40 Miniature Volume Set of William Shakespeare by Allied Newspapers c1932

~ 40 Miniature Volume Set of William Shakespeare by Allied Newspapers c1932 ~

A full set of 40 miniature William Shakespeare books produced by Allied Newspapers in 1932.

Each book is bound in leatherette and features a frontispiece.

The books are:

King Henry IV Part 1, King Henry IV Part 2, Julius Caesar, The Winter's Tale, Much Ado About Nothing, King Richard II, Titus Andronicas, Comedy of Errors, All’s Well That End Well, King Henry V, King Henry VIII, King Henry VI Part 1, King Henry VI Part 2, King Henry VI Part 3, Twelfth Night, King Lear, Timon of Athens, Pericles Prince of Tyre, Taming of the Shrew, Midsummer Night's Dream, Merchant of Venice, Two Gentleman of Verona, As You Like It, Troilus & Cressida, Othello, Hamlet, King John, Merry Wives of Windsor, Romeo & Juliet, Antony & Cleopatra Macbeth, Love's Labour Lost, Tempest, Cymbeline, Measure For Measure, King Richard II,I Coriolanus, Venus and Adronis, The Rape of Lucrece, Sonnet & Poems and Bio & Glossary.

The books are currently stored in a generic card box.

~ Dimensions ~

Each book measures 5cm (2 inches) in height.

~ Condition ~

Some of the outer leatherette covers of the books are a little warped and in a few cases are coming away from the endpapers.

The top and bottom edges of all are a little discoloured with time and dust.

The pages inside of all are clean and free from foxing.

The set overall is in a very nice condition commensurate with age.

#16766