Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Price: US$16.75 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Volume 12 only; Book Number 740 of a limited edition of 1,000 copies; Edition de Luxe; gray cloth boards with beige spine labels; boards are worn; corners of boards and ends of spine are torn and chipped; title label is worn; Ex library with typical stamps and markings; hinges are cracked; front and bottom page edges are ruffled; 350 pages; 4to 9 3/4" - 12" Tall; there may be additional shipping charges on international orders
Seller: A Squared Books (Don Dewhirst), South Lyon, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$18.94 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Volume 5 only; Book Number 740 of a limited edition of 1,000 copies; Edition de Luxe; gray cloth boards with beige spine labels; boards are worn; corners of boards and ends of spine are torn and chipped; title label is worn; Ex library with typical stamps and markings; front and bottom page edges are ruffled; 284 pages; 4to 9 3/4" - 12" Tall; there may be additional shipping charges on international orders
Seller: A Squared Books (Don Dewhirst), South Lyon, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$33.20 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: George Routledge and Sons 1881 Very Good/ Light wear to dark green cloth with gold spine lettering, previous owner's plate inside cover with penned pos, no date, date is approximate, front hinge mended with cloth hinge tape. page edges dyed red, tight tanned pages. 418 pages. Size: 4 5/8 x 3 1/2 x 3/4 inches. Macbeth pages 3-107; Poems - Venus and Adonis, "The Rape of Lucrece" pages 109-247; Sonnets page 248-376; Glossary pages 377-418.
Seller: Keeper of the Page, Enumclaw, WA, U.S.A.
Edited by Staunton, Howard. The Works of William Shakespeare. Vol. V. George Routledge, 1881.
Price: US$61.48 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Type: Book No. 159 of an edition limited to 1,000 copies. 2 edges untrimmed, original olive, slightly grubby, cloth binding with spine title label, printed by R Clay, Sons and Taylor, London.
Seller: Strawberry Hill Books, Rotherfield, East Sussex, United Kingdom
Edited by Staunton, Howard. The Works of William Shakespeare Volume XL. George Routledge, 1881.
Price: US$61.48 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Type: Book No. 159 of an edition limited to 1,000 copies. 2 edges untrimmed, original olive, slightly grubby, cloth binding with spine title label, printed by R Clay, Sons and Taylor, London.
Seller: Strawberry Hill Books, Rotherfield, East Sussex, United Kingdom
Edited by Staunton, Howard. The Works of William Shakespeare Volume X. George Routledge, 1881.
Price: US$61.48 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Type: Book No. 159 of an edition limited to 1,000 copies. 2 edges untrimmed, original olive, slightly grubby, cloth binding with spine title label, printed by R Clay, Sons and Taylor, London.
Seller: Strawberry Hill Books, Rotherfield, East Sussex, United Kingdom
Edited by Staunton, Howard. The Works of William Shakespeare Volume 1. George Routledge, 1881.
Price: US$61.48 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Type: Book pp xxiii, 358. No. 159 of an edition limited to 1,000 copies. 2 edges untrimmed, original olive, slightly grubby, cloth binding with spine title label, printed by R Clay, Sons and Taylor, London.
Seller: Strawberry Hill Books, Rotherfield, East Sussex, United Kingdom
Edited by Staunton, Howard. The Works of William Shakespeare Volume XII. George Routledge, 1881.
Price: US$61.48 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Type: Book No. 159 of an edition limited to 1,000 copies. 2 edges untrimmed, original olive, slightly grubby, cloth binding with spine title label, printed by R Clay, Sons and Taylor, London.
Seller: Strawberry Hill Books, Rotherfield, East Sussex, United Kingdom
Price: US$115.00 + shipping
Condition: Poor
Description: 15 Volumes Complete. Limited this #826 of a thousand copies. A worthy and worthwhile binding project. Boards worn and soiled: chipped at the top and bottom of spine. Hinges cracked and separating in all Volumes. 5 Volumes partially disbound. Spine labels are soiled; 6 are chipped with 4 missing information. Volume IX has 2 inches of hand stitching at the front gutter. Interior clean and bright. Careful packing and fast, efficient shipping including delivery confirmation. Please note: International and Domestic Priority orders for this item will require additional shipping. SOLD AS IS.
Seller: Alphaville Books, Inc., Hyattsville, MD, U.S.A.
William Shakespeare. The Works of William Shakespeare (15 volumes). George Routledge and Sons, 1881.
Price: US$295.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: #294 of 1000 sets. Complete in 15 volumes. 8 x 10.5 inches. Illustrated by John Gilbert. Ex-library set. Three-quarter leather bindings with gilt titles, gilt top edges. Spine labels removed with minor damage, barcode stickers on rear cover. Reference department set with usual labels and markings to endpapers etc. Hinges reinforced. Vol 1 frontispiece loose. Otherwise interiors are good. Edges and corners of leather are dry and rubbed and worn.Your purchase benefits literacy and summer reading programs in Cincinnati and Hamilton County, Ohio. We ship every business day. All books ship in cardboard bookfolds with delivery confirmation.
Seller: Queen City Books, Lynchburg, OH, U.S.A.
Price: US$334.36 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: RO30143397: 1881. In-4. Relié. Etat d'usage, Couv. légèrement passée, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 431 pages augmentées de nombreuses gravures en noir et blanc dans et hors texte, dont une sous serpente - 3 PHOTOS DISPONIBLES. . . . Classification Dewey : 94.4-Editions numérotées
Seller: Le-Livre, SABLONS, France
SHAKESPEARE, William. The Works 15 vols Deluxe. London: George Routledge,, 1881.
Price: US$640.43 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A complete set of 15 volumes of the large paper Edition de Luxe, no. 663 of 1,000, 4to. Portrait frontispiece in volume I and a plate at the beginning of each play and further illustrations in the text (by Sir John Gilbert) Endpaper toned occasional spotting to end blanks. Original grey cloth some wear to spine ends, rubbing to extremities, minor soiling. Paper titles mounted to spines. A heavy set requiring additional postage overseas but not for UK buyers.
Seller: Finecopy, Westbury, WILTS, United Kingdom
Price: US$672.45 + shipping
Description: "Édition de Luxe", no. 98 of 1,000 large paper sets, fifteen volumes, 4to. Portrait frontispiece in volume I plus a plate at the beginning of each play and further illustrations in the text, armorial bookplates, with perhaps half the leaves still unopened, some browning and foxing to the endpapers and first and last leaves. Original grey cloth, paper spines labels slightly browned and soiled, one with some loss, volumes I and II with small abrasions to the spines otherwise a very good sound set.
Seller: Bow Windows Bookshop (ABA, ILAB), Lewes, United Kingdom
Price: US$1035.58 + shipping
Description: 280mm x 210mm (11" x 8"). xxiv, 359pp; 391pp; 383pp; 299pp; 284pp; 402pp; 368pp; 395pp; 421pp; 417pp; 336pp; 350pp; 411pp; 432pp; 304pp. B/w illustrations by Sir John Gilbert [38 full page + 800 in-text vignettes (approx.)]. Very heavy set - extra shipping may be needed for overseas destinations. G: in good condition. Covers bumped and stained. Chipping to spine ends. Browning to end-papers. Inner hinge cracking. Sporadic foxing and marking Blue hardback cloth covers with paper title panels to spines
Seller: Barter Books Ltd, Alnwick, NORTH, United Kingdom
Price: US$1200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 15 Volume Set, 4to. Edition de Luxe, limited to 1000 copies, each of which is hand-numbered. This is set no.29. All volumes are numbered 29. Bound in grey cloth boards with white paper title boxes along spines. Letterpress printed by Messrs. Spalding and Hodge. Illustrated with upwards of 800 wood engravings by Sir John Gilbert, R.A., and printed from the original wood blocks. Illustrations printed on Real China Paper. Shelfwear: light scuffing along edges and covers, a few volumes have their spines lightly cocked, heavy foxing on first and last few page leafs of every volumes, foxing along page edges of every volume. All volumes are tightly bound, no marks. Set is in Very Good condition.
Seller: Russian Hill Bookstore, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$2497.68 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A superb limited edition set of the collected works of William Shakespeare, illustrated throughout by Sir John Gilbert. The collected works of William Shakespeare.A limited edition set, limited to a total of one thousand copies of this Edition de Luxe, this set numbered two-hundred.This definitive edition includes all of the best known plays and poetical works on the famous bard, showing his great range in style from comedies to tragedies to love poems.Including a life of Shakespeare, and a reproduction of his will.Volume I illustrated with a frontispiece, two plates, and in-text engravings.Volume II illustrated with three plates, and in-text engravings.Volume III illustrated with three plates, and in-text engravings.Volume IV illustrated with two plates, and in-text engravings.Volume V illustrated with two plates, and in-text engravings.Volume VI illustrated with three plates, and in-text engravings.Volume VII illustrated with three plates, and in-text engravings.Volume VIII illustrated with three plates, and in-text engravings.Volume IX illustrated with three plates, and in-text engravings.Volume X illustrated with three plates, and in-text engravings.Volume XI illustrated with two plates, and in-text engravings.Volume XII illustrated with two plates, and in-text engravings.Volume XIII illustrated with three plates, and in-text engravings.Volume XIV illustrated withthree plates, and in-text engravings.Volume XV illustrated with in-text engravings.Edited by Howard Staunton.Illustrated by John Gilbert.Collated, complete. In a quarter morocco binding with cloth to the boards. Externally, fine, with a few faint marks to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$4500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Original Gilbert illustrations present. Extra- illustrated in 1921. 15 volumes extended to 20 with the extra plates. A set with over 450 extra illustrations bound-in. 'One thousand copies only of this edition deluxe of the Works of William Shakespeare have been printed for sale, each of which is numbered.' This being number 395. 4to. (28 cm). Profuse illustrations, some in color. Uniformly custom-bound in full dark blue morocco by Thomas W. Best (Best was a Boston bookseller and at one time a part owner of Harcourt Bindery). 5 raised bands; titles in gilt; gilt lines in spine compartments and both covers; gilt Shakespeare family coat of arms on front covers; gilt dentiled edges; t.e.g. Some light offsetting to a few pages and tissue guards, some rubbing to front hinges but the bindings are firm and strong. From the library of a prominent early-1900s Clevelander with his bookplate. Altogether a very attractive set in very good plus condition with many illustrations. Postage may be extra on this item.
Seller: Peter Keisogloff Rare Books, Inc., Brecksville, OH, U.S.A.