Lot 818: Sold for £20 hammer

Estimate £50-£80

Knight, Charles, editor - 'The Works of Shakspere' [sic] - Imperial Edition, published by Virtue and Co., London, undated, circa 1870, numerous engraved illustrations, original gilt tooled red leather boards, two vols., folio. (2)

Condition report
corners knocked, wear to spines and spines beginning to split. General dirt, scuffs and scratches to boards. Light foxing throughout particularly to front pages of both volumes. Yellowing to edges. Majority of tissue guards creased and torn, all illustrations present

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