ANTIQUE 8 VOLUME BOXED SET ILLUSTRATED POCKET SHAKESPEARE

ANTIQUE 8 VOLUME BOXED SET ILLUSTRATED POCKET SHAKESPEARE

Circa 1899

Stock number: 856473/0121
Price: £395

Antique 8 volume boxed set of Illustrated pocket Shakespeare books, published by David Bryce and Son,1899. Carefully edited and compared with the best texts. Pocket sized red hardbacks with gilt lettering to the spine, in very good condition, Illustrated with black & white plates. Edited by J. Talfourd Blair. 

At the bottom of the box, under the books, is a paper label from St James Sunday School, Waterfoot, These books were presented to Lily Whittaker for her regular attendance at school not having been late or absent during the last 10years. February 9th 1901, John T Munn, Vicar. This message is also written in pencil inside the frontpiece of volume 1. Inside the lid of the box is written another pencil message saying, Mrs L Hill, now 41, Cross Street, Lytham St Annes.