The Works of William Shakespeare, Complete Ten Volume Set

The Rev. Alexander Dyce, ed. THE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE. Fourth edition. 10 volumes (complete). London: Bickers & Son, 1880-1881. Half bound leather over marbled paper-covered boards, spines gilt stamped with raised bands, with marbled endpapers and all edges marbled. 8vo; 556; 422; 511; 522; 576; 485; 437; 512; 447; 519pp. Some volumes with frontispiece.

8 5/8 x 6 1/8 in. each

Private Collection Virginia

Boards with mild scuffing, expected age discoloration, edge wear, light bubbling to paper, and occasional small paper losses; joints lightly creased with occasional rubbing and small areas of cracking; spines with light creasing and some with chips or rubbing to ends; sturdy volumes but with cracking at hinges; interiors with light toning, occasional pencil notations, and light foxing, grime, and minor staining (mostly at endpapers), but overall quite clean; some volumes with offsetting from frontispiece and glue remnants or remnants from lost tissue guards, and several with gutter wear; Vol. I with article pasted to free endpaper; an approaching very good set.