THE WORKS OF SHAKESPEARE. 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; med. 8vo; bound in full tan niger morocco by A. W. Bain, with the usual minor variations in hue, the spines lettered in gilt between raised bands, boards with double gilt ruled border and tiny corner ornaments, the spines darkened, bottom edges of boards a trifle shelf worn, tiny surface graze to top raised band Volumes III & IV; uncut, the top edges red beneath gilt on the rough; book label of David Levine, Sydney, above the earlier bookplate of art historian Virginia Surtees on upper pastedowns, the dentelles and edges of outer leaves lightly offset; The Nonesuch Press, London, 1929-1933. Edition limited to 1,600 numbered sets. McKitterick 58. Item #179196
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