Shakespeare, William. Ellen Terry Complete Works of William Shakespeare, in 40 volumes. Bryce, David & Son. Glasgow. 1904. Complete Works. [Slimmer revolving bookcase].

Shakespeare, William. Ellen Terry Complete Works of William Shakespeare, in 40 volumes. Bryce, David & Son. Glasgow. 1904. Complete Works. [Slimmer revolving bookcase].Complete 40-volume miniature book set of Shakespeare's works. Complete with frontispieces and portraits. Edited by J.Talfourd Blair. Dedicated to the actress Ellen Terry and printed in 1904 in Glasgow by David Bryce and Son and published jointly with Henry Frowde, Oxford University Press Warehouse, Amen Corner. Rounded corners. Marbled endpapers. All edges gilt over red. Original ivory silk place-markers. The books measure 38 x 55 mm. The bookcase is 100 x 100x 160 mm. Original full dark blue calf with gilt titling on the spines (minusculee amount of rubbing to the edges of the spines and some cover edges). Housed in the original light stained 8-compartment revolving wooden sycamore bookcase (four sides with two compartments in each side, each holding 5 books; no obvious chipping to edges). It is on a matching small wooden pedestal and rotates to imitate a full-size version of such a bookcase but the books have finer India paper, are slimmer and the bookcase is also the slimmer version of two sizes issued for Bryce Shakespeare sets. Of the Ellen Terry series, Louis Bondy wrote that these volumes are "Bryce's greatest achievement as a leading promoter of miniature books," and, in particular, he describes the Shakespeare as "the most prodigious of these sets" (Bondy, p.114). Most of the sets were printed in 1904. Included are all the plays, the sonnets, a biographical sketch, and glossary. A beautiful and sought after Shakespeare set that is more commonly found in reverse calf or ivorine bindings. Bromer, 51. Garbett, 41. Spielmann, 459. Welsh, 6264. American Art Association, 182. This is an uncommon complete miniature book set, meticulously printed and bound for the David Bryce Company in Glasgow, noted for their miniature book production. Bromer, 51.Garbett41. Spielmann, 459. Welsh, 6264. OCLC, . WorldCat locates copies worldwide. 124 firsts2024