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RACKHAM, Arthur.. Up and down, up and down, Goblin, lead them up and down.. , 1908.

Price: US$85.77 + shipping

Description: Original lithograph with colour, published in A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare, Heinemann, London, 1908. 250 x 185 mm.

Seller: Henry Sotheran Ltd, London, United Kingdom

RACKHAM, Arthur.. Mislead night-wanderers, laughing at their harm?. , 1908.

Price: US$85.77 + shipping

Description: Original lithograph with colour, published in A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare, Heinemann, London, 1908. 250 x 185 mm.

Seller: Henry Sotheran Ltd, London, United Kingdom

RACKHAM, Arthur.. Let me play the lion too.. , 1908.

Price: US$85.77 + shipping

Description: Original lithograph with colour, published in A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare, Heinemann, London, 1908. 250 x 185 mm.

Seller: Henry Sotheran Ltd, London, United Kingdom

RACKHAM, Arthur.. Let me play the lion too.. , 1908.

Price: US$85.77 + shipping

Description: Original lithograph with colour, published in A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare, Heinemann, London, 1908. 250 x 185 mm.

Seller: Henry Sotheran Ltd, London, United Kingdom

RACKHAM, Arthur.. Mislead night-wanderers, laughing at their harm?. , 1908.

Price: US$85.77 + shipping

Description: Original lithograph with colour, published in A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare, Heinemann, London, 1908. 250 x 185 mm.

Seller: Henry Sotheran Ltd, London, United Kingdom

RACKHAM, Arthur.. I am that merry wanderer of the Night.. , 1908.

Price: US$85.77 + shipping

Description: Original lithograph with colour, published in A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare, Heinemann, London, 1908. 250 x 185 mm.

Seller: Henry Sotheran Ltd, London, United Kingdom

RACKHAM, Arthur.. Sleep thou, and I will wind thee in my arms.. , 1908.

Price: US$85.77 + shipping

Description: Original lithograph with colour from 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' by William Shakespeare. Published by Heinemann, London 1908. 250 x 185 mm.

Seller: Henry Sotheran Ltd, London, United Kingdom

Shakespeare, William. A Midsummer-Night's Dream. William Heinemann; Doubleday, Page & Co, London & New York, 1908.

Price: US$95.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: 9 3/4" tall hardcover. Boards in Poor condition. Book appears to have been exposed to water. Top layer pieces missing from both front and back boards. Staining/fading to spine area. Inside boards and on some pages, appears to be remnants of mildew. Three plates are missing, including the frontispiece. There are 34 plates here with a few of them loose. The pages are fairly tight but book will lay open. Pages are unmarked but there are some dirty spots. 131 pages. The book is certainly readable. It could be rebound. I'm not sure if the mildew residue can be cleaned.

Seller: Village Books and Music, Medford, OR, U.S.A.

Arthur Rackham. She was a vixen when she went to school. , 1908.

Price: US$101.36 + shipping

Description: 200 x 130 mm. Original bookplate illustration as published in A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare, Heinemann, London, 1908.

Seller: Henry Sotheran Ltd, London, United Kingdom

Arthur Rackham. O monstrous! O strange! We are haunted. Pray, masters! Fly, masters! Help!. , 1908.

Price: US$101.36 + shipping

Description: 135 x 185 mm. Original bookplate illustration as published in A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare, Heinemann, London, 1908.

Seller: Henry Sotheran Ltd, London, United Kingdom

RACKHAM, Arthur.. Come, now a roundel.. , 1908.

Price: US$101.36 + shipping

Description: Original lithograph with colour, published in A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare, Heinemann, London, 1908. 250 x 185 mm.

Seller: Henry Sotheran Ltd, London, United Kingdom

RACKHAM, Arthur.. Maidens call it love-in-idleness.. , 1908.

Price: US$101.36 + shipping

Description: Original lithograph with colour, published in A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare, Heinemann, London, 1908. 180 x 135 mm.

Seller: Henry Sotheran Ltd, London, United Kingdom

RACKHAM, Arthur.. Helena.. , 1908.

Price: US$101.36 + shipping

Description: Original lithograph with colour, published in A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare, Heinemann, London, 1908. 250 x 185 mm.

Seller: Henry Sotheran Ltd, London, United Kingdom

RACKHAM, Arthur.. The moon, like to a silver bow New-bent in heaven.. , 1908.

Price: US$116.96 + shipping

Description: Original lithograph with colour, published in A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare, Heinemann, London, 1908. 250 x 185 mm.

Seller: Henry Sotheran Ltd, London, United Kingdom

RACKHAM, Arthur.. Hermia.. , 1908.

Price: US$116.96 + shipping

Description: Original lithograph with colour, published in A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare, Heinemann, London, 1908. 250 x 185 mm.

Seller: Henry Sotheran Ltd, London, United Kingdom

RACKHAM, Arthur.. And now they never meet in grove or green, By fountain clear, or spangled starlight sheen, But they do square.. , 1908.

Price: US$116.96 + shipping

Description: Original lithograph with colour, published in A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare, Heinemann, London, 1908. 250 x 185 mm.

Seller: Henry Sotheran Ltd, London, United Kingdom

RACKHAM, Arthur.. Through the house give glimmering light By the dead and drowsy fire.. , 1908.

Price: US$116.96 + shipping

Description: Original lithograph with colour, published in A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare, Heinemann, London, 1908. 250 x 185 mm.

Seller: Henry Sotheran Ltd, London, United Kingdom

RACKHAM, Arthur.. Never so weary, never so in woe.. , 1908.

Price: US$116.96 + shipping

Description: Original lithograph with colour, published in A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare, Heinemann, London, 1908. 250 x 185 mm.

Seller: Henry Sotheran Ltd, London, United Kingdom

RACKHAM, Arthur.. Up and down, up and down, Goblin, lead them up and down.. , 1908.

Price: US$116.96 + shipping

Description: Original lithograph with colour, published in A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare, Heinemann, London, 1908. 250 x 185 mm.

Seller: Henry Sotheran Ltd, London, United Kingdom

RACKHAM, Arthur.. Never harm, Nor spell nor charm, Come our lovely lady nigh.. , 1908.

Price: US$116.96 + shipping

Description: Original lithograph with colour, published in A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare, Heinemann, London, 1908. 250 x 185 mm.

Seller: Henry Sotheran Ltd, London, United Kingdom

RACKHAM, Arthur.. Almost fairy time.. , 1908.

Price: US$116.96 + shipping

Description: Original lithograph with colour, published in A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare, Heinemann, London, 1908. 250 x 185 mm.

Seller: Henry Sotheran Ltd, London, United Kingdom

RACKHAM, Arthur.. I will sing, that they shall hear I am not afraid.. , 1908.

Price: US$116.96 + shipping

Description: Original lithograph with colour, published in A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare, Heinemann, London, 1908. 250 x 185 mm.

Seller: Henry Sotheran Ltd, London, United Kingdom

RACKHAM, Arthur.. Russet-pated choughs, many in sort, Rising and cawing at the gun's report.. , 1908.

Price: US$116.96 + shipping

Description: Original lithograph with colour, published in A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare, Heinemann, London, 1908. 250 x 185 mm.

Seller: Henry Sotheran Ltd, London, United Kingdom

RACKHAM, Arthur.. O monstrous! O strange! We are haunted. Pray, masters! Fly, masters! Help!. , 1908.

Price: US$116.96 + shipping

Description: Original lithograph with colour, published in A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare, Heinemann, London, 1908. 250 x 185 mm.

Seller: Henry Sotheran Ltd, London, United Kingdom

RACKHAM, Arthur.. Enter Peaseblossom, Cobweb, Moth, and Mustardseed.. , 1908.

Price: US$116.96 + shipping

Description: Original lithograph with colour, published in A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare, Heinemann, London, 1908. 250 x 185 mm.

Seller: Henry Sotheran Ltd, London, United Kingdom

RACKHAM, Arthur.. We will, fair queen, up to the mountain's top And mark the musical confusion Of hounds and echo in conjunction.. , 1908.

Price: US$116.96 + shipping

Description: Original lithograph with colour, published in A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare, Heinemann, London, 1908. 250 x 185 mm.

Seller: Henry Sotheran Ltd, London, United Kingdom

RACKHAM, Arthur.. O Bottom, thou art changed!. , 1908.

Price: US$116.96 + shipping

Description: 250 x 185 mm. Original lithograph with colour, published in A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare, Heinemann, London, 1908. 250 x 185 mm.

Seller: Henry Sotheran Ltd, London, United Kingdom

William Shakespeare. A Midsummer-Night's Dream. William Heinemann, London, 1908.

Price: US$168.94 + shipping

Condition: Fair

Description: A first edition thus of William Shakespeare's much loved play, enchantingly illustrated by Arthur Rackham. The first edition of this work to be illustrated by Arthur Rackham, in the publisher's quarter cloth binding, with pictorial gilt to the front board. Illustrated with a tipped-in colour frontispiece, thirty-nine tipped-in colour plates, and in-text illustrations. Collated, complete. All pages have likewise been collated; this volume is complete.An exquisite edition of one of Shakespeare's best known plays, this copy of 'A Midsummer-Night's Dream' is illustrated by the renowned illustrator Arthur Rackham, well known for his work during the GoldenAge of British book illustration. This volume is considered to contain some of Rackham's finest work. In the publisher's quarter cloth binding. Externally sound, with losses to the paper of the boards, most significantly to the rear board. Gilt remains bright to the front board. Damp staining to the spine has caused some of the lettering to be obscured. Hinges are strained but held by cords and webbing. Frontispiece and corresponding tissue guard are starting to come loose. Tissue guards to plates facing page 32 and 40 are detached but intact. The plates facing page 44, 60, 66, 82, 86, 88, 92, 94, 130 and 132 are coming loose but remain intact. Insect damage causing a scattering of marks from page 98 until the last page, and a small hole each to the pages from page 103 until the last page. The last two plates have small losses to the images. The last page and the rear free end paper have become a little stuck together. Fair

Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom

Shakespeare, William.. A Midsummer-Night's Dream. (Rackham illustrated).. William Heinemann., London., 1908.

Price: US$275.00 + shipping

Description: Good, moderate wear and soiling to covers, upper corner bumped, pages lightly toned, all illustrations and tissue guards present. 40 tipped-in color illustrations with captioned tissue guards by Arthur Rackham plus numerous black and white illustrations. 8vo. 134 pp. Hardcover, quarter brown cloth over tan blindstamped boards, gilt titles and cover illustration.

Seller: Zephyr Books, Reno, NV, U.S.A.

Rackham Arthur - Shakespeare. A Midsummer-Night's Dream. William Heinemann / Doubleday, London, 1908.

Price: US$278.43 + shipping

Description: In 4 percaline beige d'éditeur. Rousseurs, taches sur le premier plat.

Seller: La Basse Fontaine, VENCE, France

William Shakespeare, Arthur Rackham. A Midsummer-night's dream. William Heinemann Ltd., London, 1908.

Price: US$282.88 + shipping

Description: Prima edizione del capolavoro shakespeariano splendidamente illustrato da 41 tavole a colori applicate su carta forte e protette da veline parlanti e da numerossisime incisioni in b/n n.t. e f.t. L'illustratore è Arthur Rackham, uno dei protagonisti della cosiddetta ?Golden Age? dell'illustrazione inglese, che va dal 1890 fino alla Grande Guerra. Rackham aveva inaugurato il suo inconfondibile stile grafico con l'illustrazione dell'opera Rip Van Winkle di Irving nel 1905 e da allora si impegnò nell'illustrazione di numerosi capolavori della letteratura anglosassone con il suo stile a cavallo tra Art Nouveau e antiche suggestioni legate ad un mondo celtico popolato da fate e folletti. Numero di tavole: 41 pp.(8),134,(2) altezza 25.5 larghezza 19 Legatura editoriale telata con titoli dorati al dorso e al piatto anteriore; incisione figurata dorata al piatto anteriore; dorso brunite, macchie di polvere e pallide macchie brune ai piatti, segni di usura ai bordi e agli angoli; taglio alla parte alta della cerniera del piatto posteriore; cuffie sgualcite.Tagli bruniti con macchie di polvere; particolarmente scuriti i tagli di testa.Carte lievemente brunite ben conservate; tavole ben conservate, brunite le carte su cui sono applicate; strappo senza mancanze alla velina della tavola in antiporta.Testo in inglese.Text in English. Book in good condition.

Seller: Di Mano in Mano Soc. Coop, Cambiago, Italy

Shakespeare, William; Rackham, Arthur (artist). A Midsummer Night's Dream. Doubleday, Page and Co./William Heinemann, New York/London, 1908.

Price: US$297.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Illustrated paper covered boards with a green cloth spine. 134 pp. 40 color plates as well as a few black and white illustrations. An illustrated edition of the Shakespeare play, A Midsummer Night's Dream, featuring the art of Arthur Rackham. GOOD condition. Moderate uneven browning to the covers and spine. Minor soiling. Thin horizontal scuff line across the upper front and rear covers. Extremities scuffed. Minor toning to the text block.

Seller: Mare Booksellers ABAA, IOBA, Dover, NH, U.S.A.

Shakespeare, William.. A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM.. William Heinemann:, 1908.

Price: US$300.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First edition though not stated, 133 pages, with 40 tipped in color plates beautifully done by Arthur Rackham. VERY GOOD- HARDCOVER. Some discoloring of white linen covers, and light wear to spine edges and corners of book. Binding is tight. Some foxing present on some pages. Color plates are in perfect condition. Scans available. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

Seller: PASCALE'S BOOKS, NORTH READING, MA, U.S.A.

SHAKESPEARE, William and Arthur Rackham. A Midsummer-Night's Dream. William Heinemann and Doubleday, Page Co, London and New York, 1908.

Price: US$300.00 + shipping

Description: Hardcover. 134 pages. Attractive edition of this classic play by Shakespeare. Includes 40 tipped in color plates with tissue guards that have captions. A very good plus copy in illustrated paper-covered boards with a cloth spine and with some minor wear to the edges of the boards and a bookplate removal to the front free endpaper. No dust jacket. A solid copy.

Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA, Wadsworth, IL, U.S.A.

William Shakespeare. A Midsummer Night’s Dream. William Heinemann, 1908.

Price: US$324.89 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: First edition thus, 4to., 255x190x35mm., original pictorial cloth gilt, 40 tipped in coloured plates including frontispiece, protective tissues with printed captions and black & white illustrations in the text, covers very slightly soiled, internally good, contemporary inscription on front flyleaf

Seller: Theoc Books, Tewkesbury, GLOS, United Kingdom

Shakespeare, William. A Midsummer Night's Dream. Heinemann, London, 1908.

Price: US$325.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 133pgs. Frontispiece, 40 tipped-in color plates by Arthur Rackham. Beige cloth, embossed gilt lettering, tree on front panel. Slight foxing on endpapers, not affecting the text or illustrations. Mild wear to spine ends and corners. Overall a tight copy of a beautiful production. Size: Quarto

Seller: The Chatham Bookseller, Madison, NJ, U.S.A.

Shakespeare, William (Illustrated by Arthur Rackham). A Midsummer Night's Dream. William Heinemann, United Kingdom, 1908.

Price: US$386.34 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: First edition, first impression 1908 good hardback, corners and edges rubbed, a little loss to bottom right corner of spine, top and bottom of spine rubbed, spotting to boards, a little wear to front spine edge, page edges browned, foxing and browning to endpapers, light foxing to tissue guard edges, light foxing to page margins, one tissue guard loose with ragged edges. Gilt titles and illustration to the front and spine. Contents very good. No Dust Wrapper. Owner's inscription. 134 pages. Black and white drawings. 40 Near Fine Tipped-In colour plates.

Seller: M. C. Wilson, Perth, WA, Australia

Shakespeare, William & Rackham, Arthur (Illustrator).. A Midsummer-Night's Dream.. London / New York; William Heinemann/ Doubleday, Page & Co., 1908., 1908.

Price: US$389.86 + shipping

Description: FIRST TRADE EDITION. Quarto, pp. [6], 133, [1]. 40 tipped-in colour plates with captioned tissue-guards, plus numerous illustrations throughout text. Publishers' cream cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper board and gilt vignette to upper board. Cover cloth lightly rubbed at spine tips and corners. Tidy gift inscription to first blank dated in year of publication; foxing to endpapers; 1 cm tear to fore-edge of single tissue guard otherwise contents clean and plates Fine. A Very Good copy overall. Shakespeare's eternally popular comedy, enhanced by Rackham's exquisite illustrations.

Seller: Keel Row Bookshop Ltd - ABA, ILAB & PBFA, Whitley Bay, United Kingdom

Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. Play by William Shakespeare. A Midsummer Night's Dream. William Heinemann and Doubleday, Page & Co., London and New York, 1908.

Price: US$400.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: 4to. 25.5 by 19 cm. [4], 134 pp. With 40 fantastical tipped-in color plates by Rackham. Spine darkened. Minor spotting on edges.

Seller: White Fox Rare Books, ABAA/ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.

SHAKESPEARE, William. A midsummer night's dream. William Heinemann Limited, 1908.

Price: US$454.84 + shipping

Description: 1st thus, illustrated by Arthur Rackham. With 40 colour plates with captioned tissue guards, all checked and present. Foxing on endpapers and half-title page, but generally clean internally; only the odd solitary spot of foxing on a few pages. Binding tight. Cream cloth still fairly bright with bright gilt lettering and decoration. Repaired splits in joints. A lovely copy. Used - Good. Good hardback (no dust jacket)

Seller: Cotswold Internet Books, Cheltenham, United Kingdom

(RACKHAM). SHAKESPEARE, William. A Midsummer Night's Dream. By. with illustrations by Arthur Rackham. London: William Heinemann, 1908.

Price: US$454.84 + shipping

Description: First trade edition, large 8vo, (vi), 134, (2) pp. 40 coloured plates tipped in with captioned tissues plus black and white illustrations in the text, original gilt decorated upper cover to the paste down, contemporary presentation label to the fly leaf, some foxing throughout to the text leaves. Modern black half calf.

Seller: Bow Windows Bookshop (ABA, ILAB), Lewes, United Kingdom

William Shakespeare.. A Midsummer's Night Dream.. William Heinemann, 1908., 1908.

Price: US$456.63 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: London: First trade edition: William Heinemann, London; Doubleday, Page & Co. New York, 1908. Quarto. Original tan cloth boards, gilt titles to spine, gilt titles and vignette to front cover. A good copy. Colour frontispiece and 39 colour plates mounted on tan paper with captioned tissue guards, black and white drawings to the text, by Rackham.

Seller: OPEN DOOR BOOKSHOP, Roma, RM, Italy

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE. ILLUSTRATED BY ARTHUR RACKHAM. A MIDSUMMER-NIGHTS DREAM. WILLIAM HEINEMANN, LONDON, 1908.

Price: US$487.33 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: HARDBACK IN THE ORIGINAL GILT DECORATED CLOTH BINDING, HALF TITLE, COMPLETE COPY WITH 40 FULL PAGE MOUNTED ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOUR + SEVERAL BLACK & WHITE ILLUSTRATIONS. BOOK MEASURES APPROX 10 x 8 INCHES. MINOR WEAR AT TOP & BOTTOM OF SPINE WITH A COUPLE OF MINOR NICKS TO CLOTH ON EDGES OF SPINE, CLOTH SPINE DARKENED WITH SOME DARK MARKS TO EDGES OF FRONT BOARD, NAME TO FRONT ENDPAPER WITH A FEW MARKS & BROWNING TO ENDPAPERS, ONE PLATE WITH MINOR CREASE TO ONE CORNER & ONE PLATE WITH A VERY SMALL CHIP AT ONE EDGE. OVERALL IN VERY GOOD CONDITION. EXTRA POSTAGE COSTS MAY APPLY TO OVERSEAS ORDERS. ALL BOOKS BOOKS POSTED IN STURDY BOOK BOX.

Seller: Elder Books, Ross on Wye, Herefordshire, United Kingdom

(RACKHAM, ARTHUR) SHAKESPEARE, W.:. A Midsummer-Night's Dream.. William Heinemann, London. 1908 1st.edition, 1908.

Price: US$500.33 + shipping

Description: Tall 8vo. Bound in attractive original beige pictorial cloth with gilt. In very good condition. A REALLY NICE BRIGHT COPY. Small dot mark just under title on spine, and rear top edge. Slight foxing to endpapers & a few other minor spots throughout. Plates have tissue guards with red lettering. A clean tight copy. 134pp. 40 coloured & mounted plates. Plus head- and tail pieces. A beautifully illustrated edition of Shakespeare?s play.

Seller: PROCTOR / THE ANTIQUE MAP & BOOKSHOP, DORCHESTER, United Kingdom

Shakespeare William. A Midsummer Night s Dream. with illustrations by Arthur Rackham. William Heinemann - Doubleday, Page & Co., London - New York, 1908.

Price: US$501.17 + shipping

Description: Tela editoriale avana con titoli ed impressione in oro al piatto anteriore e al ds. Lievi sporadiche fioriture, peraltro esemplare in ottimo stato di conservazione. Prima edizione illustrata da Rackham. Hudson, p. 168. 8vo (cm. 26), 127(1) pp. con alcune ill.ni in nero e 40 tavv. a colori f.t. applicate su cartoncino e protette da velina parlante (di cui una in antiporta).

Seller: Libreria Ex Libris ALAI-ILAB/LILA member, Roma, Italy

Shakespeare, William; Arthur Rackham. A Midsummer-Night's Dream. Doubleday, Page & Co.; William Heinemann, New York; London, 1908.

Price: US$517.50 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: 4to. Green cloth spine, tan decorated paper over boards, gilt; top edge gilt. Complete with all illustrations which are mounted on tan-colored paper. Boards and top edge rubbed and edges well worn. A good copy with fine illustrations. Latimore & Haskell, p. 32.

Seller: Thorn Books, ABAA, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.

Shakespeare, William - Arthur Rackham (Ill.). A Midsummer Night?s Dream. With Illustrations by Arthur Rackham.. London, William Heinemann, 1908.

Price: US$562.95 + shipping

Description: 4°, 134 S. Text u. 40 farb. montierte Taf., zahlr. Textabb., OLwd. m. Goldpräg., Min. berieben, Namenszug a. Vors., etwas stockfleckig, sonst tadellos. Erste Auflage. 1800 gr. Schlagworte: Illustr. Bücher - allgemein, Literatur Engl.

Seller: antiquariat peter petrej - Bibliopolium AG, Zürich, ZH, Switzerland

Shakespeare, William. A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. William Heinemann, 1908.

Price: US$642.49 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 1st 1908. Almost very good condition with no wrapper. Light brown cloth, gilt titles and vignette to front cover. 40 exquisite colour plates mounted on cream paper. Large format. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Light damp stain to lower spine edge of front cover. A few small marks to covers. All plates present, one has a small tear at lower edge but all others are in fine condition. Tissue-guard of torn plate and facing text page also have tears (larger). Foxing to contents. Contents are a little loose but binding is still tight. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!

Seller: Stella & Rose's Books, PBFA, Tintern, MON, United Kingdom

SHAKESPEARE, William; illustrated by RACKHAM, Arthur. A MIDSUMMER-NIGHT'S DREAM. London: William Heinemann., 1908.

Price: US$649.77 + shipping

Description: First edition with these illustrations. Original beige cloth with gilt titles and illustration to the front and spine. Profusely illustrated with 40 tipped in colour plates, each with captioned tissue guards, and many black and white illustrations throughout. A very good or better copy, the binding firm with a little bumping to the spine tips and corners, the cloth generally clean with a few light marks and some toning to the spine. The contents are entirely complete and free from inscriptions or stamps. A few signatures are cracked at the gutter but holding firm with light foxing and toning to the pages throughout. Small closed tear to the margin of one leaf (page 17). All of the plates remain in fine condition. One of the most collectable and beautifully illustrated editions of William Shakespeare's A Midsummer-Night's Dream. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

Seller: LUCIUS BOOKS (ABA, ILAB, PBFA), York, United Kingdom

SHAKESPEARE, William; RACKHAM, Arthur (Illus.). A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare with Illustrations by Arthur Rackham, R.W.S.. William Heinemann, 1908.

Price: US$750.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: 1908 1ed SHAKESPEARE Midsummer Nights Dream Arthur Rackham ART Romance Comedy One of William Shakespeare’s most famous works, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” is a captivating and whimsical play that weaves together the stories of four young lovers, a group of amateur actors, and the magical creatures of an enchanted forest. This 1908 first edition features 40 color plates by renowned artist Arthur Rackham whose enchanting visual interpretations beautifully complement Shakespeare’s magical tale. The combination of Shakespeare’s timeless writing and Rackham’s evocative illustrations make this edition a classic treasure! Item number: #40927 Price: $750 SHAKESPEARE, William; RACKHAM, Arthur (Illus.) A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare with Illustrations by Arthur Rackham, R.W.S. London: William Heinemann; New York: Doubleday, Page and Co., 1908. First edition. Details: • Collation: Complete o [6], 134 o 40 color plates • Language: English • Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure o Tan cloth • Size: ~10in X 7.5in (25.5cm x 19cm) Our Guarantee: Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide. Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving, and we will offer a full refund without reservation! 40927 Photos available upon request.

Seller: Schilb Antiquarian, Columbia, MO, U.S.A.

RACKHAM, Arthur (illustrates). SHAKESPEARE, William.. A Midsummer-Night's Dream.. Heinemann, London., 1908.

Price: US$844.70 + shipping

Description: First edition thus. Quarto. pp [vi], 134. 40 tipped-in colour plates, with captioned tissue guards, including frontispiece. Original gilt pictorial cloth. Free endpapers lightly tanned. Several mysterious small holes in the cloth, but still a very good copy indeed.

Seller: Peter Ellis, Bookseller, ABA, ILAB, London, United Kingdom

SHAKESPEARE, William. A Midsummer-Night's Dream. William Heinemann & Doubleday, Page & Co, London & New York, 1908.

Price: US$990.00 + shipping

Description: First Trade Edition. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. Bound by Bayntun in three quarter red morocco with gilt decorations and titling to spine with five raised bands. Top edge of text block gilt. Marbled endpapers. Illustrated with 40 full-page, tipped-in color plates with captioned tissue guards, along with many black line drawings throughout, including several that are full-page. Cover has some rubbing and light fading to spine. Occasional foxing internally. Smoothed-out crease to frontispiece. Near Fine. In A Midsummer-Night's Dream, Rackham "developed his gift for drawing witches, gnomes, fairies, and anthropomorphized trees and brought them to a pitch of vivid characterization, sometimes with an unsettling frisson of horror" (ODNB). Although the paintings on the plates are enchanting, his line drawings throughout the book are equally charming and lovely.

Seller: Walnut Street Paper, LLC, Kutztown, PA, U.S.A.

Shakespeare, William. A Midsummer-Night's Dream. William Heinemann, London, 1908.

Price: US$999.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First Edition thus. No DJ. Decorated binding, design by Rackham. Front hinge weakened but holding. Beautifully illustrated by ARTHUR RACKHAM with more than 25 plates in color and numerous black-and-white drawings. Unmarked pages. More images and/or description can be sent on request. Will insure at buyer's expense, if requested. Condition: Very Good+

Seller: Ironwood Books, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.

RACKHAM. ARTHUR. Illustrates. ; SHAKESPEARE. WILLIAM.. A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM.. Heinemann. London. 1908, 1908.

Price: US$1039.64 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: FIRST RACKHAM EDITION. 4to. (10.1 x 7.7 inches). Colour frontis and thirty nine tipped-in colour plates, each with a printed tissue paper guard, and 30 fine line drawings by Rackham throughout the text, some full page. Finely bound in recent full tan morocco. Spine with raised bands, the compartments ruled, decorated and lettered in gilt. Red title label, gilt. Some light foxing throughout but still a very good copy of this beautiful book in an attractive leather binding. Rackham at his very best.

Seller: Paul Foster. - ABA & PBFA Member., London, United Kingdom

Shakespeare, William und Arthur lll. Rackham:. A Midsummer-Night's Dream.. London: William Heinemann / New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1908.

Price: US$1225.09 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 134 S. Text mit lll., 38 farb. mont. Tafeln, 2 schwarz/weiß Tafeln Gebraucht: Einband berieben, Buchblock gelockert, Einband - u. Papier gebräunt, Widmung auf Vorsatz, Exlibris Aufkleber auf Innendeckel, ansonsten gut erhalten. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 550 kl.4°, OLn mit Goldpräg. u. im Schuber

Seller: Kepler-Buchversand Huong Bach, Weil der Stadt, Germany

[Rackham, illus.] Shakespeare William. A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. London William Heinemann 1908, 1908.

Price: US$1402.50 + shipping

Description: First Edition. 40 tipped-in color plates by Arthur Rackham as well as black and white drawings throughout. 4to, publisher’s original tan cloth lettered in gilt on the spine, the upper cover decorated with gilt pictorial vignette of a nighttime forest scene. 134 pp. A very handsome, clean and fine copy, beautifully preserved with only very minor age evidence. An especially pleasing copy of a book rarely found in such fine condition. IMPORTANT AND BEAUTIFUL FIRST EDITION WITH FINE ILLUSTRATIONS. Shakespeare’s brilliant and delightful comedy was a wonderful exercise and ambitious undertaking for Arthur Rackham. This book ranks with PETER PAN as one of the finest expressions of his "fantasy" style of illustration. This particular title in the Rackham oeuvre is among the scarcest and is in constant demand. William de Morgan wrote to Rackham that he considered his Midsummer Night’s Dream "the most splendid illustrated work of the century so far." At its publication, the book was widely acclaimed and hugely successful as Rackham continued to be extremely popular with the general public. "Rackham cast his spell over the play; his drawings superseded the work of all his predecessors from Gilbert to Abbey, and (for fifty years) have enriched the imagination; his conception of Puck and Bottom, Titania and Oberon, Helena and Hermia, his gnarled trees and droves of fairies, have represented the visual reality of the Dream for thousands of readers. Here he excelled especially in landscape, and in reconciling dream and reality, giving himself to the luxury of rich detail with a rare generosity." -Derek Hudson What could be more irresistible than to read Shakespeare’s most enchanting play accompanied by Arthur Rackham’s misty, fairy-laden dream-like images? Opening this book is to transport oneself to the surreal world that Shakespeare wrought to make one query, "Are you sure That we are awake? It seems to me That yet we sleep, we dream."

Seller: Buddenbrooks, Inc., Newburyport, MA, U.S.A.

Rackham, Arthur (Illustrator). A Midsummer-Night's Dream By William Shakespeare. William Heinemann & Doubleday, Page, London & New York, 1908.

Price: US$1550.00 + shipping

Description: 134 pages. 4to, 30 x 24 cm. Limited edition signed by Rackham with no limitation stated. Forty tipped-in full-page mounted color plates with lettered tissue guards, plus black and white illustrations in the text. "His interpretations of A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM and WIND IN THE WILLOWS, for example, have become definitive, and continue to challenge later illustrators to find new approaches." [see: HAMILTON. p.9 "Arthur Rackham A Biography"]. Toning [approx. half centimeter fore-edge and foot] of title, front cover lightly soiled, lacks ties. Orig. decorated cream colored cloth. Teg. Very good

Seller: Royoung Bookseller, Inc. ABAA, Ardsley, NY, U.S.A.

RACKHAM, Arthur (illus.); SHAKESPEARE, William.. A Midsummer Night's Dream.. London: William Heinemann; Doubleday, Page & Co, New York, 1908, 1908.

Price: US$1624.43 + shipping

Description: First Rackham edition, in a handsome prize binding for Tonbridge pupil and artist Captain Adrian Waterlow (1893-1978). The recipient, who was the son of the painter Sir Ernest Albert Waterlow, exhibited at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition in 1937 and 1938. He previously saw action at the Battle of Loos and was retired from frontline duty after being severely injured during the first day of fighting. In these memorable illustrations, Rackham "developed his gift for drawing witches, gnomes, fairies, and anthropomorphized trees and brought them to a pitch of vivid characterization, sometimes with an unsettling frisson of horror" (ODNB). Latimore & Haskell, p. 32; Riall, p.87. The Tonbridgian, vol. 23, no. 7, July 1918, p. 394. Quarto (241 x 172 mm). Bound in a red morocco prize binding by Bickers & Son in 1909, spine lettered in gilt and ruled in blind, gilt arms of Tonbridge school on front cover and the Skinners' Company on rear, twin gilt fillet on turn-ins, marbled endpapers, edges gilt, red silk bookmarker. Colour frontispiece and 39 colour plates tipped to heavy off-white paper with grey background and frame, captioned tissue guards, line drawings in the text, all by Rackham. Vignette title page printed in black and brown. Prize bookplate signed by Tonbridge headmaster Charles Lowry for Adrian Waterlow (see note). Rubbing to edges, internal foxing not affecting bright plates. A pleasingly bound copy.

Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom

SHAKESPEARE, William; illustrated by RACKHAM, Arthur. A MIDSUMMER-NIGHT'S DREAM. London: William Heinemann., 1908.

Price: US$1624.43 + shipping

Description: First edition with Arthur Rackham illustrations. Signed Limited Edition. Mid 20th century half navy blue morocco over blue cloth boards by Sangorski and Sutcliffe. Five raised bands, gilt decorated compartments, titles in gilt to the spine. Top edge gilt, all other edges untrimmed. Marbled endpapers.Illustrated by Arthur with 40 mounted colour plates, each with a captioned tissue guard, and numerous line drawings throughout the text by Arthur Rackham. An excellent example, the binding square and firm and without fading or loss. The contents, with a previous owner's ink name to the black front endpaper and toning to the text pages throughout are otherwise clean. Some tissue guards are lightly spotted, all 40 of the tipped in plates are present as called for and in fine condition. An excellent example, beautifully illustrated and presented. Limited to 1000 copies, this copy hand numbered numbered 370 and signed by Arthur Rackham on the limitation page. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

Seller: LUCIUS BOOKS (ABA, ILAB, PBFA), York, United Kingdom

SHAKESPEARE, William. RACKHAM, Arthur (illus.). A Midsummer Night's Dream.. William Heinemann, London, 1908.

Price: US$1750.00 + shipping

Description: 134 [1] pp. Illustrated with tipped-in color plates by Arthur Rackham; with printed tissue overleaves; additional illustrations in black and white. 4to, publisher's quarter green cloth and decorated gilt-stamped boards, in publisher's two-part illustrated box. First trade edition. Tiny areas of rubbing at two of the four corner tips; a spectacular copy. The box is slightly rubbed at the upper corners and is otherwise fine.

Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.

RACKHAM, Arthur (illus.); SHAKESPEARE, William.. A Midsummer Night's Dream.. London: William Heinemann; Doubleday, Page & Co, New York, 1908, 1908.

Price: US$1949.32 + shipping

Description: First Rackham edition, in a handsome binding by Bayntun. In his memorable illustrations, Rackham "developed his gift for drawing witches, gnomes, fairies, and anthropomorphized trees and brought them to a pitch of vivid characterization, sometimes with an unsettling frisson of horror" (ODNB). Latimore & Haskell, p. 32; Riall, p.87. Quarto (240 x 170 mm). Mid-20th-century blue morocco by Bayntun, spine lettered and decorated in gilt with floral motifs, covers with gilt floral cornerpieces connected via beaded rolls, single gilt fillet ruling edges of covers and boards, gilt rules and floral rolls on turn-ins, marbled endpapers, edges gilt, original cloth front cover bound in at rear. Colour frontispiece and 39 colour plates tipped to heavy off-white paper with grey background and frame and with captioned tissue guards; further line drawings in the text, all by Rackham. Vignette title page printed in black and brown. Spine and head of front cover sunned to green, gilt bright, sporadic foxing not affecting plates. A very attractive copy.

Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom

RACKHAM, Arthur (illus.); SHAKESPEARE, William.. A Midsummer-Night's Dream.. London: William Heinemann; Doubleday, Page & Co. New York, 1908, 1908.

Price: US$1949.32 + shipping

Description: First Rackham edition, the jacket visually enhanced with a Rackham illustration to appeal to the illustrated gift book market. During this period, the book trade viewed jackets as functional pieces of ephemera to be discarded at the point of purchase. The statement on this jacket's spine reasserts its original utilitarian rather than aesthetic main purpose: "Cash price in Great Britain and Ireland 15/- net". In these memorable illustrations, Rackham "developed his gift for drawing witches, gnomes, fairies, and anthropomorphized trees and brought them to a pitch of vivid characterization, sometimes with an unsettling frisson of horror" (ODNB). Latimore & Haskell, p. 32; Riall, p. 87. Quarto. Original tan cloth, spine and front cover lettered in gilt, vignette in gilt on front cover, top edge light blue. With dust jacket. Colour frontispiece and 39 colour plates tipped to tan paper, as issued, with captioned tissue guards, and further line drawings in the text, all by Rackham. Title page printed in black and pale brown with vignette. Extremities lightly bumped, book block a little shaken, small splash marks on top edge, occasional browning to contents, plates bright; jacket with light spine toning and splash marks at lower edges, shallow loss to spine ends, a couple of closed tears at folds, remaining well-preserved overall, printed price to spine struck through in pencil: a very good copy in like jacket.

Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom

Shakespeare, William. A Midsummer-Night's Dream. William Heinemann, London, 1908.

Price: US$2000.00 + shipping

Description: 11.25 x 9 inches. Full red crushed moroccor by J. May. Spine in six compartments titled in gilt and with remaining compartments stamped with corner and central devices surrounded by a gilt rule, boards with double rectangular panel design and corner devices. One half inch split to upper front joint, faint wear, still a fine copy. First Rackham edition, limited issue. One of 1000 copies, signed by Arthur Rackham.

Seller: THE HERMITAGE BOOKSHOP, Denver, CO, U.S.A.

RACKHAM Arthur. (Illust. by).. A Midsummer-Night's Dream. By William Shakespeare.. 1908, 1908.

Price: US$2015.67 + shipping

Description: London: William Heinemann 1908. 4to. Orig. illust.full vellum with silk ties. Gilt. Spine gilt. T.e.g. other edges uncut. (vi136pp.). Illustrated by Arthur Rackham with illustrated title-page 40 full-page mounted col. plates (each with a captioned tissue-guard) and text-illusts. some of which are full-page. De Luxe 1st edition limited to 1000 numbered copies fully signed "Arthur Rackham". Binding discoloured and shelf soiled with occasional light foxing otherwise a very good complete copy.

Seller: Berkelouw Rare Books, Berrima, NSW, Australia

SHAKESPEARE, William. A Midsummer Nights Dream by William Shakespeare with illustrations by Arthur Rackham, R.W.S. Heinemann, London, 1908.

Price: US$2160.28 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Pp.(vi),134,2 (imprint); complete with 40 coloured plates. Original full vellum with gilt decoration on front board, contains silk ties. Minor discolouring. TEG, other pages untrimmed. Numbered edition limited to 1000 copies signed by Arthur Rackham.

Seller: Anah Dunsheath RareBooks ABA ANZAAB ILAB, Auckland, NZ, New Zealand

RACKHAM, Arthur (illustrates). SHAKESPEARE, William.. A Midsummer Night's Dream.. Heinemann, London., 1908.

Price: US$2274.21 + shipping

Description: First edition thus: tipped-in colour frontispiece and 39 mounted colour plates by Arthur Rackham, all with captioned tissue guards; also numerous black and white illustrations. Quarto. pp [vi], 134. Pictorial cloth gilt.Near-contemporary (1911) gift inscription on front free endpaper. One or two small flecks of foxing here and there. Some tanning to free endpapers. Light spotting to spine. Very good indeed in the scarce dustwrapper which is a bit rubbed and darkened at the spine, nicked at the edges, and with closed tears to the folds at the joints. A bright copy.

Seller: Peter Ellis, Bookseller, ABA, ILAB, London, United Kingdom

SHAKESPEARE, William. RACKHAM, Arthur (illus.). A Midsummer Night's Dream.. William Heinemann, London, 1908.

Price: US$3000.00 + shipping

Description: 134 [1] pp. Illustrated with tipped-in color plates by Arthur Rackham; with printed tissue overleaves; additional illustrations in black and white. Folio, publisher's gilt vellum, t.e.g. (original ribbon ties lacking). First edition; No. 460 of 1,000 copies signed by Arthur Rackham. A few letters of the gold lettering on the spine slightly rubbed; a few minor spots to the vellum; a few spots of foxing to the tissue overleaves; but a fresh, unworn, attractive copy.

Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.

RACKHAM, Arthur; Shakespeare, William. Midsummer-Night's Dream, A.. London: William Heinemann, 1908, 1908.

Price: US$3250.00 + shipping

Description: "An Almost Perfect Setting for Rackham's Devic Imagination" Edition de Luxe Signed by Arthur Rackham [RACKHAM, Arthur, illustrator]. SHAKESPEARE, William. A Midsummer-Night's Dream. With Illustrations by Arthur Rackham. London: William Heinemann, 1908. Edition de Luxe, limited to 1,000 numbered copies signed by the artist, this being copy No. 926. Large quarto (11 1/2 x 9 1/16 inches; 292 x 231 mm.). [6], 134, [1, blank], [1, printer's slug] pp. Forty color plates mounted on brown art paper, with descriptive tissue guards. Original vellum over boards pictorially stamped and lettered in gilt. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Later silk ties. Bookplate of Agnes Marion Armitage. A bit of mild toning to vellum at edges. Spine a little 'mottled'. Still an excellent copy. "Within twelve months appeared Shakespeare's A Midsummer-Night's Dream, De la Motte Fouqué's Undine, and the Grimm brothers' Fairy Tales, all very different in quality and feeling, as demanded by the texts, but all of extremely high quality. The Dream was, of course, an almost perfect setting for Rackham's devic imagination -- perhaps only bettered by the opportunity of The Tempest -- with the result that some of the fairies, elves and goblins he created for this play are among his finest colour images, and almost all the plates echo perfectly the mysterious interweaving of lightness and depth in this great work. Many of the formal plates are exquisite, whether they depict the principal events of the main theme of the story, such as the translated Bottom with his ass-head mocked by tree sprites, or the night-rule of Titania's haunted grove, those incidents within the subsidiary action, with details hardly dreamed of by Shakespeare, such as the gnomish knife-grinder in a motley group of fairies. Some of the floriated headings for the Dream are the finest of Rackham's line at the time, as for example the heading vignette for Act One, Scene One, which with typical Rackham irrelevance spreads its tendrils over the page, and into the text, ignoring the fact that the setting is supposed, according to Shakespeare, to be the Palace of Theseus, and throwing us immediately into a tangle-wood Rackhamerie, with mice, pixies and a sleeping maiden." (Fred Gettings. Arthur Rackham, pp. 117-123). Latimore and Haskell, p. 32. Gettings, p. 177. Riall, p. 87.

Seller: David Brass Rare Books, Inc., Calabasas, CA, U.S.A.

RACKHAM, Arthur (illus.); SHAKESPEARE, William.. A Midsummer-Night's Dream.. London: William Heinemann; Doubleday, Page & Co., New York, 1908, 1908.

Price: US$3573.75 + shipping

Description: Signed limited edition, number 438 of 1,000 copies signed by the illustrator Arthur Rackham, for sale in Great Britain and Ireland. In A Midsummer Night's Dream Rackham "developed his gift for drawing witches, gnomes, fairies, and anthropomorphized trees and brought them to a pitch of vivid characterization, sometimes with an unsettling frisson of horror" (ODNB). Latimore & Haskell, p. 32; Riall, p. 87. Quarto (273 x 221 mm). Mid-20th-century blue morocco by Bayntun-Riviere, spine lettered in gilt, compartments and covers panelled in gilt, gilt turn-ins, marbled endpapers, gilt edges. Colour frontispiece and 39 colour plates with captioned tissue-guards mounted on heavy brown paper, black and white illustrations in the text, all by Rackham; title page printed in olive-green & black. Light spotting on occasion to contents; still a fine copy in a handsome binding.

Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom

SHAKESPEARE, William; illustrated by RACKHAM, Arthur. A MIDSUMMER-NIGHT'S DREAM. London: William Heinemann., 1908.

Price: US$3573.75 + shipping

Description: First edition with Arthur Rackham illustrations. Signed Limited Edition. Publisher's full vellum binding with gilt titles and illustration to the upper board and spine. Top edge gilt, all other edges untrimmed. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham with 40 mounted colour plates, each with a captioned tissue guard, and numerous line drawings throughout the text. Housed in a bespoke cloth windowed slipcase. An excellent near fine copy, the binding square and firm with a little darkening of the spine, the gilt still sharp and bright. The contents with the bookplate of Hugh W. Dewes to the front pastedown, some light spotting to a few tissue guards and the occasional toning to the far edge of some text pages, are otherwise clean throughout and without previous owner's inscriptions or stamps. One of the original silk ties is loosely laid in. An excellent example, beautifully illustrated and presented. Limited to 1000 copies, this copy hand numbered numbered 384 and signed by Arthur Rackham on the limitation page. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

Seller: LUCIUS BOOKS (ABA, ILAB, PBFA), York, United Kingdom

Shakespeare, William (Rackham, Arthur). Midsummer Night's Dream. Heinemann, 1908.

Price: US$4500.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: First Edition. A sharp copy of this limited edition of 1000 copies SIGNED by Arthur Rackham. The book is in nice shape. The binding is tight, and the boards are crisp with light wear to the spine and edges. The pages are clean with no writing, marks or bookplates in the book. Overall, a lovely copy SIGNED by Rackham in collector's condition. We buy First Editions of Children's books.

Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.

RACKHAM, Arthur; SHAKESPEARE, William. A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. Heinemann, 1908.

Price: US$5133.21 + shipping

Description: First edition. Edition de Luxe, number 993 of 1000 copies signed by Rackham. Large 4to. Publisher's full white vellum with gilt lettering and design. Top edge gilt and others untrimmed. Original silk ties (rear detatched, front holding on by a thread). Housed in original card slipcase. A fine copy, with exceptionally clean vellum and bright gilt, with only a hint of dustiness to the spine. Housed in publisher's slipcase, which has been repaired at the joints and lacks a small portion from the upper edge, but has had the effect of preserving the condition of the book. Forty colour plates, mounted onto brown art paper and protected by tissue guards, and many delicate line drawings. This is one of Rackham's most sought after books, the weaving of magic and fairies being perfectly suited to his style. The limited edition is seldom encountered in such sparkling condition.

Seller: Jonkers Rare Books, Henley on Thames, OXON, United Kingdom

Shakespeare, William [1564 - 1616]; Rackham, Arthur - Illustrator [1867 - 1939]. A MIDSUMMER-NIGHT'S DREAM [With ORIGINAL COPPERPLATE ENGRAVING].; With Illustrations By Arthur Rackham, R.W.S.. William Heinemann, Doubleday, Page & Co, London, New York, 1908.

Price: US$5500.00 + shipping

Description: [i-vi] 1-134 pp. 40 color plates mounted on tan paper with captioned tissue-guards, and numerous drawings in b/w. Plate matted, with printed caption underneath. 4to: 10" x 7-1/2" One of the finest of Rackham's illustrated books, heightening Shakespeare's dreamy comedy with otherworldly imagination, both delicate and grotesque. Copperplate for illustration facing p. 102 ".Are you sure That we are awake? It seems to me That yet we sleep, we dream." Riall, p. 87. A NF copy (some minor scattered foxing), in a VG jacket (some loss at backstrip, chips to corners). Plate - VG+. Case - Nr Fine. Original tan cloth with gilt-pictorial and lettering to upper board, gilt lettering to backstrip, in original tan dust jacket printed in black. Housed in a handsome blue morocco fall-down-back box with gilt lettering and decorations, plate mounted and matted inside with caption from the text

Seller: Tavistock Books, ABAA, Reno, NV, U.S.A.

William Shkaespeare. A Midsummer Night's Dream. William Heinemann, London, 1908.

Price: US$5500.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: London: William Heinemann, 1908. Arthur Rackham. Limited Edition. Leather Bound. H: 11 3/4", D: 9 3/4", W: 1 1/2" 1 Volume. William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream. Limited Edition. Bound by Chelsea Bindery in full.

Seller: Imperial Fine Books ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.

RACKHAM, Arthur. How now, spirit! whither wander you?" An Original Watercolour from A Midsummer Night's Dream. , 1908.

Price: US$58479.56 + shipping

Description: A fine original pen, ink and watercolour painting published in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" in 1908. Signed and dated in the lower left hand corner. 26.5cm x 17cm. The image is in very good condition, with no repair or damage, there is a small spot of browning to Puck's left hand. The watercolour illustrates Act II, scene I. LITERATURE: A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare (Heinemann, 1908) plate at p.22 Exhibited Leicester Galleries October 1908.

Seller: Jonkers Rare Books, Henley on Thames, OXON, United Kingdom