William Shakespeare — The New Temple Shakespeare

London, J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. 1934-1936. Cloth. A thirty-seven volume set of the New Temple Shakespeare, small volumes of each play and a collection of sonnets. Thirty-seven volumes of a forty volume set. Scarce in the dust wrappers The New Temple Shakespeare. A collection of small volumes of the works of William Shakespeare, an English playwright, poet and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. With an introduction to Shakespeare and a volume of sonnets. Includes title engravings by Arthur Eric Rowton Gill, an English sculptor, letter cutter, typeface designer, and printmaker. This set contains: Sonnets, 1934. The Taming of the Shrew, 1934. The Comedy of Errors, 1934. Hamlet, 1934. King Henry IV, Part I, 1934. King Henry IV, Part II, 1934. As You Like It, 1934. A Midsummer Night's Dream, 1934. Coriolanus, 1934. Titus Andronicus, 1934. Timon of Athens, 1934. Anthony and Cleopatra, 1935. Two Gentlemen of Verona, 1935. All's Well That Ends Well, 1935. Julius Caesar, 1935. Troilus and Cressida, 1935. King Richard I, 1935. King Henry VIII, 1935. King John, 1935. Macbeth, 1935. The Merchant of Venice, 1935. King Henry V, 1935. King Lear, 1935. Cymbeline, 1935. The Tempest, 1935. Much Ado About Nothing, 1935. Romeo and Juliet, 1935. Merry Wives of Windsor, 1935. Pericles, 1935. The Rape of Lucrece and Venus and Adonis, 1935. Othello, 1935. King Richard III, 1935. The Winter's Tale, 1935. King Henry VI, Part I, 1935. King Henry VI, Part II, 1936. King Henry VI, Part III, 1936. William Shakespeare: Introductory Volume, 1936. In the original red cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing and fading to the extremities. The odd small mark to the boards. Original unclipped dust wrappers to all volumes other than Sonnets, King Richard II, and King Henry V. Dust wrappers are sound with light chipping to the extremities and sunning to the spines. The odd small mark to the panels. Minor loss to the head or tail of the spine to most volumes. With the odd small closed tear to the extremities. Front panel and flyleaf detached but present to Hamlet with loss to the front panel and spine. Loss to the spine of King Henry IV, Part I with from panel detached, further loss to the spines of King Henry IV, Part II, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Julius Caesar, and Macbeth. Large closed tear to the front panel of Titus Andronicus. 2" closed tear to the front panel and 1" closed tear to the rear panel of King Henry VIII with creases. Light loss to the front panel of the Introductory Volume with small creases and minor worming. An ink stain to the rear panel of Troilus and Cressida. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd small spot or handling mark. Minor age toning to the extremities. Very Good . Ill.: Eric Gill. Very Good/Good Only.