SHAKESPEARE, William; E. J. Sullivan, Illus. Works: The Histories, Tragedies and Comedies. London: J. M. Dent & Sons, Limited, 1950.
8vo., 3 vols; original green ribbed cloth, embossed in blind with device to upper board and spine, spine additionally lettered and decorated in gilt; upper edge green; all housed in the decorative grey dust wrappers printed in red; with 39 black and white photogravure illustrations by E. J. Sullivan mounted behind tissue-guards; pp. [xiv], 7-847, [i]; [viii], 887, [i]; [viii], 981, [iii]; a fine, and apparently unread set, perhaps a trifle toned to the upper edge of jacket.
A charming 1950s edition of Shakespeare's works, originally published in 1911. With an advertisement for the Everyman's Encyclopedia tipped in to Volume 1.
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