The Works.

£2,500 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books

one of 780 sets - signed by the author Limited edition, this being number 470 of 780 sets (30 of which were for presentation and not for sale) with volume one numbered and signed by Beerbohm. The two volumes of Around Theatres are first editions, as Beerbohm's theatre criticism had not previously been collected. Limited edition, number 470 of 780 sets, signed numbered by the author in volume I; 10 vols, 8vo; offsetting to endpapers, 8 of the 10 vols with spare title label tipped in at rear; original harlequin buckram cloth, white paper labels to spines lettered in black, labels tanned, slight fading to spines, more so to the fugitive purple volume (as usual) with uneven sunning to upper cover, light dust-soiling elsewhere; a very good and internally fresh set.

• Binding: Hardcover

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