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SHAKESPEARE (W). KRAUS (H.P).: The Four Folios of William Shakespeare. Together with some Quartos. Catalogue No. 138. 'FROM ONE GREAT BOOKSELLER TO ANOTHER'

H.P. Kraus, New York NY, [1974] Sm. folio, First Edition, with a portrait frontispiece and 10 full-page reproductions in the text; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a good, clean copy. FRANK HAMMOND'S COPY WITH THE FIRM'S STAMP ON FRONT WRAPPER. With the separately printed price list loosely inserted. This remarkable catalogue lists one copy of each of the four folios, together with the third folio of the 'Works' and separate quartos of 'Lucrece', 'King Lear' and 'A Yorkshire Tragedie'.. (Book ref. 11498)

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Bibliography. Kraus (H.P): Catalogue 184. From Trithemius to Proctor. Bibliography and Reference Books before 1900. Part I of the Private Library of Hans P. Kraus. [Introduction by Roland Folter]

H P Kraus, New York, n.d. [c.1992] Roy. 8vo., with a fine portrait and numerous facsimiles (many full--age) in the text; original wrappers printed in red and black, a fine copy. Predictably formidable collection of 667 notable items, following the death of the great bookman in 1988 (Book ref. 7105)