This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1898 edition. Excerpt: ... Besides, his expedition promises Present approach. 2 Senator. We stand much hazard, if they bring not Ti mon. Messenger. I met a courier, one mine ancient friend, Whom, though in general part we were oppos'd, Yet our old love had a particular force, And made us speak like friends. This man was riding ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1898 edition. Excerpt: ... Besides, his expedition promises Present approach. 2 Senator. We stand much hazard, if they bring not Ti mon. Messenger. I met a courier, one mine ancient friend, Whom, though in general part we were oppos'd, Yet our old love had a particular force, And made us speak like friends. This man was riding From Alcibiades to Timon's cave, -> With letters of entreaty, which imported His fellowship i' the cause against your city, In part for his sake mov'd. i Senator. Here come our brothers. Enter the Senators from Timon. 3 Senator. No talk of Timon, nothing of him expect. The enemies' drum is heard, and fearful scouring Doth choke the air with dust; in, and prepare. Ours is the fall, I fear, our foes the snare. [Exeunt. Scene III. The Woods. Timon's Cave, and a rude Tomb seen. Enter a Soldier, seeking Timon. Soldier. By all description this should be the place. Who 's here? speak, ho! No answer! What is this? Timon is dead, who hath outstretch'd his span. Some beast read this! there does not live a man. Dead, sure, and this his grave. What's on this tomb I cannot read; the character I '11 take with wax: Our captain hath in every figure skill, An aged interpreter, though young in days. Before proud Athens he 's set down by this, Whose fall the mark of his ambition is. [Exit. Scene IV. Before the Walls of Athens. Trumpets sound. Enter Alcibiades with his powers. Alcibiades. Sound to this coward and lascivious town Our terrible approach.-- [A parley sounded. Enter Senators on the walls. Till now you have gone on and fill'd the time With all licentious measure, making your wills The scope of justice; till now myself and such As slept within the shadow of your power Have wander'd with our travers'd arms and breath'd Our sufferance vainly....
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Good. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1878. Title page dated 1878. Shakespeare's works, edited and "with a scrupulous revision of the text" by Mary Cowden Clarke. Includes complete plays and sonnets, introductory information, etc illustrated with lovely full page engravings of the female characters in Shakespeare's plays. Full smooth tan calf leather with black and gilt spine label, slightly raised spine bands, marbled edges and endpapers, frontis engraving and additional engraved title page, lxi, 1003 pages. Some expected shelfwear, front joint/hinge reglued and secure, minor chipping to edge of spine label (no loss of lettering), sound text block, light foxing to frontis and engraved title page, other plates not foxed, lightly age-toned but clean pages, no names or other markings. Hard Cover. Good. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall.
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Very Good in Leather box poor jacket. Size: 7x4x1; Of the 24 volumes (3" x 4") only Twelfth Night has shows wear--chip at crown of red leather spine; all the major plays are represented here, bound in limp morocco in black. green, and various shades of brown, red and green. Each vol. has frontis. portrait of author; marbled end pages; all edges red; binding firm and paper unaged. Very elegant. The box has rubbing at edges and seams, and the top panel has separated from it, but snap on folding panel attaches it to box. Gilt lettering and unicorn decorative logo is still bright, and red ribbon is unfaded.
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Near Fine. First edition thus. Number 155 of 200 copies. The type is handset Bulmer and Stylescript, with Monotype Bulmer for the introduction and index of first lines. [26], 154, [12] pp. Bound in publisher's red-brown goatskin spine and red-brown floral brocade cloth over boards; contained in a slipcase with the same leather covering the protruding curved edges with red-brown paper sides and brocade cloth. Near Fine with light fading to spine and minor soiling to slipcase. A lovely Arion Press printing of Shakespeare's famous sonnets with an introduction by literary critic Helen Vendler of Harvard University.