WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE "The Plays of William Shakespeare - The Plays in Ten Volumes with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators; to which are added Notes by Samuel Johnson and George Steevens. With an appendix.", published for various subscribers including C Bathurst, J Beecroft, etc, etc, 1773, calf bound with tooled and gilded spine, bearing hand-written index to the back of Volume X, bears ownership inscription to front page "Henry Johnson Handsworth 1835" and photocopied version of the index with note "As neither Johnson nor Steevens saw the need to provide an index to their Ten Volumes, the need was met (judging by the penmanship) by Henry Handsworth in 1835. This photo from inside back cover Vol X, Bernard Stace 1994" CONDITION REPORTS Numerous scuffs and scratches to covers of all the books. Splitting to the spine, areas of loss to the gilt and to the spine. Some dents on the book covers, some separation of pages, areas where the covers are separated from the spine. Some old repairs, foxing on the pages in all the books. Discolouration and staining in all books, general wear and tear commensurate with age and use - see images for details
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE "The Plays of William Shakespeare - The Plays in Ten Volumes with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators; to which are added Notes by Samuel Johnson and George Steevens. With an appendix.", published for various subscribers including C Bathurst, J Beecroft, etc, etc, 1773, calf bound with tooled and gilded spine, bearing hand-written index to the back of Volume X, bears ownership inscription to front page "Henry Johnson Handsworth 1835" and photocopied version of the index with note "As neither Johnson nor Steevens saw the need to provide an index to their Ten Volumes, the need was met (judging by the penmanship) by Henry Handsworth in 1835. This photo from inside back cover Vol X, Bernard Stace 1994" CONDITION REPORTS Numerous scuffs and scratches to covers of all the books. Splitting to the spine, areas of loss to the gilt and to the spine. Some dents on the book covers, some separation of pages, areas where the covers are separated from the spine. Some old repairs, foxing on the pages in all the books. Discolouration and staining in all books, general wear and tear commensurate with age and use - see images for details
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