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Price: US$12.72 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: lvi (56) + 212 pages incl. notes + publisher's adverts to rear. ANNOTATED on some pages with ink/pencil underlinings & small writing. Clean maroon binding, impressed logo to front, gilt titles to minimally lightened spine. Very light wear/slight creases to spine-ends, slight wear to corners. Ink name to slightly browned end-papers. Page-edges are rough-cut & foxed. The occasional page has some foxing. Excepting this and the annotations, text is clean. A nice copy.
Seller: Sarah Zaluckyj, KINGTON, United Kingdom
Price: US$13.93 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: ## Antony & Cleopatra by William Shakespeare and edited by MM R Ridley 1939## ## THIS BOOK: Classified NEAR FINE: This is the 1939 edition, first published in 1935. The cover is red linen with a gold Crown, sword and axe motif in the centre. There are signs of use, but the book is clean and slightly discoloured on the page edges due to paper quality. A small book, easy for the pocket.## ## Antony and Cleopatra: A 1939 Edition by J.M. Dent, Edited by M.R. Ridley, is a remarkable literary scholarship. This edition is part of the esteemed Arden Shakespeare series.## ## Editor's Approach: Ridley's approach to editing this classic play is noteworthy. He reprinted a significant portion of R.H. Case's work without making substantial alterations, treating it as a 'period piece of furniture'¹. His additions to the text are in what might be called a 'repro' style. ## ## Ridley eschews the close-packed detail of other editors in the series, offering a personal and sophisticated commentary instead. His work for the New Temple Shakespeare has given him considerable experience. Although his introduction and notes for "Antony and Cleopatra" are not the compendium envisaged by the General Editor, they provide a level-headed and readable commentary by a scholar who has appreciated Shakespeare's work. ## ## Conclusion: The 1939 edition of "Antony and Cleopatra", edited by M.R. Ridley, is an important contribution to Shakespearean scholarship. It offers readers a unique perspective on this classic play, enriched by Ridley's extensive experience and thoughtful commentary. ## ### INTERNATIONAL BUYERS: Please Note. FREE SHIPPING IS UK ONLY. Please get in touch with me for a shipping quotation. ####
Seller: Artifacts eBookstore, Gosport, United Kingdom
Price: US$19.95 + shipping
Condition: Poor
Description: Water damage to bottom of pages and staining. Drawings unmarked. Top edge gilt. This being one of thirty-seven volumes of The Plays of William Shakespeare published for subscribers. Limited Edition No. 872/1950. NO EXPEDITED
Seller: Karl Theis, Torrance, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$19.95 + shipping
Condition: Poor
Description: Water damage to bottom of pages and staining. Water-colors unmarked. Top edge gilt. This being one of thirty-seven volumes of The Plays of William Shakespeare published for subscribers. Limited Edition No. 872/1950. NO EXPEDITED
Seller: Karl Theis, Torrance, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$19.95 + shipping
Condition: Poor
Description: Water damage to bottom of pages and staining. Drawings unmarked. Top edge gilt. This being one of thirty-seven volumes of The Plays of William Shakespeare published for subscribers. Limited Edition No. 872/1950. NO EXPEDITED
Seller: Karl Theis, Torrance, CA, U.S.A.
Shakespeare, William. The Comedy of Errors. Limited Editions Club, 1939.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: One of 1950 copies in the LEC edition of Shakespeare's plays. Half linen, patterned boards, t.e.g., others uncut. Slightly bent, spine and fore-edges foxed, else fine. Commentary laid in with preface by John Masefield and long autobiographical note by Austen, whose illustrations are woodcuts with pink and green colors applied with linoleum cuts. Size: Folio
Seller: Possum Books, Charlottesville, VA, U.S.A.
Shakespeare, William. Julius Caesar. Limited Editions Club, 1939.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: One of 1950 copies in the LEC edition of the plays of Shakespeare. Half linen, patterned boards, t.e.g., others uncut. Slightly bent, fore-edges a bit foxed, else fine in chipped glassine wrapper. Laid in is the commentary with preface by Edward Dowden. Size: Folio
Seller: Possum Books, Charlottesville, VA, U.S.A.
Shakespeare, William. Henry the Fourth, Part I. Limited Editions Club, 1939.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: One of 1950 copies in the LEC edition of Shakespeare's plays. Half linen, patterned boards, t.e.g., others uncut. Slightly bent, fore-edges lightly foxed, spine browned at head and tail, else fine. Freedman's color lithographs are printed directly from stone. Laid in is the commentary to Henry the Fourth Parts I and II, with preface by Samuel Johnson and a discussion of his illustrations by Freedman. Size: Folio
Seller: Possum Books, Charlottesville, VA, U.S.A.
Shakespeare, William. Henry the Eighth. Limited Editions Club, 1939.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: One of 1950 copies in the LEC edition of Shakespeare's plays. Half linen, marbled boards, t.e.g., others uncut. Spine and fore-edges lightly foxed, else fine. Laid in is commentary with preface by William Hazlitt and Gill's discussion of his illustrations. Size: Folio
Seller: Possum Books, Charlottesville, VA, U.S.A.
Shakespeare, William. Henry the Fourth, Part II. Limited Editions Club, 1939.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: One of 1950 copies in the LEC edition of Shakespeare's plays. Half linen, patterned boards, t.e.g., others uncut. Slightly bent, spine and fore-edges lightly foxed, else fine. Size: Folio
Seller: Possum Books, Charlottesville, VA, U.S.A.
Price: US$38.16 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 54 pages unpaginated + 6 pages of introduction and title page. Blue buckram, TEG all fine, endpapers slightly foxed, wrapper has minor edge wear otherwise VG+. This facsimile was produced to accommodate scholars who needed to see the earliest wording used in the play. Entered in 1601 at Stationers Hall in London. This copy has the title page reproduced in its entirety. Only 5 copies of the original were known in 1939. A very good+ copy. Small square quarto. 1939. (Not ex-library, no inscriptions).
Seller: Colophon Books (UK), Leek, United Kingdom
Shakespeare, William. The Merry Wives of Windsor. The Limited Editions Club, 1939.
Price: US$39.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Near Fine minus copy, due only to moderate spotting with one centimeter browning to bottom of buckram spine. The text is of the First Folio with Quarto insertions. Illustrated with drawings by Gordon Ross. Gilt stamped vertical title of play to spine. Top edge gilt. Patterned paper cloth-backed boards. Pages in Fine shape with no markings. Four page subscribers¿ 'A Shakespeare Commentary' for The Merry Wives of Windsor loosely laid in. Number 1811 of 1950 copies. Eminently readable large type edition designed by master typographer Bruce Rogers, in a wonderful folio-sized production. About 9 x 13 in (22.6 x 33.1 cm).
Seller: Classic Choice Rare Books, Gaithersburg, MD, U.S.A.
Shakespeare, William. The Plays of William Shakespeare: Macbeth. Limited Editions Club, N.Y., 1939.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Number 872 of 1950 copies, top edge gilt, all illustrations by Craig are present, water damage to bottom of pages but not affecting the illustrations
Seller: Karl Theis, Torrance, CA, U.S.A.
Shakespeare, William. Measure for Measure. The Limited Editions Club, 1939.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Near Fine minus copy, due only to moderate spotting with two centimeter browning to bottom and two centimeter browning to top of buckram spine. The text is of the First Folio with Quarto insertions. Illustrated with lithographs by Hugo Steiner-Prag of Czechoslovakia. Gilt stamped vertical title of play to spine. Top edge gilt. Patterned paper cloth-backed boards. Pages in Fine shape with no markings. Four page subscribers¿ 'A Shakespeare Commentary' for Measure for Measure loosely laid in. Number 1811 of 1950 copies. Eminently readable large type edition designed by master typographer Bruce Rogers, in a wonderful folio-sized production. About 9 x 13 in (22.6 x 33.1 cm).
Seller: Classic Choice Rare Books, Gaithersburg, MD, U.S.A.
SHAKESPEARE, William. TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA. , 1939.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Description: SHAKESPEARE, William. THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA. The text of the First Folio, edited and amended where obscure by Herbert Farjeon; illustrated from water-colors by Pierre Brissaud. Part of "The Plays of William Shakespeare," a series of thirty-seven volumes put out by the Limited Editions Club. New York: Limited Editions Club, 1939. Number 354 of 1,950 copies. 4to., beige cloth-backed, decorative paper-covered boards, t.e.g. Several leaves uncut. Bookplate. Very good plus.
Seller: Boston Book Company, Inc. ABAA, Boston, MA, U.S.A.
SHAKESPEARE, William. CYMBELINE. , 1939.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Description: SHAKESPEARE, William. CYMBELINE. The text of the First Folio, edited and amended where obscure by Herbert Farjeon; illustrated with lithographs by Yngve Berg. Part of "The Plays of William Shakespeare," a series of thirty-seven volumes put out by the Limited Editions Club. New York: Limited Editions Club, 1939. Number 354 of 1,950 copies. 4to., beige cloth-backed, decorative paper-covered boards, t.e.g. Several leaves uncut. Bookplate. Very good plus.
Seller: Boston Book Company, Inc. ABAA, Boston, MA, U.S.A.
SHAKESPEARE, William. TITUS ANDRONICUS. , 1939.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Description: SHAKESPEARE, William. TITUS ANDRONICUS. The text of the First Folio, with Quarto insertions, edited and amended where obscure by Herbert Farjeon; illustrated from water-colors by Nikolai Fyodorovitch Lapshin. Part of "The Plays of William Shakespeare," a series of thirty-seven volumes put out by the Limited Editions Club. New York: Limited Editions Club, 1939. Number 354 of 1,950 copies. 4to., beige cloth-backed, decorative paper-covered boards, t.e.g. Bookplate. Very good plus.
Seller: Boston Book Company, Inc. ABAA, Boston, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$47.04 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Book: Very Good/Almost Near Fine/, $87.89 MUCH ADO About NOTHING, the COMEDIES, HISTORIES & TRAGEDIES of WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Copy # 43. the Plays of W. Shakespeare * SHAKESPEARE, William; FRAJEON, Herbert Bruce ROGERS, Designed by; Fritz KREDEL, Illustrations by. the Limited Editions Club New York * * * * * 1939 Limited Edition # 43. Tall Wide H/c. Sun Browned Spine With Title In Faint Polished Gold Letters On Spine, Hard Cover Book: Very Good/Almost Near Fine/, Slight Shelf, Edge And Corner Wear. 89 Numbered Pages, Printed On Tan Paper, Clean And Tight To The Spine, In Fine/ Condition. Polished Gold Edging On Page Tops. Appear To Be Lightly Read. Including Supplemental Brochure 'A Shakespeare Commentary', From Publisher. D/j: None. This Item Will Be Sent Wrapped In Plastic, Taped Shut And In A = Corrugated Mailing B0X. To Prevent Shipping Damage So That It Will Arrive In The Description Described Which Applies To This B00K, Only. = No Odors, No Writing, No Names, No Rippling, Not Stuck Together, No Book Plate, Not X~Library, No Other Marks. = Will Make It, An Excellent Addition To Your Own Personal Library Collection, Or As A Gift, For The Discriminating Reader / Collector. = WORLD WIDE SHIPPING, AVAILABLE *
Seller: L. Michael, North Hollywood, CA, U.S.A.
Shakespeare, William. King Lear. The Limited Editions Club, New York, 1939.
Price: US$49.95 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: In tan cloth wtih pictorial floral pattern to upper cover, folio, 122pp. The limited editions club edition one of 37 in the series, designed by Bruce Rogers in an edition of 1950 copies. A presentation copy with "out of series" in pencil to colophon page and a presentation copy monogram to colophon. (dulling, browning and shelfwear to outer extremities, Size: Folio - between 12" - 15" Tall
Seller: Vashon Island Books, Vashon, WA, U.S.A.
Price: US$54.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Large format hardcover, no dustjacket or slipcase but does include the publisher's 4-page insert for this book, decorative covers, Illustrated with hand-colored wood-engravings by Enric-C. Ricart, "This edition - is one of the thirty-seven volumes of The Plays of William Shakespeare published for subscribers by the Limited Editions Club of New York. This edition consists of nineteen hundred and fifty copies, of which this is number 1449, moderate tan spotting on the beige-colored spine is the only remarkable flaw, the binding is tight and clean and the contents are fine
Seller: Mainly Books, Silverdale, PA, U.S.A.
Shakespeare, William. Troilus and Cressida. The Limited Editions Club, 1939.
Price: US$55.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Near Fine minus copy, due only to moderate spotting with two centimeter browning to bottom and one half centimeter to top of buckram spine. The text is of the First Folio with Quarto insertions. Illustrated with wood-engravings by D. Galanis of Greece. Gilt stamped vertical title of play to spine. Top edge gilt. Patterned paper cloth-backed boards. Pages in Fine shape with no markings. Four page subscribers¿ 'A Shakespeare Commentary' for Troilus and Cressida loosely laid in. Number 1811 of 1950 copies. Eminently readable large type edition designed by master typographer Bruce Rogers, in a wonderful folio-sized production. About 9 x 13 in (22.6 x 33.1 cm).
Seller: Classic Choice Rare Books, Gaithersburg, MD, U.S.A.
Shakespeare, William. The Merry Wives of Windsor. The Limited Edition Club, New York, 1939.
Price: US$60.06 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: one play out of the set published by the limited edition club in 1939 and 1940. in slipcase. from set number 1619 of 1950.sets.
Seller: Gumshoe Books, Columbia, SC, U.S.A.
Price: US$63.12 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: One of a limited edition published in series 1939+ by The Limited Editions Club of New York., this being from set number 1249 of the original edition of 1950 sets, published for subscribers only. Internally the text and all illustrations are in Near Fine to Fine condition. Pages on front edge are uncut at section ends. An excellent copy of a member of a now-scarce matching set, all thirty-seven of which have been offered for sale individually at different prices by this bookseller. All those of which are still unsold are listed separately on this site, under their individual titles. Size: Large Book - between A4 and A3. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Deckled edges (rough cut), browned. Top edge gilt in good condition. Illustrator: Nikolai Fyodorovitch Lapshin. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Theatre & Plays; All our pictures shown here are of the actual item, not stock photos. Inventory No: 8282. This book is extra heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries. For further info on this title, click on the "Contact Seller" button within this listing. We will try to reply within 24 hours. Otherwise you can order right now (inclusive of shipping options) from the "Add to Basket" button to the right.
Seller: Mr Pickwick's Fine Old Books, Katoomba, NSW, Australia
Price: US$63.12 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: One of a limited edition published in series 1939+ by The Limited Editions Club of New York., this being from set number 1249 of the original edition of 1950 sets, published for subscribers only. Internally the text and all illustrations are in Near Fine to Fine condition. Pages on front edge are uncut at section ends. An excellent copy of a member of a now-scarce matching set, all thirty-seven of which have been offered for sale individually at different prices by this bookseller. All those of which are still unsold are listed separately on this site, under their individual titles. Size: Large Book - between A4 and A3. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Deckled edges (rough cut), browned. Top edge gilt in good condition. Illustrator: Pierre Brissaud. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Theatre & Plays; All our pictures shown here are of the actual item, not stock photos. Inventory No: 8289. This book is extra heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries. For further info on this title, click on the "Contact Seller" button within this listing. We will try to reply within 24 hours. Otherwise you can order right now (inclusive of shipping options) from the "Add to Basket" button to the right.
Seller: Mr Pickwick's Fine Old Books, Katoomba, NSW, Australia
Price: US$63.12 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: One of a limited edition published in series 1939+ by The Limited Editions Club of New York., this being from set number 1249 of the original edition of 1950 sets, published for subscribers only. Internally the text and all illustrations are in Near Fine to Fine condition. Pages on front edge are uncut at section ends. An excellent copy of a member of a now-scarce matching set, all thirty-seven of which have been offered for sale individually at different prices by this bookseller. All those of which are still unsold are listed separately on this site, under their individual titles. Size: Large Book - between A4 and A3. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Deckled edges (rough cut), browned. Top edge gilt in good condition. Illustrator: Valenti Angelo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Theatre & Plays; All our pictures shown here are of the actual item, not stock photos. Inventory No: 8291. This book is extra heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries. For further info on this title, click on the "Contact Seller" button within this listing. We will try to reply within 24 hours. Otherwise you can order right now (inclusive of shipping options) from the "Add to Basket" button to the right.
Seller: Mr Pickwick's Fine Old Books, Katoomba, NSW, Australia
Price: US$63.12 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: One of a limited edition published in series 1939+ by The Limited Editions Club of New York., this being from set number 1249 of the original edition of 1950 sets, published for subscribers only. Internally the text and all illustrations are in Near Fine to Fine condition. Pages on front edge are uncut at section ends. An excellent copy of a member of a now-scarce matching set, all thirty-seven of which have been offered for sale individually at different prices by this bookseller. All those of which are still unsold are listed separately on this site, under their individual titles. Size: Large Book - between A4 and A3. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Previous owner's book-plate laid in. Deckled edges (rough cut), browned. Top edge gilt in good condition. Illustrator: Gordon Ross. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Theatre & Plays; All our pictures shown here are of the actual item, not stock photos. Inventory No: 8305. This book is extra heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries. For further info on this title, click on the "Contact Seller" button within this listing. We will try to reply within 24 hours. Otherwise you can order right now (inclusive of shipping options) from the "Add to Basket" button to the right.
Seller: Mr Pickwick's Fine Old Books, Katoomba, NSW, Australia
Price: US$63.60 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardback, pictorial paper covered boards. 33 x 23cm. [10], 116pp, [1]. Number 759 of 1925 copies. Text of the First Folio edited and amended where obscure by Herbert Farjeon. Illustrated with wood engravings by Eric Gill. Designed by Bruce Rogers. A nice clean copy, slightest wear only. Original 4pp commentary leaflet loosely inserted.
Seller: Besleys Books PBFA, Diss, United Kingdom
Price: US$98.30 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Book: Near Fine/, $150.89 the MERCHANT of VENICE. Copy # 43. The Plays of W. Shakespeare * SHAKESPEARE, William; FRAJEON, Herbert Rene Ben SUSSAN, Water~Colors by. the Limited Editions Club New York * * * * * 1939 Limited Edition # 43. Tall Wide H/c. Sun Browned Spine With Title In Faint Polished Gold Letters On Spine, Hard Cover Book: Near Fine/, Slight Shelf, Edge And Corner Wear. 91 Numbered Pages, Printed On Tan Paper, Clean And Tight To The Spine, In Fine/ Condition. Pages 41~43, 45~47, 57~59, 61~63, 77~79, 89~91 Are Still Attached At The Top. Polished Gold Edging On Page Tops. Appear To Be Lightly Read. Including 'A Shakespeare Commentary', From Publisher. D/j: None. This Item Will Be Sent Wrapped In Plastic, Taped Shut And In A = Corrugated Mailing B0X. To Prevent Shipping Damage So That It Will Arrive In The Description Described Which Applies To This B00K, Only. = No Odors, No Writing, No Names, No Rippling, Not Stuck Together, No Book Plate, Not X~Library, No Other Marks. = Will Make It, An Excellent Addition To Your Own Personal Library Collection, Or As A Gift, For The Discriminating Reader / Collector. = WORLD WIDE SHIPPING, AVAILABLE *
Seller: L. Michael, North Hollywood, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$166.11 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: One of a limited edition published in series 1939+ by The Limited Editions Club of New York., this being from set number 1249 of the original edition of 1950 sets, published for subscribers only. Internally the text and all illustrations are in Near Fine to Fine condition. Pages on front edge are uncut at section ends. An excellent copy of a member of a now-scarce matching set, all thirty-seven of which have been offered for sale individually at different prices by this bookseller. All those of which are still unsold are listed separately on this site, under their individual titles. Size: Large Book - between A4 and A3. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Previous owner's book-plate laid in. Deckled edges (rough cut), browned. Top edge gilt in good condition. Illustrator: Demetrius Galanis. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Theatre & Plays; Antiquarian & Rare. All our pictures shown here are of the actual item, not stock photos. Inventory No: 8303. This book is extra heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries. For further info on this title, click on the "Contact Seller" button within this listing. We will try to reply within 24 hours. Otherwise you can order right now (inclusive of shipping options) from the "Add to Basket" button to the right.
Seller: Mr Pickwick's Fine Old Books, Katoomba, NSW, Australia
Price: US$254.40 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: The first edition with these illustrations, limited to 1,950 numbered copies, designed by Bruce Rogers (this being #596). Folio. Holland-backed patterned boards. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Tips of two corners slightly bumped, else a fine copy with none of the customary offsetting from the illustrations to adjacent leaves. Commentary laid-in, as issued. One of thirty-seven uniform volumes of 'The Comedies, Histories and Tragedies of William Shakespeare' issued by the Limited Editions Club, each featuring the work of a different illustrator.
Seller: Clearwater Books, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$937.50 + shipping
Description: Folio (8-3/4" x 13") bound in gold-stamped half natural buckram, top edges gilt, with the paper sides, printed in four colors, reproducing a patterned wall painting uncovered in a room where Shakespeare might have seen and admired it. Edited by Herbert Farjeon, who created the Nonesuch edition text of Shakespeare, to restore the original typographic style and spelling; typography planned and production supervised by Bruce Rogers. From the 37 volume set, this individual volume is illustrated with 6 full-page color plates by Arthur Rackham. Issued unsigned. Copy #1840 of a total of 1950 copies printed. Largely unopened. Spine slightly and evenly darkened, corners firm. Near Fine
Seller: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Description: The Final Book Published During Rackham's Lifetime [RACKHAM, Arthur, illustrator]. SHAKESPEARE, William. A Midsummer-Night's Dream. The Text of the First Folio, with Quarto Insertions, Edited and Amended Where Obscure by Herbert Farjeon. Illustrated from Water-colors by Arthur Rackham. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1939. Deluxe edition limited to 1,950 copies of which this is no. 1306. Folio (12 7/8 x 8 3/4 inches; 328 x 223 mm.). Six color lithographed plates. With LEC Subscriber's Letter for this volume laid-in at front. Designed by Bruce Rogers. Publishers quarter tan buckram over decorative paper boards. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. A near fine copy. "The illustrations for this play were made by one of the world's most famous illustrators, that Englishman Mr. Arthur Rackham. He has been for years one of the most prolific of the world's illustrators, and one of the most admired. He is now seventy-two years old, having being born in London in 1867. Mr. Rackham's Illustrations for this play were made in watercolor. They are full of fancy and fantasy, and they are, as in each of Mr. Rackham's pictures, engaging to the eye, pretty to look upon." (The Limited Editions Club Shakespeare Commentary). The final book published during Rackham's lifetime. "This is one of the 37 volumes of the set of the works of Shakespeare, each illustrated by a different artist, produced for members of the Limited Editions Club in 1939-40." (Riall) Bruce Rogers (1870 - 1957) was an American typographer and type designer, acclaimed by some as among the greatest book designers of the twentieth century. Rogers was known for his "classical" style of design, rejecting modernism, never using asymmetrical arrangements, rarely using sans serif type faces, favoring stolid roman faces such as Caslon and his own Centaur.
Seller: David Brass Rare Books, Inc., Calabasas, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$1399.99 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 37 volume set. Limited Editions Club, one of 1950 numbered sets. 33 cm. Quartos. Hardcover. Very good bindings and covers. Clean, unmarked pages. Uncut. Edited by Herbert Farjeon from the text of the first folio and quarto editions. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham, Eric Gill, Valenti Angelo, Frank Brangwyn, Frans Masereel, etc. The Limited Editions Club was founded in 1929 by George Macy with the intent of publishing beautifully illustrated and designed classic literature for a relatively small number of subscribers. Much of the LEC's fame stems from its use of some of the best illustrators and artists available. Each title was uniquely designed with individualized paper and cover materials. The Limited Editions Club was created to publish finely illustrated and designed books. Many of the books contain original printed etchings, lithographs, engravings, etc. from famous contemporary artists. Contents: [1] Henry the Eighth. --[2] King Lear. --[3] As you like it. --[4] A midsummer's night dream. --[5] The merchant of Venice. --[6] The merry wives of Windsor. --[7] Hamlet. --[8] The comedy of errors. --[9] Troilus and Cressida. --[10] Coriolanus. --[11] Othello. --[12] Measure for measure . --[13] Henry the Fourth, pt. 1. --[14] Henry the Fourth, pt. 2. --[15] Macbeth. --[16] Antony and Cleopatra. --[17] Julius Caesar. --[18] Love's labour's lost. --[19] The two gentlemen of Verona. --[20] Cymbeline. --[21] Much ado about nothing. --[22] Twelth night. --[23] The winter's tale. --[24] King John. --[25] Henry the Sixth, pt. 1. --[26] Henry the Sixth, pt. 2. --[27] Henry the Sixth, pt. 3. --[28] Titus Andronicus. --[29] Henry the Fifth. --[30] Richard the Second. --[31] Pericles. --[32] Timon of Athens. --[33] The tempest. --[34] Romeo and Juliet. --[35] Richard the Third. --[36] The taming of the shrew. --[37] All's well that ends well. This is an oversized or heavy book, which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US.
Seller: Sequitur Books, Boonsboro, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$1400.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 37 volume set #949 of 1950 issued 1939 Limited Editions Club illustrated throughout. Does not include the slipcases or the 2 vols of poetry. Tight and unmarked will ship in two boxes. oversized and overweight. f47f57 Please email for photos. Larger books or sets may require additional shipping charges. Books sent via US Postal
Seller: Griffin Books, Stamford, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 37 volume set; as pictured; unmarked; boards v. good; $4 shipping (US only)
Seller: Harmonium Books, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$1875.00 + shipping
Description: Thirty-seven folio (8-3/4" x 13") volumes bound in gold-stamped half natural buckram, top edges gilt, with the paper sides, printed in four colors. Edited by Herbert Farjeon, who created the Nonesuch edition text of Shakespeare, to restore the original typographic style and spelling; typography planned and production supervised by Bruce Rogers. Each of the 37 volumes is illustrated by one of the world's leading book artists including Arthur Rackham, Eric Gill, Robert Gibbings, Jean Charlot, and Frans Masereel. Media include wood engravings and lithographs with some hand coloring. An attempt to "produce a text such as Shakespeare himself might have passed for the printer had he personally read the proofs," and surely one of the most beautiful editions, if not the most beautiful edition, of Shakespeare ever produced. Each volume is copy #705 of 1950 copies issued unsigned. Included are the Commentaries for each play, never folded in this case. The covers reproduce a patterned wall painting uncovered under many layers of wallpaper in a room in an old house in Oxford that belonged to John Davenant where Shakespeare spent nights on his annual journey to Warwickshire. When one looks at the outside of one of these books, one probably sees the very design Shakespeare saw waking after a long night of talking and drinking with Davenant who was a vintner. Slight browning to the gutters of some volumes, contents bright and fresh. Spines foxed to varying degrees, some very much so. Overall an attractive set in at least Very Good condition
Seller: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$2400.00 + shipping
Description: This massive, strikingly beautiful publication of The Poems of William Shakespeare was produced in a limited edition of 150 copies by the Overbrook press in 1939. This is a finely-bound publishers presentation copy, accompanied by the publishers 1939 presentation slip, and still housed in original, publisher-supplied slipcase. This publishers half-Morocco binding features brown spine and corner tips, the spine printed in gilt with blind rules at the spine ends and at the transitions to the marbled paper-covered boards. The contents are printed on sumptuously thick, grey, Cromwell handmade paper bound with untrimmed edges The text, in red and black, is handset in letter press with Lucretia type and decorative initials designed by Bruce Rogers. Overbrook issued bound copies in a slipcase of brown cloth with tan paper-covered sides. The physical presence is impressive, weighing more than seven pounds and measuring 18.5 x 12 x 1.75 inches. The contents contain Venus and Adonis, The Rape of Lucrece, The Sonnets, A Lovers Complaint, The Passionate Pilgrim, and The Phoenix and Turtle. The text is that of the Complete Works "edited by George Lyman Kittredge, Gurney Professor of Literature in Harvard University." While the limitation was specified as 150 copies, this understates the scarcity; reportedly, more than a third of the edition was never bound. Copies are elusive thus, bound, presented with the publishers compliments slip, and housed in the original slipcase.Condition is near fine. The binding is square, tight, and clean. We note only mild toning and a little freckling to the spine and light wear to the corners, which appears solely the result of contact with the slipcase. The vast expanse of the marbled paper-covered boards is notably clean and fresh. The contents are immaculate, with no toning, spotting, or soiling. The printed publishers presentation card, typed in four lines, reads "With cordial Seasons Greetings | FRANK ALTSCHUL | Stamford, Connecticut | December 1939". The publishers slipcase approaches near fine, showing only mild shelf scuffing to extremities and light soiling to the paper-covered sides.Please anticipate shipping charges commensurate with the size of this book and careful packing to protect it in transit.William Shakespeare (1564-1616) whom the late literary critic and scholar Harold Bloom claimed invented the human, forever changing our consciousness with characters such as Hamlet and Falstaff left a mammoth legacy whose continuing influence is difficult to overstate. His stature so dominates English letters that it verges on biblical proportion. To the point, Shakespeare is often assumed to have been born on 23 April, St. Georges Day, so that Englands national poet and her patron saint share the same day of celebration, akin to how Christs birthday is asserted onto the winter solstice. Shakespeares plays are the most conspicuous aspect of his literary legacy, but, as Robert Graves states in his Preface, "Shakespeare built up a double reputation in literature; as a classic English playwright and as author of the Sonnets, his profound meditations on love. In the plays we are frequently aware of Shakespeare the poet; in the Sonnets we recognize his role as dramatist. The author of the Sonnets became incomparably greater than his contemporaries precisely because he needed to see himself and his beloved in dramatic and human terms." A successful financier, Frank Altschul (1887-1981) had a keen interest in books, public affairs, and philanthropy. Altschul improbably established Overbrook Press in an abandoned pigpen on his 450-acre Connecticut estate. From such humble origins, Overbrook Press specialized in exquisitely printed and illustrated limited edition books for collectors, with a reputation among bibliophiles for fine typography and careful bookmaking.
Seller: Churchill Book Collector ABAA/ILAB/IOBA, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$2880.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: One of 1,950 numbered copies. Includes the 37 plays, the poems in two volumes, and the supplement volume "Shakespeare; A Review and a Preview." Bound in publisher's original quarter cream cloth with illustrated paper boards and spine stamped in gilt. Supplement bound in full grey cloth with spine and cover stamped in red. Top edges gilded. Poems in brown paper-board slipcase. Each volume illustrated by a different artist, including Eric Gill, Edward Wilson, Graham Sutherland, Fritz Eichenberg, Arthur Rackham, Gorden Craig, Robert Gibbings, Franz Masareel, Fritz Kredel, and Valente Angelo. Poems limited to 1,550 numbered copies and signed by designer Bruce Rogers. Light wear to extremities of some volumes. Each volume 8 3/4 x 12 3/4 inches.
Seller: James & Mary Laurie, Booksellers A.B.A.A, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.