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Shakespeare, William. The Works of Shakspear. Volume 2.. The Nonesuch Press, New York, 1929.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: A Midsommer Nights Dreame, The Merchant of Venice, As you Like It, The Taming of the Shrew, All's Well, That Ends Well, Twelfe Night, or What you will and The Winters Tale. The text of the First Folio with Quarto variants and a selection of modern readings: Edited by Herbert Farjeon. Full Tan leather binding with five raised banks. Fine gilt ruling on front and back covers. Gilt author, titles of 7 plays, voume number and ruling on spine. 646pp. Content clean, bright and sound with brown mark on front foredge. Front blank flyleaf has gift inscription.
Seller: Old Favorites Bookshop LTD (since 1954), Stouffville, ON, Canada
Price: US$1154.94 + shipping
Description: Limited edition, no. 536 of 1,600 sets, seven volumes, 8vo. Finely bound in the publisher's full morocco, double gilt rules, slight loss of leather to the edges of the covers to volumes I, II and VI, otherwise a very good set. A beautifully printed edition of Shakespeare's plays, with alternate words and phrases from the various early editions printed throughout in the margins.
Seller: Bow Windows Bookshop (ABA, ILAB), Lewes, United Kingdom
William Shakespeare. The Works of Shakespeare, 7 vol. Nonesuch Press, 1929.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 7 volumes published between 1929-1933 bound in leather. #151/1600cc. There is water staining/damage to a number of the covers, with some rippling in a couple volumes. Some damage to the corners of three volumes. Binding overall is nice and tight.
Seller: Moe's Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Nonesuch Press, 1929. Hardbacks, 7 volume set, full morocco, gilt titles. Each volume 24 x 16.5cm. 1929-1933. No. 1574 of a total of 1600 sets, 1050 for sale in the UK and 550 for the USA. Edited by Herbert Farjeon. Designed by Francis Meynell. Tight and unmarked spines darkened. oversized and overweight. Please email for photos. Larger books or sets may require additional shipping charges. Books sent via US Postal
Seller: Griffin Books, Stamford, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$1860.73 + shipping
Description: 7 vols, 8vo; a very good set in the publisher's tan niger morocco by A.W.Bain, borders gilt-filleted, spines lettered directly in gilt, edges uncut, top-edges stained red and gilt on the rough; spots to boards, a few minor scuffs; bookplate of Sherman Kingsbury Ellis to upper pastedown vol.I.First Nonesuch edition, number 220 of 1600 copies, not only handsomely printed and bound but also an important scholarly edition, collating the texts of the First Folio against variants in preceding quarto editions. 'The text is printed litteratim from the First Folio, except in the case of Pericles and the poems which were not included in the Folio and hence are reprinted from the Quartos The Shakespeare represents the chef d'uvre of the Nonesuch Press, and is a model of careful proof reading and imaginative setting. The best of ancient and modern conjectural emendations are unobtrusively set in the margin for the benefit of a glancing eye. This is the finest of all editions of our greatest poet' (The Nonesuch Century). T.E.Lawrence considered the Nonesuch Shakespeare 'a most marvellous pleasure. I have handled it ever so many times, and read The Tempest right through. It satisfies. It is final, like the Kelmscott Chaucer or the Ashendene Virgil. And it is a book which charms one to read slowly, an art which is almost gone from us in these times. Every word which Shakespeare uses stands out glowing. A really great edition Altogether a triumph' (quoted in The Nonesuch Century, pp.47-48). The Nonesuch Century 58; Dreyfus 58.
Seller: Bernard Quaritch Ltd ABA ILAB, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$1924.90 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 7 leather bound columes with gilt on front, back and spine. Raised bands on spine. Faded gold edges on top. This set is number 1042 out of a limited printing of 1,600 copies. Some darkening to the spnes. Some minor warping of boards on two columes. All volunes in the set are complete and whole and in fine condition.
Seller: Worth Press Books, Corsham, WILTS, United Kingdom
Price: US$2245.71 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardbacks, 7 volume set, full morocco, gilt titles. Each volume 24 x 16.5cm. 1929-1933. No. 850 of a total of 1600 sets, 1050 for sale in the UK and 550 for the USA. Edited by Herbert Farjeon. Designed by Francis Meynell. Set in Monotype Fournier. Some variation in the colour of the bindings between volumes. A few small scuffs and marks but only slight wear. Contents clean and unmarked. An attractive set.
Seller: Besleys Books PBFA, Diss, United Kingdom
Price: US$2694.86 + shipping
Description: Limited edition. Seven volumes. Original full tan niger morocco by A. W. Bain, upper and lower boards and spine ends double ruled in gilt with tiny corner pieces. Five raised bands and titles in gilt to the spine. Single gilt ruled turn ins. Top edge gilt over red. Designed by Francis Meynell, set in Monotype Fournier and printed by the Cambridge University Press on Pannekoek mould-made paper. No. 1385. An excellent set, the bindings square and firm with some natural patina to the morocco and darkening of the spines. The contents, with the small green morocco bookplate of B.V.R. Overbury to the top of the front pastedown of each volume and minor toning to the page edges of the prelims, are otherwise clean and bright throughout. Limited to 1600 copies of which 1050 were for the UK market and 550 for the US. This set numbered 171 to the limitation page of volume I. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.
Seller: LUCIUS BOOKS (ABA, ILAB, PBFA), York, United Kingdom
Price: US$3208.16 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: London and New York: The Nonesuch Press & Random House Inc, 1929-1933. Nonesuch Press Limited Edition. Full leather binding. Gilt lined boards. Gilt titled spine. Hand cut page edges, gilt top edge. Gilt lined dentelles. Title pages are slightly age toned, as are the pages. Nice volumes. Water damaged with damp staining to both boards of Volume IV, and V and the rear boards of Volume III and VII - see photos, and some wavyness to the first and last few pages of these volumes and damp staining to the end papers. Edited by Herbert Farjeon. One of 1,600 copies. This set number 921. Original publisher's russet niger morocco by A. W. Bain, covers with gilt double fillet frame, raised bands, gilt titling on spines, top edges gilded on the rough, other edges untrimmed. Some typical (for this set) spotting to the leather, minor marks and scratches, free endpapers with offset shadow from the leather on the opposite page, otherwise very nice copies, the bindings with virtually no wear, and the interiors essentially undisturbed. Taken from the text of the First Folio, but "with Quarto variants and a selection of modern readings," this version is one of the foremost editions, and perhaps the single best modern edition, of Shakespeare ever printed. It is also the most outstanding production of the Nonesuch Press. Ransom calls it "editorially and typographically . . . the high spot of the Nonesuch program." Approximately 10 inches tall. Condition Report Externally Spine very good condition gilt titles, minor marks and natural variations to the leather, Vol V slightly darker leather. Joints very good condition. Corners very good condition. Boards good condition minor marks and scratches, spotting to the leather, gilt filet, damp staining to both boards of Volume IV, and V and the rear boards of Volume III and VII. Page edges good condition hand cut with gilt top edges to the rough paper (as called for). See above and photos. Internally Hinges very good condition. Paste downs good condition leather turn-ins with a gilt filet line to the edge, damp staining to the paste downs of Vols III (rear only), IV, V and VII. End papers good condition pastedown leather offset onto the free end papers, damp staining to the end papers of Vols III (rear only), IV, V and VII. Title very good condition. Pages good condition gently tanned, some gentle waviness to the first 30 and last 30 pages of Vol IV, V and VII. Binding good condition see photos. See photos. Publisher: see above. Publication Date: 1929-33 Binding: Hardback
Seller: Louis88Books (Members of the PBFA), Andover, United Kingdom
Price: US$3737.50 + shipping
Description: 9.5 x 6, full niger morocco, top edges gilt, some offsetting from inner dentelles and feps. Vols 1 and 3 very slightly lighter leather, vol 7 with minor spots on cover, else a magnificent set. ONE OF 1600 NUMBERED SETS.
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$3849.80 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: SHAKESPEARE, William. The Works. The Text of the First Folio with Quarto Variants and a Selection of Modern Readings: edited by Herbert Farjeon. London, Nonesuch Press, 1929-33. Large 8vo, 7 vols. Original tan morocco, raised bands, gilt titles to compartments, gilt rules to boards and turn-ins, top edges gilt. Spines lightly stained. Fresh, clean, crisp, untrimmed. An excellent a set, nearly pristine. One of 1,600 sets published (this is number 275).
Seller: Symonds Rare Books Ltd, London, United Kingdom
Shakespeare, William. THE WORKS OF SHAKESPEARE. The Nonesuch Press, London, 1929.
Price: US$4015.25 + shipping
Description: The text of the First Folio, with Quarto variants and a selection of modern readings: edited by Herbert Farjeon. In seven volumes, totalling nearly 5,000 pages; bound in full tan niger morocco by A. W. Bain, with the usual minor variations in hue, spines lettered in gilt between raised bands, boards with double gilt ruled border and tiny corner ornaments; uncut, top edges red beneath gilt on the rough; bookplate of Edward Wheewall Holden on upper pastedown Volumes I to III, bookseller's sticker on upper pastedown Volumes III & IV, a few leaves faintly creased in Volume II, outer leaves slightly browned at edges; The Nonesuch Press, London, 1929-1933. Edition limited to 1,600 numbered sets. McKitterick 58. *Sir Edward Wheewall Holden (1885-1947) took his family carriage and saddlery business, Holden & Frost, into a partnership with General Motors to form Australia's first automobile manufacturer. Holden was influential in the company's expansion into motor-body building, and its use of highly automated mass production technology. He was also the foundation director and first chairman of the South Australian Industries Assistance Corporation, and served in the South Australian Legislative Council from 1935-47.
Seller: Kay Craddock - Antiquarian Bookseller, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Price: US$5068.90 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A fantastic, bright set of this Nonesuch limited edition of William Shakespeare's works. The first edition of this Nonesuch set.A super set with much more even colour than usually seen.With the text based on the first folio, with quarto variants and a selection of modern readings. It follows the text of the First Folio faithfully, in its misprints and intermittent use of a comma for a full stop at the close of an uninterrupted speech. The editors note describes in detail the intention and treatment regarding substantive errors between the early editions. Numbered 60 of 1600 copies of this work, which have been designed by Francis Meynell and printed by Walter Lewis, printer to the University at the Cabmbridge University Press. The Nonesuch Press specialised in limited edition and private press. They were founded by Francis Meynell, his second wife Vera Mendel and their friend David Garnett. Their aspiration was for their publications to be aligned with the same aesthetic standards as the private press movement. They were unusual as they used a small Albion press to design the books, but had them printed by commercial printers. In doing so, books with the quality of a fine-press were produced, but available to a wider audience at lower prices. Edited by Herbert Farjeon, a major figure in British theatre in the early twentieth century. He wrote many works on Elizabethan theatre and was a great authority regarding Shakspeare's works.A very smart, bright copy of this work. Uncommon to see the spines in such a bright condition, as they typically sun. In the original full morocco binding. Externally, all volumes are smart with minor shelfwear to the raised bands. Rear board to volume VI is slightly bowed. A few marks to the boards. Internally, all volumes are firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom