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    By William Shakespeare; Herbert Farjeon [ed.]
    London   The Nonesuch Press
    8.5" by 5.5" lv, 1-1080, [1]; [10], 1-1197, [1]; [10], 1-1471, [1]; xvi, 1-247, [1]pp.
    The complete works of William Shakespeare in four volumes, an excellent new edition containing the text and order of the first folio.
    By William Shakespeare; Herbert Farjeon [ed.]

    1953 The Complete Works of William Shakespeare: The Text and Order of the First Folio with Quarto Variants and a Choice of Modern Readings Notes Marginally: to which are Added Pericles and the First Quartos of Six of the Plays with Three Plays of Doubtful Authorship: Also the Poems According to the Original Quartos and Octavos

    London   The Nonesuch Press
    8.5" by 5.5" lv, 1-1080, [1]; [10], 1-1197, [1]; [10], 1-1471, [1]; xvi, 1-247, [1]pp.
    The complete works of William Shakespeare in four volumes, an excellent new edition containing the text and order of the first folio.
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    Early Edition, Publishers' Original Binding

    William Shakespeare's complete works in four volumes, being a new Nonesuch Press edition, the first published in 1929 in seven volumes. With the text and order of the first folio with quarto variants and a choice of modern readings noted marginally by Herbert Farjeon. With a new introduction by Ivor Brown. 

    This newly designed edition was printed on India paper and on Japon vellum. The open letters of the title page and the half title head pieces and dedication are from wood engravings by Reynolds Stone. 

    Divided in four volumes containing all his Comedies, Histories, Tragedies &c., and Poems.

    Condition

    In the original publisher's cloth binding over marbled cloth boards. Externally excellent with only minor shelf wear and a minimal bumping to the head and tail of the spine. With the Westwick house bookplate to the front pastedown of each volume. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean with only the odd faint mark to the odd leaf.

    Near Fine

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