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[NONESUCH PRESS] SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. The Works

Catalogue: Rare Books, Autographs & Photographs
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[NONESUCH PRESS] SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. The Works

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Lot 341
[NONESUCH PRESS] SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. The Works... London: Nonesuch Press, 1929-(1933).
... London: Nonesuch Press, 1929-(1933). One of 1600 sets. Seven volumes, bound in original full brown niger morocco, in the remains of the card slipcases of issue. 9 1/4 x 6 inches (23 x 15 cm); various paginations. Generally a sound clean set, some darkening of the leather spines and a degree of variation in the color of the goatskin from volume to volume, as usual; some minimal wear, the slipcases largely defective.
A major edition of Shakespeare, with the text based on the first folio, and a selection of modern readings edited by Herbert Farjeon; Together with two Nonesuch Press editions, of Don Quixote and The Essays of Montaigne. Each a two-volume set in original leather bindings, slipcased. Some wear.


C Estate of William W. Appleton

Estimate: $500 - $800
Sold for $2,375 (includes buyer's premium)

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Estimate: $500 - $800
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