Cambridge: Printed for the Members of the Limited Editions Club at the University Printing House, 1967. No. 1,425 of 1,500 copies signed by Miller Parker. Large 8vo. Publisher's brown faux leather backed boards, gilt lettered black spine label, black medallion featuring a bust of Shakespeare in relief to the upper..... More
London: William Heinemann, 1908. First trade edition, large 8vo, (vi), 134, (2) pp. 40 coloured plates tipped in with captioned tissues plus black and white illustrations in the text, original gilt decorated upper cover to the paste down, contemporary presentation label to the fly leaf, some foxing throughout to the..... More
London: William Heinemann, 1911. Second impression thus. Large 8vo. (vi), 134, (2) pp. Contemporary tree calf by Riviere and Son for the Army and Navy, spine with raised bands, twin gilt lettered green labels, gilt decoration to the other panels, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. 40 tipped in colour plates..... More
London: Constable & Co., 1914. 4to. (xvi), 185, (3) pp. Publisher's quarter sage green cloth over darker green cloth boards, spine with dark green lettering. 12 tipped in colour plates and 32 black and white illustrations. Slight bumping to the spine ends, very good. A very early issue thus. The..... More
Oxford University Press, Henry Frowde, 1908. 8vo, (viii), 374 pp. 16 plates, marbled endpapers, Wellington College prize label to paste down. Bound by T. Hunt in contemporary tree calf, gilt spine and borders, gilt arms, covers slightly bowed otherwise a handsome copy. More
Oxford University Press, 1924. 8vo, xxxviii, (ii), 1128 pp. Frontispiece, marbled endpapers, prize label from Sunderland High School to paste down. Bound by Bumpus in contemporary dark blue half calf, a.e.g., gilt arms to upper cover, slight fading of spine otherwise very good. More
Oxford University Press, Henry Frowde, 1912. 8vo, viii, 1350 pp. Frontispiece, marbled endpapers, prize label of Arnold House School to paste down. Contemporary maroon calf, t.e.g., gilt spine with a green label, gilt borders, a lovely copy. More
London: William Pickering, 1826. 8vo. (iv), 783, (1) pp. 19th century full green morocco, spine with raised bands, gilt lettered direct to one panel, edges gilt, early bookseller's ticket (F.A. Guillaume) to the front pastedown. Frontispiece portrait. Spine slightly darkened, a little light rubbing, very good. More
London: Paul Hamlyn, (1968). Folio, xxvii, (iii), 925, (3) pp. Later inscription to front blank. Publisher's red quarter morocco, t.e.g., faint rubbing to the spine ends, cloth slipcase a little marked and worn. More
London: G.H. Davidson, [c.1850]. Small 8vo. 62 pp. Publisher's printed wrappers, a few pages with neat early marginalia. Frontispiece depicting a scene from the play engraved by White after Robert Cruikshank. A little light wear to the extremities, very good overall. No. 37 in Cumberland's British Theatre. Library Hub only..... More
(New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1939). No. 295 of 1,950 copies, 4to, (vi), 74, (2) pp. 6 plates, prospectus loosely inserted. Original cloth backed patterned boards, t.e.g., spine browned, very good. More
London: George Routledge, 1858-67. Three volumes, large 8vo. Numerous engravings in the text, marbled endpapers and edges, later bookplate to paste downs. Contemporary red half morocco, gilt spines, some very mild rubbing otherwise a handsome set. More
(London): Reprinted for Thomas Evans, [1775]. 8vo. (ii), viii, 250 pp. Later quarter calf over marbled boards with vellum corner tips, armorial bookplate of Sir Maurice Fitzgerald to the front pastedown. Engraved portrait of the Shakespeare by A. Bannerman to the title page. Browning to the edges of the front..... More
London: Cassell & Company, [1903]-1905. Three volumes, small 4to. Engraved titled in volume I and 66 plates, plus a 4 page facsimile of Shakespeare's will and a plate showing his various signatures, one text leaf detached in volume III, front blank removed in volume I, marbled endpapers, Contemporary dark blue..... More
Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1949. First edition thus, 8vo, (x), 425, (1) pp. Cloth, d.w., spine browned, top of upper wrapper torn without loss, some other mild edge wear. More
London: Martin Hopkinson and Company Limited, 1923. Limited edition, no. 22 of 525 copies. 8vo. viii, 155, (1) pp. Publisher's linen backed boards, printed paper labels to the spine and upper board, later gift inscription to the front free endpaper, top edge gilt, the others untrimmed. A little light discolouration..... More
London: George Routledge, 1881. "Édition de Luxe", no. 98 of 1,000 large paper sets, fifteen volumes, 4to. Portrait frontispiece in volume I plus a plate at the beginning of each play and further illustrations in the text, armorial bookplates, with perhaps half the leaves still unopened, some browning and foxing..... More
London: J.M. Dent, 1899-1912. "Larger Temple Shakespeare", 12 volumes, 8vo. Frontispiece in each volume - a couple in colour - plus a few other illustrations, including a folding panorama of London in 1616 in volume VI, one leaf with a marginal tear, some foxing to endpapers. Original green cloth, gilt..... More
London: Printed for C. Hitch [et al], 1757. Eight volumes, 12mo. Printed frontispiece and 36 plates - one per play. One gathering slightly proud in volume I with the fly title to A Midsummer Night's Dream lacking, some mostly marginal worming at the beginning and end of several volumes, marginal..... More
The Gresham Publishing Company Limited, [c.1906]. Thirty nine volumes. Small 8vo. Publisher's cream cloth with green and red lettering and decoration to the spine and upper boards designed by Talwin Morris, top edges green. Each volume with a frontispiece, a black and red device on a similar design to that..... More
(London; Langley & Sons, Ltd., 1924). Sole edition. 8vo. xxxix, (1) pp. Publisher's plain wrappers, printed title label to the upper cover. Portrait of Shakespeare. Covers slightly soiled and worn at the edges, else very good. A rare piece of Shakespeariana. Being quite ephemeral in nature it seems to have..... More
London: Robert Riviere & Son, [c.1925]. Three volumes. Small 8vo. Contemporary blue half calf over matching cloth sides, spines with raised bands, gilt lettered to one panel and decorated to the others, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, early gift inscription to the title page of the Comedies and repeated to..... More