1876 Tales from Shakespeare Charles and Mary Lamb

Description: Click here to see our other books! Tales from Shakespeare Charles and Mary Lamb 1876 Bickers and Son : London 9" by 6" 386pp. SUMMARY An illustrated edition of Charles and Mary Lamb's popular 'Tales from Shakespeare' in a decorative cloth binding. Decorative Binding,Illustrated Overall Condition: Very Good This book weighs 0.75 KG when packed UK Postage: £ 3.99 US Postage: £ 19.99 EU Postage: £ 15.99 European Postage: £ 16.99 Asia Postage: £ 21.99 Worldwide Postage: £ 25.99 DESCRIPTION The 1876 illustrated edition of this work in the publisher's original decorative cloth binding, with pictorial gilt to the front board and spine. All edges gilt.Written by siblings Charles and Mary Lamb, this enormously successful work retells the Shakespearean plays for a young audience. Mary Lamb was responsible for retelling the comedies and Charles the tragedies; each of them strove to retain as much Shakespearean language as possible but they omitted the more complex historical tales. Originally published in 1807, this illustrated edition was published in 1876. Illustrated with a frontispiece and eleven plates reproduced from The Boydell Gallery. Collated, complete. CONDITION In the publisher's original decorative cloth binding. Externally smart, with shelf wear to the extremities, more so to the head and tail to the spine. Gilt remains bright. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright with the odd spot throughout. Overall Condition: Very Good GLOSSARY OF TERMS Overall Condition (Dustwrapper condition rating is shown after that for the book itself, where a dustwrapper is present) Fine - Very well preserved copy showing very little wear Very Good Indeed - Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy Very Good - Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy Good - Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will be described in the condition report under 'condition' Good Only - Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair Fair - As with good only above but with other faults leaving a compromised copy even after repair Poor - Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete. We only sell books in this condition where their rarity or value makes them attractive none the less. Major defects will be described. GUARANTEE We offer a full money back guarantee on our descriptions. Please ask for details and conditions. We prefer PAYPAL. If you pay via PAYPAL we will post the item off the same or the next working day with the postage you have selected. Please note we cannot accept USD cheques

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