Author: SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM; CLARKE, WILLIAM GEORGE; WRIGHT, WILLIAM ALDIS (EDITORS)
Title: The Plays and Sonnets of William Shakespeare: Five Volume Leatherbound Set (of the Original 7) (Franklin Library 25th Anniversary Limited Edition of the Great Books of the Western World Series)
Description: Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1978-1981. Hardcover. Volumes one through five of the original seven-volume set. Many of the plays of William Shakespeare are presented in a deluxe leatherbound reprint set by the Franklin Library. Edited by William George Clarke and William Aldis Wright. With illustrations by William Oakes. Missing are volumes 6 & 7, which contained King Lear, Macbeth, Antony and Cleopatra, The Tempest (among others), as well as Shakespeare's Sonnets. Issued as part of the publisher's collection, the 25th Anniversary Limited Edition of the Great Books of the Western World. One of an unspecified number in this limited edition. Publisher's "Notes from the Editors" booklet is included with volumes 1 and 2 only. --- Bound in full dark red bonded leather covers with four raised bands on each spine. Spine titling, elaborate decorations to covers and spines, and textblock edges all in bright gilt. Interior leaves printed on high-quality papers. Deep red silk moire endpapers, with matching sewn-in satin ribbon placemarkers. Volumes lack dust jackets (as issued). --- About-Fine copies: bright and apparent damages or evidence of having been read. (Due to the considerable weight of this item, extra shipping charges may be requested.); Tall Octavo (9 to 10 in. tall). Fine with no dust jacket .

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