Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Shakespeare, William. The Merry Wives of Windsor. Frederick A. Stokes, New York, 1910.
Price: US$22.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Literature. First printing of this illustrated edition. Maroon cloth covers rubbed, spine ends bumped, large stain on the rear cover caused some warping and color bleed onto the rear endpapers. Interior is clean and tight, pages toned. Color illustrations are plates tipped in.
Seller: R Bryan Old Books, Sewell, NJ, U.S.A.
Shakespeare, William. The Merry Wives of Windsor. Frederick A. Stokes Company, New York, 1910.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 7 3/4 x 10 1/8" 171 pages. rubbing and wear to edges and corners. previous owner's bookplate on inside front cover. gift inscription on first page dated 1947. very nice tipped in color plates. shipping will be extra, please inquire.
Seller: Chequamegon Books, Washburn, WI, U.S.A.
William Shakespeare. The Merry Wives of Windsor. Frederick A. Stokes Company, New York, 1910.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Description: Hugh Thomson, William Shakespeare, Frederick A Stokes Company 1910 First American Edition Qto, Red Cloth and Gold trim and top edge Missing one leaf pages 3 and 4 and 8 of 40 tipped in Color Plates by Hugh thomson, 32 Plates are Present a breakable Copy
Seller: Uncommon Books - The Gomez Collection, Port St. Lucie, FL, U.S.A.
Shakespeare, William. The Merry Wives of Windsor. Frederick Stokes, 1910.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: In red cloth with wear to corners, wear along spine gutters and wear spine ends. This copy has new endpapers. 40 tipped-in plates with tissue guards are present. Slight browning to plates.
Seller: Jay W. Nelson, Bookseller, IOBA, Austin, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1910 Frederick A Stokes Company, large 8vo, green cloth hardcover with gilt lettering and decoration, top edge gilt, corners lightly rubbed, light rubbed spots on cover, foxing spots on pages, owner's gift dedication in pencil, illustrated with 40 color plates with tissue guards, 170 pages
Seller: Stone Soup Books, Camden, ME, U.S.A.
Shakespeare, William. The Merry Wives of Windsor. Frederick A. Stokes, 1910.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Green cloth with gilt lettering and paste-down illustration on front cover. TEG. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson, with 40 plates and tissue guards on heavy paper. Bit of spine roll; minor shelf-wear, else handsome copy.
Seller: Book 'Em, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$70.00 + shipping
Description: Thomson, Hugh. First American edition. Illustrated title, decorations and 40 colored tipped in plates after colored paintings by Hugh Thomson. The colored illustrations were reproduced by Hentschel Colour-type Process. 1 vols. 4to. Original olive green cloth, decorated and lettered in gilt. Some rubbing and darkening, some offsetting from plates, front free endpaper removed Illustrated title, decorations and 40 colored tipped in plates after colored paintings by Hugh Thomson. The colored illustrations were reproduced by Hentschel Colour-type Process. 1 vols. 4to
Seller: The Old Mill Bookshop, HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, U.S.A.
SHAKESPEARE, William.. The Merry Wives of Windsor.. Frederick A. Stokes Company,, NY:, 1910.
Price: US$85.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Forty tipped-in color plates with tissue guards. First edition thus. Light edge wear at the spine ends and corners, else very good in olive green cloth with gilt lettering and design, top edge gilt. No dust jacket. Binding is sound.; 170 pages
Seller: Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB, Springfield, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: First trade edition of Hugh Thomson's elaborately illustrated rendition of Shakespeare's famed comedy. Quarto, original publisher's cloth, illustrated with 39 colored plates by Hugh Thomson. In good condition. Ownership inscription.
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
William Shakespeare. The Merry Wives of Windsor. Frederick A. Stokes Company, New York, 1910.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: First American edition. This book measures approximately 10" x 7.5", with 170 numbered pages. Book is in very good condition. Minor bumping and chipping to both ends of spine and corners. Gilt lettering and design on spine and front board still bright and well preserved. Stain to the bottom corner of the front board. Previous owner's bookplate on the front pastedown. 1916 Valentine's Day gift inscription from Mama and Papa to their daughter Evelyn on the front endpaper. Front hinge cracked. This comedy written by Shakespeare takes place during the reign of Henry IV or early in the reign of Henry V. It has been adapted into an opera at least ten times. Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory # (N3-51).
Seller: Ernestoic Books, Clarence, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: Small quarto; VG- hardcover; green spine with gilt text; cover has some rubbing and scuffing, especially around edges and along hinges; textblock has edgewear, age toning, scattered spotting, webbing beginning to show at verso of back endpaper, otherwise clean; pp 170. Oversized order. Additional shipping and handling may be necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy international shipping unavailable due to size/weight restriction(s). Contact seller if you have any questions. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, in bookcases next to Ephemera section. 1285492. Full-priced Rockville.
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
Shakespeare, William. The Merry Wives of Windsor. Frederick A. Stokes Company, New York, 1910.
Price: US$122.62 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Green cloth boards with gilt decorations and lettering. Illustrated with 40 color tipped in plates. stock reduction sale. 30% off regular price of175.00. now
Seller: Gumshoe Books, Columbia, SC, U.S.A.
SHAKESPEARE, William. The Merry Wives of Windsor. Stokes, New York, 1910.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: 40 delightful mounted color plates and text illustrations by Hugh Thomson, lettered tissue guards. 171 pages, 4to, decoratively gilt burgundy cloth (light spotting). New York: Frederick Stokes, 1910. Very Good (+).
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$180.00 + shipping
Description: Bound in the publisher's original green cloth with a color illustration pasted onto the front cover and with the front cover and spine stamped in gilt. Gilt on spine slightly faded.
Seller: James & Mary Laurie, Booksellers A.B.A.A, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition thus. Small 4to. 40 tipped-in color plates, title page, headpieces, tailpiece and upper cover illustration by Hugh Thomson. Original Green cloth, gilt stamped spine and upper cover, t.e.g. (slight rubbing to corners and edges). Very good. Bookplate of Vincent Lloyd Russell on the front pastedown. Beautifully illustrated version.
Seller: Houle Rare Books/Autographs/ABAA/PADA, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.
William Shakespeare. THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR. Frederick A. Stokes Company, New York, 1910.
Price: US$235.00 + shipping
Description: Very Good in boards. Owner bookplate on front pastedown. Creaking along spine edges. Text lightly toned throughout.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$440.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Quarto, 9 x 11.1 in., pp. 170. Limited Edition #270/350. Signed by Hugh Thomson on limitation page. Illustrated with frontispiece and thirty-nine other captioned tissue-guarded full-color plates, and other additional black ink line drawings, by Hugh Thomson. Full-page plates are mounted on dark brown cardstock, each preceded with a captioned guard page.Vellum binding with gilt title and character decoration to cover; gilt title to spine. Soiling and staining to vellum boards. Base of spine missing a 2 in. x 1 in. thin piece. One inch closed tear to vellum at top of spine. Replacement silk ties threaded through vellum. Top edge gilt, fore-edge and tail untrimmed. Spotting to front endpapers. Light toning to printed pages. Text and plates in very good condition.
Seller: Aardvark Rare Books, ABAA, EUGENE, OR, U.S.A.
SHAKESPEARE, William. The Merry Wives of Windsor. Frederick A. Stokes, New York, 1910.
Price: US$600.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Illustrated by Hugh Thomson with 40 delightful color plates, mounted on heavy brown paper and protected by lettered tissue guards. Other in-text drawings throughout. 170pp of text. 4to, original gilt-stamped pictorial vellum (lightly soiled, lacking the silk ties and warped); uncut edges, t.e.g. New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1910. Very good. Limited edition. Number 288 of 350 copies. Signed by Thomson on the limitation page.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$850.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Signed limited edition, this being 291 of 350 with Thomson's signature on the limitation page. Original vellum binding with gilt to front board and spine; ribbon ties still present. Top edge gilt. Light soiling to boards and spine; bottom corners gently bumped. Hinges previously repaired with Japanese paper, slightly foxed; tender but overall holding well. Internally a clean and pleasing copy, featuring 39 beautiful colored plates by famed illustrator Hugh Thomson. Thomson, famed at the turn of the century for illustrating works by luminaries including Jane Austen and William Shakespeare, provides his lovely renderings of Falstaff's comedic adventures. First published in 1602, The Merry Wives of Windsor was Shakespeare's response to public calls that he create a play casting the humorous history-play figure Falstaff as its protagonist. Here, rather than serving as the slapstick and bawdy companion to Prince Hal, he takes center stage in a comedic structure, pursuing two wealthy married women in an attempt to alleviate his own penury. Thomson's gorgeously colored illustrations capture the humor of Shakespeare's play in a lovely, late-Pre-Raphaelite style. Very Good +.
Seller: Whitmore Rare Books, Inc. -- ABAA, ILAB, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.