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Description: No. 202 of 650 copies signed by the publisher. Title leaf, limitation leaf, and 8 plates on mounted India paper, engraved and printed by Duncan C. Dallas after drawings by Crane. 1 vols. Folio. Laid into the original green and brown cloth box. Box worn, plates variously foxed Title leaf, limitation leaf, and 8 plates on mounted India paper, engraved and printed by Duncan C. Dallas after drawings by Crane. 1 vols. Folio No. 202 of 650 copies signed by the publisher.
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: CRANE, W. Illustrations to Shakespeare's Two gentlemen of Verona. Lond., J.M. Dent & Co., 1894. (2) lvs. W. 8 pen designs by W. Crane (plate size 235 x 285 mm), engr. and printed on tissue paper by D.C. Dallas and tipped in on white cardboard with overlay passepartouts under captioned tissue guards. Fol. Loose, in ocl. portfol. w. gilt lettered and dec. front side and spine. (Joints split, back side slightly dam., a bit foxed in places, a few chips in blank margins, tears in 1 plate (affecting the plate a little)). Signed by both W. Crane and by the printer D.C. Dallas. Printed in 650 numbered copies after which the plates were destroyed.
Seller: Neverland Books, waalre, Netherlands
Walter Crane. Eight Illustrations to Shakespeare's Two Gentlemen of Verona. J M Dent, London, 1894.
Price: US$506.66 + shipping
Description: A beautiful limited edition suite of eight plates produced by Walter Crane depicting Shakespeare's 'Two Gentlemen of Verona'. This suite is one of 650 copies designed by Crane and engraved in Dallastype facsimile by Duncan C Dallas. This suite is numbered 61. Dallastype is a process coined by Duncan C Dallas, and it was a method he established over forty years.Signed by Duncan C Dallas and Walter Crane to the limitation page.Collated, complete with all eight plates retaining their original tissue guards. Held in the original clamshell portfolio boxWalter Crane is considered to be one of the the most prolific and influential artists of his generation. Remembered for his contributions to children's literature alongside the likes of Randolph Caldecott and Kate Greenaway. A core part of the Arts and Crafts movement, he worked across several media.A beautiful example of Walter Crane's talents as an artist. In the publisher's original box. With the plates loosely inserted as called for. Externally, smart, with the cloth cockled to the front board. Cloth is lifting to the rear board. Some minor splits at the head and tail of joints. Plates are bright with the occasional light spots. Very Good Indeed
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Walter Crane. Eight Illustrations to Shakespeare's Two Gentlemen of Verona. J M Dent, London, 1894.
Price: US$551.55 + shipping
Description: A beautiful limited edition suite of eight plates produced by Walter Crane depicting Shakespeare's 'Two Gentlemen of Verona'. This suite is one of 650 copies designed by Crane and engraved in Dallastype facsimile by Duncan C Dallas. This suite is out of series. Dallastype is a process coined by Duncan C Dallas, and it was a method he established over forty years.Signed by Duncan C Dallas and Walter Crane to the limitation page.Collated, complete with all eight plates retaining their original tissue guards. Held in the original clamshell portfolio boxWalter Crane is considered to be one of the the most prolific and influential artists of his generation. Remembered for his contributions to children's literature alongside the likes of Randolph Caldecott and Kate Greenaway. A core part of the Arts and Crafts movement, he worked across several media.A beautiful example of Walter Crane's talents as an artist. In the publisher's original box. With the plates loosely inserted as called for. Externally, smart, with some splits to the cloth at the joints. Minor bumping to the edge of the box, which has several handling marks. The plates are bright, with the tissue guards slightly creased in places. The occasional light spots. Very Good Indeed
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
CRANE, Walter. Eight Illustrations to Shakespeare's Two Gentlemen of Verona. Duncan C. Dallas, 1894.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Eight Illustrations to Shakespeare's Two Gentleman Of Verona by Walter Crane, Signed, Inscribed and Limited to 650 Copies CRANE, Walter. SHAKESPEARE, William. Eight Illustrations to Shakespeare's Two Gentlemen of Verona. Engraved & Printed by Duncan C. Dallas on DallasType Press No. 5, Furnival St. E.C. London, J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House: 1894. With signed limitation leaf by Walter Crane and Duncan C. Dallas, of which this being copy no. 123 of 650 and stating that these plates have since been destroyed. Eight engraved plates by Walter Crane, title-page and limitation page. This copy additionally inscribed by Walter Crane on top of the limitation page and says the following. "In these reproduction of my pen drawings for "The Two Gentlemen of Verona" I consider that Mr. Duncan C. Dallas has been quite as successful as he was with the set from "The Tempest" previously issued. If anything Lohmill(sp) say these are even better. Walter Crane May 17, 1894" Plates loose as issued. A few tears and once mounted. Otherwise, a good set with a nice inscription from Walter Crane. Walter Crane (18451915) was an English artist and book illustrator. He is considered to be the most prolific and influential children's book creator of his generation. He is also thought of as one of the strongest contributors to the child's nursery motif that the genre of English children's illustrated literature would exhibit in its developmental stages in the latter nineteenth-century. A prominent part of the Arts and Crafts movement, Crane produced an array of paintings and illustrations, inspired by writers such as Shakespeare, Spenser and Grimm. William Shakespeare's The Two Gentlemen of Verona opens in the Venetian town as the titular gentlemen, Valentine and Proteus, bid farewell to one another. The former states that he must leave Verona for Milan, for he believes that young men stagnate if they do not venture afar. Proteus responds that his love for Julia keeps him in Verona. Lettered at lower left corner of image with 'C' encircling a small image of a bird, as a reference to 'Crane.'
Seller: Weinstein-Perez Rare Books, Studio City, CA, U.S.A.