Book #14331

Tales from Shakespeare

Charles Lamb, Mary Lamb
Book #14331 Tales from Shakespeare. Charles Lamb, Mary Lamb.
Tales from Shakespeare
Tales from Shakespeare

Binding: Cloth
Book Condition: Fine
Edition: Limited Edition; First Printing
Publisher: London: J. M. Dent & Co., 1909.
Illustrator: Illustrated by Arthur Rackham

A most beautiful Limited edition/first printing in very Near Fine condition, limited separation of signatures. SIGNED and numbered 534/750 by illustrator Arthur Rackham. Original white buckram cover and rose-colored silk ties. Top edge gilt, others uncut. Gilt lettering on front cover and spine. Gold illustrations on endpapers. Thirteen mounted full-color illustrations including frontispiece (with tissue guard). Included is also one plate not included in the trade edition.

This collection of fourteen comedies and six tragedies retold in prose was first developed in the early 19th century by siblings Charles and Mary Lamb as an introduction for young readers to Shakespeare. As much as possible, the Lambs used Shakespeare's own words, especially in the tragedies. Includes A Midsummer's Night Dream, All's Well That Ends Well, Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet and more; Color Illustrations; 4to ; Signed by Illustrator.

Price: $2,210.00

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