The Plays of Shakespeare (Favourite Classics) William Shakespeare; George Brandes [intro.] Plays

A lovely set comprising forty of William Shakespeare's plays, bound here into twenty volumes. From the 'Favourite Classics' series. The Plays of Shakespeare from the publisher's 'Favourite Classics' series.Complete in forty volumes, bound into twenty. Comprising editions from 1904 (first impressions), 1914-1915 (second impressions), 1920 (third impressions) and 1921 (new impressions).In the original cloth bindings, with decorative spines.With a frontispiece and title page vignette to each play.Offering a classic series of works from notorious English playwright William Shakespeare, each one introduced by George Brandes, a Danish critic, scholar and great influence of Scandinavian and European literature throughout the late nineteenth century.Volume I: Two Gentlemen of Verona (1904); Love's Labour's Lost (1904)Volume II: The Comedy of Errors (1904); Taming of the Shrew (1904)Volume III: Midsummer-Night's Dream (1921); The Merchant of Venice (1921)Volume IV: Merry Wives of Windsor (1904); Much Ado About Nothing (1904)Volume V: As You Like It (1921); Twelfth Night (1914)Volume VI: All's Well That Ends Well (1904); Measure for Measure (1904)Volume VII: The Winter's Tale (1904); The Tempest (1921)Volume VIII: First Part of King Henry VI (1904); Second Part of King Henry VI (1904)Volume IX: Third Part of King Henry VI (1904); King Richard III (1904)Volume X: King Richard II (1904); King John (1904)Volume XI: First Part of King Henry IV (1904); Second Part of King Henry IV (1904)Volume XII: King Henry V (1915); King Henry VIII (1904)Volume XIII: Titus Andronicus (1904); Troilus and Cressida (1904)Volume XIV: Coriolanus (1904); Romeo and Juliet (1921)Volume XV: Julius Caesar (1920); Hamlet (1920)Volume XVI: Othello (1904); Macbeth (1920)Volume XVII: King Lear (1904); Antony and Cleopatra (1904)Volume XVIII: Timon of Athens (1904); Pericles (1904)Volume XIX: Cymbeline (1904); Venus and Adonis: The Passionate Pilgrim (1904)Volume XX: Lucrece: A Lover's Compliment (1904); Sonnets (1904) In the original cloth binding with decorative spines. Externally, very smart, with only mild rubbing and bumping to the spines and the odd mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with offsetting to the endpapers and spots to the fore edge affecting the occasional page. Very Good Indeed