Shakespeare, William

A man who needs no introduction. But who got one from Ben Jonson in the First Folio, which revealed precisely nothing about the man himself. As Mark Twain memorably put it: 'So far as anybody knows and can prove, he never wrote a letter to anybody in his life. So far as any one knows, he received only one letter during his life.' We know next to nothing about Shakespeare the man. It is a gaping hole in the middle of English literature.
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c1920 The Works of William ShakespeareLondon: c1920A lovely twelve volume set of the works of William Shakespeare in uniform bright blue cloth bindings.
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1901 The Works of William ShakespeareLondon: 1901A scarce Avon edition of the works of William Shakespeare in one volume in a smart morocco binding.
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1899 Shakespeare's SonnetsLondon : 1899First edition of Shakespeare's sonnets complete with striking illustrations by Henry Ospovat
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1940 Henry the Sixth, Part INew York: 1940A lovely limited edition copy of William Shakespeare's Henry the Sixth, Part I, illustrated by Graham Sutherland.
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1813 The Plays of William ShakespeareLondon: 1813An exceptionally bright example of the scarce 1813 twenty-one volume set of the plays of Shakespeare, supplemented with a wealth of comments and critical notices.
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1866 The Dramatic Works of William ShakespeareGlasgow, Edinburgh and London: 1866A smart mid nineteenth century illustrated edition of the dramatic works of William Shakespeare.
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1910 The Merry Wives of WinsorLondon: 1910The first edition illustrated by Thomson of this Shakespeare play with beautiful colour plates.
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1900 The Works of William ShakespeareLondon: 1900Globe edition of the works of William Shakespeare in a beautiful calf prize binding.
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1923 The Tragedie of Cymbeline, Printed from the Folio of 1623London: 1923Beautifully illustrated in colour by Albert Rutherston, this is an exceptionally lovely Limited Edition production of Shakespeare's Cymbeline, with text taken from the 1623 folio.
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1923 The Tragedie of Macbeth, Printed from the Folio of 1623.London: 1923An exceptionally lovely copy of this Limited Edition production of Shakespeare's Scottish play, illustrated by Charles Ricketts.
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1865 Songs of ShakespeareLondon: 1865A beautifully illuminated collection of William Shakespeare's songs.
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1908 MacbethNew York : 1908A scarce limited edition of Macbeth, with an original frontispiece by Arthur Rackham.
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1837 7 vols The Dramatic Works of Shakespeare In Seven VolumesLondon and Edinburgh : 1837A lovely complete seven volume set of the dramatic work of Shakespeare, with illustrations.
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1928 The TempestLondon: 1928A smart facsimile edition of the first folio text of Shakespeare's play 'The Tempest', in the original scarce dust wrapper.
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1785 The Plays of William Shakespeare. In Ten Volumes.London: 1785The complete, scarce, ten volume third edition of Johnson and Steevens's edition of the complete dramatic works of William Shakespeare.
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1734 The Tragedy of Locrine, All's Well That Ends Well, and The History of John OldcastleLondon: 1734Early eighteenth-century illustrated editions of three of William Shakespeare's works, bound together in full contemporary calf.
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1898 The Works of William ShakespeareLondon: 1898A collection of William Shakespeare's plays in three uniform leather-bound volumes, the Victoria edition.
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1815 The Dramatic Works of William ShakspeareLondon: 1815A scarce, early 19th century edition of the dramatic works of infamous Elizabethan playwright William Shakespeare, handsomely bound in full calf.
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1858 The Plays of ShakespeareLondon: 1858-60The complete plays of Shakespeare in three volumes, edited by Howard Staunton and adorned with illustrations by John Gilbert.
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1825 11 Vols The Plays and Poems of William Shakespeare in Eleven VolumesLondon : 1825Eleven stunning leather bound Pickering first editions of The Plays and Poems of William Shakespeare.
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1982 A Midsummer Might's DreamLondon: 1982William Shakespeare's celebrated comedy 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' with illustrations by Kevin Maddison, first edition thus.
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c1896 The Works of William ShakespeareLondon: c1896A very smart, late 19th century copy of the works of William Shakespeare, handsomely bound in prize binding for King's Lynn High School.
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1873-76 The Works of Shakspere Imperial Edition Edited by Charles KnightLondon: 1873-76A handsomely bound two volume set of the 1893-1896 Imperial Edition of Shakespeare's works, with beautifully illustrated plates throughout.
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1939 5Vol Les Tragedies de ShakespeareParis: 1939Ten tragic plays from Shakespeare bound in five volumes and translated into French. Illustrated throughout with the evocative plates of painter Edy-Legrand.
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1919-29 The Temple Shakespeare and DramatistsLondon: 1919-29A miscellaneous collection of fourteen volumes from J M Dent's illustrated Temple edition of the works of Shakespeare and other dramatists.
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1923-8 Works of William ShakespeareLondon: 1923-8Six pocket sized volumes in uniform bindings of the works of William Shakespeare, the King's Treasuries edition.
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c1890 The Works of William ShakespeareLondon: c1890The works of William Shakespeare as edited by Charles Knight in one volume, in a decorative binding.
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1909 SongsLondon; New York: 1909A variety of musical sheets from the twentieth century bound in one volume.
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c1920 The Complete Works of William ShakespeareLondon: c1920A smart copy of William Shakespeare's works. From the library of Peter Pleydell-Bouverie, the husband of noted doyenne of transatlantic high society Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie.
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1842-44 The Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies of William ShakespereLondon: 1842-44A handsomely bound set of the works of William Shakespeare, edited and published by Charles Knight.
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1863 The Complete Works of William Shakspeare consisting of his Plays and PoemsHalifax: 1863A smart two volume complete collection of the works of William Shakespeare, bound in a lovely Arts & Crafts style binding.
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1909 La Mégère ApprivoiséeParis: 1909An uncommon French edition of William Shakespeare's comedy 'Taming of the Shrew,' adapted by Paul Delair.
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1803-07 The Plays of William Shakespeare Illustrations of Shakespeare and of Ancient MannersLondon: 1803-07A lovely twelve volume set containing the complete plays of William Shakespeare, and Francis Douce's critical illustrations on Shakespeare's works.
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1839 The Pictorial Edition of the Works of ShakespeareLondon: [1839]-1843A collection of six volumes of the works of William Shakespeare, the pictorial edition in a fine binding.
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c1920 The Works of William ShakespeareLondon: c1920A nicely bound collection of the dramatic works by Shakespeare, a lovely set of his important plays.