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Price: US$1857.25 + 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$1921.30 + 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$2689.81 + 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$3202.16 + 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