The Windsor Shakespeare. 19 of 20 vols. Edited by Henry N. Hudson.
Title: The Windsor Shakespeare [19 vols of 20 published. Vol 20 missing]
Author: William Shakespeare: Edited by Henry N. Hudson.
Publisher: The Caxton Publishing Company: London.
Published Date: c.1903
External Size: 21cm x 14cm
Condition: Very Good.
This is a beautiful collection of the works of William Shakespeare, comprising 19 of the 20 volumes originally published. Sadly volume 20 is missing. Bound in red cloth with a, attractive gilt decoration and lettering to the front cover and spine. All volumes are in very good condition - each has some light wear to the extremities and a few volumes have some marks some the boards. The contents are very good, lightly age toned with some browning to the endpapers, some moderate foxing in places, and some spotting to the page edges. Each volume has a frontispiece illustrated in colour.
Volume I, containing 'Life of Shakespeare', 'Comedy of Errors', and 'Two Gentleman of Verona'
Volume II, containing 'Love's Labours Lost' and 'The Taming of the Shrew'
Volume III, containing 'A Midsummer-Night's Dream' and 'The Merchant of Venice'
Volume IV, containing 'All's Well That Ends Well' and 'Much Ado About Nothing'
Volume V, containing 'As You Like It' and 'Twelfth Night'
Volume VI, containing 'Merry Wives of Windsor' and 'Measure For Measure'
Volume VII, containing 'The Tempest' and 'The Winter's Tale'
Volume VIII, containing 'King Henry the Sixth' Parts I and II
Volume IX, containing 'King Henry the Sixth' Part II, and 'King Richard the Third'
Volume X, containing 'King John' and 'King Richard the Second'
Volume XI, containing 'King Henry the Fourth' parts I and II
Volume XII, containing 'King Henry the Fifth' and 'King Henry the Eighth'
Volume XIII, containing 'Titus Andronicus' and 'Romeo and Juliet'
Volume XIV, containing 'Julius Caesar' and 'Hamlet'
Volume XV, containing 'King Lear' and 'Timon of Athens'
Volume XVI, containing 'Antony and Cleopatra'and 'Troilus and Cressida',
Volume XVII, containing 'Macbeth' and 'Othello'
Volume XVIII, containing 'Cymberline' and 'Coriolanus'
Volume XIX, containing 'Pericles, Prince of Tyre', 'The Two Noble Kinsmen', and 'Venus and Adonis'