Description
For sale: a Rare and Exceptional Leather Bound Collector’s Edition of The Histories Of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare. Easton Press, 1980. Newer printing b
The book is in Near Fine condition with clean, bright boards with strong gilt accents, lightly foxed gilt page blocks, no spine tilt, strong spine ends, mild edge wear and strong corners. Previous owner’s bookplate is on the front paste down, with the name crossed out with marker. Silk moire paste downs are otherwise clean. No other marks or inscriptions inside. Ribbon appears to be moved from original position. Pages clean and bright.
No dust jacket, as issued.
The Histories, containing within their crowded tableaux all of the tragedies, confusions, and beauties of human life, are not only drama of the highest order. They also serve as windows through which generations have made themselves familiar with crucial episodes in English history. For an Elizabethan England that had already emerged onto the stage of world power and was hungry to understand the sources and nature of its identity, Shakespeare provided a grandeur born of the transforming power of his art.
This volume contains Henry VIII, Henry VI, Parts 1, 2, and 3, Henry V, Henry IV, Parts 1, and 2; Richard II, Richard III; and King John.
Ships promptly in corrugated mailer with book wrapped in both craft paper and multiple layers of bubble wrap.
