. The Complete Works of William Shakespeare.. London The Nonesuch Press, 1953.

Price: US$907.50 + shipping

Description: 4 vols, 8vo; minor spotting to prelims, else internally fine; finely bound in full red morocco gilt for Asprey, gilt lettering to spine, slight fading to spines, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers; a near-fine set. A beautiful edition of the collected works of William Shakespeare in four volumes containing the text and order of the first folio.

Seller: Shapero Rare Books, London, United Kingdom