Description
From the Limited Editions Club, a complete set of The Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies of William Shakespeare.
Small folio, [37 volumes]. Title in gilt on beige cloth spine, patterned paper over boards. Solid text blocks, internally clean and bright. Toning to spines, most notably along top and bottom edges. Full spines toned on: Titus Andronicus, Love’s Labour’s Lost, Timon of Athens, and Part I and II of Henry the Sixth. From a limited edition of 1950 sets, this being number 592. This listing includes the full 37 volume standard set, the two volume poetry collection in the publisher’s near fine slipcase, and a very good copy of the publisher’s survey commemorating the ten years of Shakespearean releases from the Limited Editions Club.
A scarce set, rarely seen in its complete form with supplemental materials.
Full List of Volumes: All’s Well That Ends Well, Antony And Cleopatra, As You Like It, The Comedy Of Errors, Coriolanus, Cymbeline, Hamlet, Henry The Fourth: Part I, Henry The Fourth: Part II, Henry The Fifth, Henry The Sixth: Part I, Henry The Sixth: Part II, Henry The Sixth: Part III, Henry The Eighth, Julius Caesar, King John, King Lear, Love’s Labour’s Lost, Macbeth, Measure For Measure, The Merchant Of Venice, The Merry Wives Of Windsor, A Midsummer-Night’s Dream, Much Ado About Nothing, Othello, Pericles, Richard The Second, Richard The Third, Romeo And Juliet, The Taming Of The Shrew, The Tempest, Timon Of Athens, Titus Andronicus, Troilus And Cressida, Twelfth Night, The Two Gentlemen Of Verona, and The Winter’s Tale.
