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Click to view full description | 1. | Shakespeare, William Four Great Historical Plays -- Collector's Edition No. 28
Pocket Books, Inc. First Thus Near Fine Hardcover
469 pages, glossaries, endpapers and boards are maroon and brown pattern on cream paper, brown faux leather spine wrap. This series was created to offer ''fine books for everyman with a dollar. It represents four years of experiment and research in materials and methods by leading typographers and designers. Their dedicated craftsmanship has set new standards for modern fine bookmaking. The paper sides as well as the inner end-sheets are copies of three different 18th-century patterns. Following the old hand-binding practice, each volume is tooled in genuine 24-karat gold on the spine, while a decorative gold fillet runs along each cover to join the siding paper with the overlapping spine material. The latter is embossed with five raised bands, forming panels for the titling legends and decorations. Each volume has colored headbands and footbands, and its three exposed edges are color-sprinkled in the ancient manner.'' The research and care to create handsome, sturdy bindings is evident in these 50-+-year-old books. At present, we have 35 titles in the series, all in very good or better condition. To see additional titles available, use ''collector's editions'' as keywords on our search page. is
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| 2. | Shakespeare, William Sonnets, Songs and Poems -- Collector's Edition No. 38
Pocket Books, Inc. First Thus Near Fine Hardcover
326 pages, endpapers and boards are maroon and brown pattern on cream paper, brown faux leather spine wrap. Extremities lightly worn, one leaf has one-inch closed tear. This series was created to offer ''fine books for everyman with a dollar. It represents four years of experiment and research in materials and methods by leading typographers and designers. Their dedicated craftsmanship has set new standards for modern fine bookmaking. The paper sides as well as the inner end-sheets are copies of three different 18th-century patterns. Following the old hand-binding practice, each volume is tooled in genuine 24-karat gold on the spine, while a decorative gold fillet runs along each cover to join the siding paper with the overlapping spine material. The latter is embossed with five raised bands, forming panels for the titling legends and decorations. Each volume has colored headbands and footbands, and its three exposed edges are color-sprinkled in the ancient manner.'' The research and care to create handsome, sturdy bindings is evident in these 50-+-year-old books. At present, we have 35 titles in the series, all in very good or better condition. To see additional titles available, use ''collector's editions'' as keywords on our search page. is
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| 3. | Shakespeare, William The Life of King Henry V
Knickerbocker Leather & Novelty Co. Very Good
255 pages, marbled endpapers, brown leather with author and insignia in gilt on front panel, gilt spine title. Spine ends softened, lightly rubbed. is
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| 4. | Shakespeare, William (edited by Eric Sams) Shakespeare's Edmund Ironside: The Lost Play
Wildwood House 1986 Near Fine Softcover
383 pages, notes, references, index, color illustrated card cover. Eric Sams argues cogently and convincingly that Ironside is indeed from the pen of Shakespeare. Based on three years' solid research, with four hundred pages of annotation and commentary, Sams presents a formidable case for the play's Shakespearian origins. The book also contains an introduction, the full text of Edmund Ironside and, for this paperback edition, a new preface which describes the critical debates and developments since the first hardback publication. Light shelf wear. va
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