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Auction #118 begins on 03 Oct 2024

Shakespeare (William)

Vest-pocket set (Allied newspapers) 1934

A miniature collection of Shakespeare's complete works, includes original oak shelf

Published: Allied Newspapers Ltd, London, 1934

Reserve: $80

Approximately:

Estimate: $100-150

Bidding opens: 3 Oct 16:30 GMT

Bidding closes: 10 Oct 16:30 GMT

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The Vest-Pocket Shakespeare Set is a collection of 40 miniature (3.5 cm x 5 cm) volumes containing Shakespeare’s complete works published by Allied Newspapers in 1934. 

Each book measures 5cm (2 inches) in height. Bound in chocolate brown leatherette and featuring a frontispiece. Includes the original oak shelf -
The books are: King Henry IV Part 1, King Henry IV Part 2, Julius Caesar, The Winter’s Tale, Much Ado About Nothing, King Richard II, Titus Andronicus, Comedy of Errors, All’s Well That End Well, King Henry V, King Henry VIII, King Henry VI Part 1, King Henry VI Part 2, King Henry VI Part 3, Twelfth Night, King Lear, Timon of Athens, Pericles Prince of Tyre, Taming of the Shrew, Midsummer Night’s Dream, Merchant of Venice, Two Gentleman of Verona, As You Like It, Troilus & Cressida, Othello, Hamlet, King John, Merry Wives of Windsor, Romeo & Juliet, Antony & Cleopatra Macbeth, Love’s Labour Lost, Tempest, Cymbeline, Measure For Measure, King Richard II,I Coriolanus, Venus and Adonis, The Rape of Lucrece, Sonnets & Poems and Bio & Glossary.

Condition: Good
Some of the covers of the books are a little warped and in a few covers are coming away from the endpapers. Top and bottom edges a little discoloured and sunned.
The pages clean and free from foxing.

  • Jacket Condition: Good
  • Binding Condition: Good
  • Overall Condition: Good
  • Size: Miniature


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