The Complete Plays William Shakespeare Poetry - Folio Society 1990 6 Vol. - VGC

The Complete Plays William Shakespeare Poetry - Folio Society 1990 6 Vol. - VGC

£105.99
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The Complete Plays William Shakespeare Poetry - Folio Society 1990 6 Vol. - VGC
Folio Society
Poetry & Plays

The Complete Plays

William Shakespeare

£105.99
Edition year 1988
Printing year 1990
First edition No
Binding Buckram
Volumes 6
Weight 10 Kg
Pages Vol. 1: 585; Vol. 2: 657; Vol. 3: 640; Vol. 4: 607; Vol. 5: 670; Vol. 6: 653
Dimensions 25 × 16 cm
Condition Very Good
Condition notes In very good overall condition. Books are like new.

Edition details

Complete Plays by William Shakespeare, The (6v.) Edited and introduced by Stanley Wells. Wood-engraved frontispiece for each play by different artists. Vol.1 585pp., pink paper covers, Two Gentlemen of Verona, The Taming of the Shrew, Henry VI parts 1,2 and 3, Titus Andronicus. Vol.2 657pp., blue paper covers, King Richard III, Comedy of Errors, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Loves Labour's Lost, Romeo and Juliet, King Richard II, King John. Vol.3 640pp., green paper covers, The Merchant of Venice, Henry IV parts 1 and 2, Merry Wives of Windsor, Much Ado About Nothing, Henry V, Julius Caesar. Vol.4 607pp., pink paper covers, As You Like It, Hamlet, Twelfth Night, Troilus and Cressida, Measure for Measure, Othello. Vol.5 670pp., blue paper covers, All's Well That Ends Well, Timon of Athens, King Lear (two versions), Macbeth, Antony and Cleopatra, Pericles. Vol.6 653pp., green paper covers, Corialanus, The Winter's Tale, Cymbeline, The Tempest, Henry VIII (All is True), Two Noble Kinsmen, Glossary. All quarter-bound in dark red buckram with paper covers printed with a gold pattern. Dark blue 6 volume slipcase with gilt signature. Each 25x16cm

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About the book

This six-volume collection brings together the complete dramatic works of William Shakespeare, encompassing his tragedies, comedies and history plays. From Hamlet, Macbeth and King Lear to Twelfth Night, A Midsummer Night's Dream and the great English histories, the set demonstrates Shakespeare's extraordinary range. His plays explore love, ambition, power, jealousy, identity, politics and human weakness, making this a substantial collection of one of the greatest achievements in world literature.

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