Shakespeare, William

8vo (255 by 170mm), 40 volumes, one of 500 copies on hand-made paper, title-pages in red and black, half-titles, contemporary half red morocco signed by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, spines gilt in compartments, top edges gilt, marbled endpapers, contained in four collector's slipcases, occasional light spotting or browning, some hinges splitting, many joints weak, occasional professional strengthening to joints, minor abrasions to spine

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This edition of the works of Shakespeare, in attractive Sangorski and Sutcliffe bindings, was edited by William Aldus Wright and comprises 'The Cambridge Shakespeare'.