1843 Religious and Moral Sentences Work Shakespeare First Edition Scarce

Description: Click here to see our other books! Religious and Moral Sentences Culled from the Works of Shakespeare, Compared with Sacred Passages Drawn From Holy Writ: Being a Selection of Religious Sentiments, and Moral Precepts Blended in the Dramatic Works, &c. of Our Immortal Bard. William Shakespeare 1848 Calkin & Budd : London 8.5" by 5.5" xx, 224pp. SUMMARY The scarce first edition of this selection of religious and moral sentences from the works of Shakespeare in a decorative cloth binding. First Edition,Original Binding,Publishers' Original Binding,Scarce Overall Condition: Very Good This book weighs 0.5 KG when packed UK Postage: £ 3.99 US Postage: £ 15.99 EU Postage: £ 13.99 European Postage: £ 14.99 Asia Postage: £ 18.99 Worldwide Postage: £ 19.99 DESCRIPTION The scarce first edition. Bound in decorative cloth. Illustrated with a monochrome portrait frontispiece of Shakespeare, decorative borders and 2 monochrome plates. Collated complete. This work was produced by a member of the Shakespeare Society and provides a selection of moral and religious sentences from the works of Shakespeare. Shakespeare's sentences can be seen on the left page, with the corresponding passage from holy scriptures to the right, comparing the two and providing context to the religious phrases within the sentence. CONDITION In the publisher's original cloth. Externally very smart with bumping to the extremities, fading to the spine, the odd minor mark, very small closed tears to the head and tail of the spine and slight discolouration to the extremities of the boards. Front hinge starting with light handling marks to the endpapers and an old ink inscription dated 1903 to the front free endpaper. Internally firmly bound with very lightly age toned pages to the extremities with an adhered newspaper clipping with a portrait of Shakespeare adhered to the front blank and age toning to the frontispiece and plates with offsetting to the verso of the frontispiece. 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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