THE FOLIO PRESS SHAKESPEARE (37 Volumes in 6 Slipcases, Complete)
Published by Folio Society in London 1960s and 1970s
SKU: 59028
£500.00
LIMITED EDITION (750 Sets). 37 Volumes in 6 slipcases, complete and arranged chronologically. 8vo. hardbacks in cream vegetable parchment ('Elephant Hide'), gilt, with gilt and colour decorative quills device to upper boards, in six brown cloth slipcases with cream vegetable parchment title labels, gilt, to spines. Introductions written by famous names in British Theatre such as Olivier, Gielgud, Burton and Richardson. All volumes illustrated in colour by artists such as Salvador Dali, Leslie Hurry, Oliver Messel and Osbert Lancaster. A clean set with no previous owners' markings or inscriptions. Light soiling and fading to some of the slipcases else a VERY GOOD SET in GOOD+ SLIPCASES.