Condition Report
Contact Information
Lot 201
Sale 1241 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, including Americana
Nov 10, 2023
9:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
Own a similar item?
Estimate
$800 -
1,200
Price Realized
$10,710
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
[DICKENS, Charles, his copies]. SHAKESPEARE, William (1564-1616). The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare. London: for F. C. and J. Rivington and others, 1821.
6 volumes only (of 21), 8vo. Contemporary half morocco (worn, several covers detached, spines perished). Provenance: James W. Alexander (bookplates); Charles Dickens (bookplates).
DICKENS'S COPY OF SHAKESPEARE'S WORKS FROM THE GADSHILL LIBRARY, WITH BOTH DICKENS'S BOOKPLATE AND THE GADSHILL PLACE LABEL. Malone's "Variorum Edition" of Shakespeare's works, with commentary by Edmond Malone. Comprising: Vol. III, Prolegomena -- Vol. VI, Romeo and Juliet, As you Like It -- Vol. XIII, Cymbolene and Timon of Athens -- Vol. XIV, Coriolanus and Winter's Tale -- Vol. XV, Tempest, King John, and Essay on the Origin of the Tempest -- Vol. XVI, Richard II, Henry IV Part I.