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1901 The Works of Shakespeare Edition DeLuxe

November 13th 2016 @ 5:03pm EST
Winning Bid
$147

Item Details

A 1901 set of The Works of Shakespeare, published by John D. Morris and Company, Philadelphia. Includes 11 of the 20 volumes in the edition. They are bound in brown buckram with cut pages gilt to the top block, and paper titles pasted to the spines. The volumes have blue, red, and gilt printed title pages, with photogravure frontispiece. They are from the ‘Lenox Edition De Luxe,’ which had a limited run of 1000; they are stamped as number 714.

Binding Hardcover
Number of Books set (Complete? How many? Which volumes?)

Condition

All volumes show wear. 11 of 20 volumes present.
Covers: scuffs, marks, very light edgewear; title papers wrinkled, tearing, flaking; some volumes have tears in the covers or edges
Pages: wear to edges, some pages appear to be dampstained, wrinkly; most pages appear to be tight, clean, and unmarked, though slightly tanned with age

Dimensions

16.0" W x 8.0" H x 5.5" D

Measurement of the set as a whole.

Item #

16LOU244-168

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