{"product_id":"books-french-german-war-2-volume-set-copy","title":"BOOKS - The Illustrated Library Shakespeare - First 8 of 9 volumes","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(43, 0, 255);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWall E - 8 of a 9 volume set - Volume 9 had gone walkabout apparently\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eUniform matching hard back binding in publisher's original Brunswick green cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt backs, elaborate gilt vignette to the front boards, blind tools to the rear, all page edges gilt, lemon end papers. Quarto 12'' x 10''. Contains 36 tipped-in chromolithograph colored plates and 36 full page monochrome pictures on thick card stock with hundreds of text monochrome illustrations throughout.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eThe color illustration\/Plates are true works of art.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eSome deterioration on the covers .... pictures on request.  Most in Good or better shape.  Gold leaf embossing and gilt page edges bright.   However, the paper is very brittle; a couple pages cracted near the spine when I tried to fold back.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eThe colored prints are \"added in\"; pasted onto the page and easily removable.  The sepia\/black\/white prints are printed on the page.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdl class=\"d_kv\" data-test-id=\"bibliographic-details-table\"\u003e\n\u003cdd data-test-id=\"bibliographic-details-title\" class=\"VersoTypography v_U-oiq8\"\u003eThe Illustrated Library Shakespeare|\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003cdd data-test-id=\"bibliographic-details-title\" class=\"VersoTypography v_U-oiq8\"\u003e Notes, Critical and Explanatory (3 Volumes in 9 Complete) Part 1: Tempest; Two Gentlemen of Verona; The Merry Wives of Windsor; Twelfth Night; Measure for Measure; Much Ado About Nothing | Part 2: The Taming of the Shrew; The Comedy of Errors; The Merchant of Venice; A Midsummer Night's Dream; Love's Labour's Lost; As You Like It | Part 3: As You Like It (continued); The Winter's tale; All's Well That Ends Well; Macbeth; Troilus and Cressida; Timon of Athens | Part 4: Timon of Athens (continued); Hamlet; Cymbeline; Romeo and Juliet; King Lear | Part 5: King Lear (continued); Othello; Coriolanus; Julius Caesar; Antony and Cleopatra | Part 6: King John; King Richard II;\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003cdt class=\"VersoTypography v_U-oiq8 v_NCm8Ju\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd data-test-id=\"bibliographic-details-author\" class=\"VersoTypography v_U-oiq8\"\u003eShakespeare, William (Shakspere, Shakespere, Shakespeare 1564-1616) Illustrations by Sir John Gilbert, George Cruikshank, and R. Dudley. [Samuel Neil]\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003cdt class=\"VersoTypography v_U-oiq8 v_NCm8Ju\"\u003ePublisher\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd data-test-id=\"bibliographic-details-publisher\" class=\"VersoTypography v_U-oiq8\"\u003ePublished by William Mackenzie, 69 Ludgate Hill, London | South Bridge, Edinburgh | Howard Street, Glasgow circa . 1890.\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003cdt class=\"VersoTypography v_U-oiq8 v_NCm8Ju\"\u003ePublication year\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd data-test-id=\"bibliographic-details-publishyear\" class=\"VersoTypography v_U-oiq8\"\u003e1890\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003cdt class=\"VersoTypography v_U-oiq8 v_NCm8Ju\"\u003eBinding\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd data-test-id=\"bibliographic-details-binding\" class=\"VersoTypography v_U-oiq8\"\u003eHardcover\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003c\/dl\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShipping Media Mail will be $25.  Weighs about 45 lbs\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJust a bit more:  These are apparently former library books from \"The Borough of St. Helens\".  \u003cspan data-subtree=\"aimfl,mfl\"\u003eThe \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003e\u003cspan data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-wiz-uids=\"l8lhh_b\" data-sfc-inited=\"2\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e\u003ca class=\"H23r4e\" rel=\"noopener\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwiI9q3OgtaXAxUykysGHTd3BAYQy_kOegoIAggACAAIChAD\" data-hveid=\"CAIIAAgACAoQAw\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Metropolitan_Borough_of_St_Helens\" aria-label=\"Metropolitan Borough of St Helens. Link preview. Site: Wikipedia. Title: Metropolitan Borough of St Helens - Wikipedia. URL: https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Metropolitan_Borough_of_St_Helens.\" style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eMetropolitan Borough of St Helens\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[[\u0026quot;https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Metropolitan_Borough_of_St_Helens\u0026quot;,null,null,[null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,[{\u0026quot;1218\u0026quot;:[16,null,null,null,[1]]}]],16,null,\u0026quot;Metropolitan Borough of St Helens - Wikipedia\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;The Metropolitan Borough was formed on 1 April 1974 as a merger of the former County Borough of St Helens, along with the urban districts of Haydock, Newton-le-Willows and Rainford, and parts of Billinge-and-Winstanley and Ashton-in-Makerfield urban districts, along with part of Whiston Rural District, all from the administrative county of Lancashire. 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