Shakespeare, Willilam; George Lyman Kittredge [editor]

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare ~ [Limited Edition]

Price: $400.00
Publisher: Boston: Ginn and Company, 1936
Book Condition: Collectible; LIKE NEW
Binding: Hardcover

Limited edition: "Of this First Edition of The Complete Works of Shakespeare, Two Hundred and Fifty Copies are printed on All-Rag paper. This Copy is No. 121" SIGNED BY THE EDITOR G.L. Kittredge. The present edition includes all the plays and poems that are ascribed to him, in whole or in part, on satisfactory evidence...The text has been determined by a fresh collation of the original editions..." [from the Preface] 8vo, full cream-colored leather with gilt lettering and decoration on front cover and spine, all edges gilt, 1561 pages, frontispiece of Shakespeare "after the Droeshout Copperplate Portrait of the First Folio." Book is in FINE condition in a VERY GOOD slipcase: book is like new; slipcase (numbered 121) has a few scuff marks and light edgewear, a small red spot on front panel. An absolutely gorgeous copy of this title.

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