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Shakespeares Comedy of As You Like It
William Shakespeare
[1909]
Hodder and Stoughton : London
10" by 7.5"
xxxv, [1], 142, [2pp.]
SUMMARY
A beautifully presented facsimile of Shakespeares As You Like It, with colourful illustrations by Hugh Thomson throughout.
Colour Plates,Illustrated,Original Binding,Publishers Original Binding
Overall Condition: Very Good Indeed
This book weighs2 KG when packed
UK Postage: £ 3.99
US Postage:£ 29.99
EU Postage: £ 21.99
European Postage: £ 23.99
Asia Postage: £ 37.99
Worldwide Postage: £ 38.99
DESCRIPTION
In the original publishers green cloth binding, with decorative gilt design to the front board.
This work is a wonderfully presented facsimile of Shakespeares comedy, As You Like It, printed by permission of the Oxford Edition. With a summary of the story included, as well as the play itself.
Heavily illustrated throughout, with forty tipped-in colour plates by Irish illustrator, Hugh Thomson, who was best known for his pen-and-ink drawings of works by authors such as Charles Dickens and Jane Austen. Alongside the colour plates in this work, there are a number of these pen-and-ink illustrations, including a decorative title page. Collated, complete.
With a bookplate of Ismay Lucretia Mary Ramsay, daughter of the 14th Viscount Gormanston, to the front paste down.
CONDITION
In the original publishers green cloth binding, with decorative gilt design to the front board. Externally, excellent, with light rubbing to the extremities and to the joints. Marks to the spine. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Bookplate to the front endpaper. Light offsetting and the odd spot to the endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean, with the odd handling mark.
Overall Condition: Very Good Indeed
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Overall Condition
(Dustwrapper condition rating is shown after that for the book itself, where a dustwrapper is present)
Fine- Very well preserved copy showing very little wear
Very Good Indeed- Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy
Very Good- Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones
often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy
Good- Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will
be described in the condition report under condition
Good Only- Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair
Fair- As with good only above but with other faults
leaving a compromised copy even after repair
Poor- Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete.
We only sell books in this condition where their rarity or value makes them
attractive none the less. Major defects will be described.
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