1905-1906 The Biographical Edition of the Works of Charles Dickens

A beautiful and scarce 'Bell's Edition of Shakespeare', the vanishingly scarce large paper variant, illustrated with engraved plates. The very scarce complete twenty volume set. A large paper edition, uniformly bound in full morocco. In 1785, John Bell began to issue the 36 separate plays of Shakespeare individually, collecting them here in twenty volumes in 1788 as the 'Dramatick writings of Will. Shakspere'. The set is scarcely found complete. The first two volumes here are a remarkably comprehensive and broad 'Prolegomena' to Shakespeare's works, and offer interesting analysis of Shakespeare from an era where many of his plays were often interpreted differently, both in their production and in their critical reception. The subsequent eighteen volumes consist of the plays themselves, along with notes from Samuel Johnson and George Stevens, a highlight of this particular edition. Volumes I & II: Prolegomena To The Dramatick Writings of Will. Shakespeare. Nine plates to volume I, and eight to volume II. Volume III: The Tempest and Two Gentlemen of Verona. Four plates. Volume IV: The Merry Wives of Windsor and Much Ado About Nothing. Four plates. Volume V: Measure for Measure and A Comedy of Errors. Four plates. Volume VI: Love's Labour's Lost and A Midsummer Night's Dream. Four plates. Volume VII: The Merchant of Venice and As You Like It. Four plates. Volume VIII: The Taming of The Shrew and All's Well That End's Well. Four plates. Volume IX: Twelfth Night and Winter's Tale. Four plates. Volume X: Macbeth and King John. Four plates. Volume XI: King Richard The Second...

A limited edition ten-volume set of the works of Henry Fielding, edited with a biography by Leslie Stephen. A ten-volume set in half morocco bindings. All edges gilt. No. 92 of a t...

A handsome selection of George Meredith's works, uniformly presented here in half morocco by Sotheran & Co. Revised editions. A fifteen-volume set comprising the works of George Me...

A beautiful and exceptionally bright leather set of these collected major works of William Hickling Prescott. Complete in twelve volumes. A set of the major works of William H. Pr...

This is an antique copy of The Life of Charles Dickens by John Forster. An English language biographical account of the Victorian author, dating to the late 19th century, published c...

19th century Shakespeare 10 volumes, circa 1894 Edited by William Aldis Wright Macmillan and Co., London and New York Each volume measures 7" wide x 10.5" high Offered as...

Set of sixteen leather bound books by Charles Reade. Charles Reade was known for his novels that often combined elements of romance, social injustice, and moral earnestness. His wo...

Chapman and Hall Ltd., London, Limited Edition of 750 A substantial collection of The Works of Charles Dickens in the scarce National Edition, published in London by Chapman and Hal...