Shakespeare, William. Shakespeare's Comedy of The Merry Wives of Windsor Presented in Eight Pen Designs by Walter Crane [INSCRIBED & SIGNED]. George Allen: Ruskin House, London, 1894.

Price: US$416.00 + shipping

Condition: Fair

Description: 1/650. Folio. Unpaginated. Gilt decorated green cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Heavy chipping, fraying and tearing to spine. Corners bumped and worn. Discoloration, staining and scuffing to boards. Hinges starting. Decorated title page. Page following title repaired along gutter with binders tape. "Shakespeare's comedy of the Merry Wives of Windsor presented in eight pen designs by Walter Crane". The b/w plates are mounted on stiff white pages. Chipping to bottom right corner throughout not affecting text or plates. Some age yellowing to pages. Signed by Walter Crane and the engraver, Duncan C. Dallas. Binding in poor, interior in good condition.

Seller: ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB), Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.

William Shakespeare - Walter Crane - Duncan Dallas. Shakespeare's Comedy of the Merry Wives of Windsor - Presented in Eight Pen Designs by Walter Crane - Signed Limited Edition. George Allen, 1894.

Price: US$425.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Over-sized signed limited edition hardback book titled SHAKESPEARE'S COMEDY OF THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR PRESENTED IN EIGHT PEN DESIGNS by Walter Crane. Engraved & Printed by Duncan C. Dallas. Published by George Allen, Ruskin House in 1894 in a limited signed edition of 650 copies (not numbered) and signed by Crane and Dallas on statement of edition page. Boards are worn especially at edge/soiled - spine is weak with inside front gutter cracked (see photo). International shipping will require additional charge. Bookseller since 1995 (UL-2-bottom-R-flat) rareviewbooks

Seller: rareviewbooks, Kensington, MD, U.S.A.

Shakespeare, William. Shakespeare's Comedy of The Merry Wives of Windsor Presented in Eight Pen Designs by Walter Crane. George Allen: Ruskin House, Charing Cross Road, London, 1894.

Price: US$486.19 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Folio. Green linen over boards with gold lettering, gilt edges and debossed gilt decoration. Signed by illustrator Walter Crane with note on the "Dallastype" facsimile process. Also signed by Duncan Dallas, printer. Limited edition of 650, of which this is number 25. Unpaginated. Some wear at head and base of spine. Corners bumped and worn. Hinges are firm. Overall a good copy.

Seller: The Paper Hound Bookshop, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Crane, Walter (Illustrator). Shakespeare's Comedy Of The Merry Wives Of Windsor Presented In Eight Pen Designs; Engraved & Printed By Duncan C. Dallas. George Allen Ruskin House, London, 1894.

Price: US$695.00 + shipping

Description: Folio, 36 x 29 cm. Limited edition, copy 118 of 650 signed by Duncan C. Dallas and Walter Crane. Title leaf, colophon, and eight engravings by Walter Crane engraved by Duncan C. Dallas on India tissue. First few and last leaves toned at margins, with same slight fault at image margins not affecting latter. Images sharp and clean. Orig. green cloth, spine and front cover lettered in gilt. Teg. Near fine

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

Crane, Walter. Shakespeare's Comedy the Merry Wives of Windsor. George Allen: Ruskin House, London, 1894.

Price: US$750.00 + shipping

Description: VG, spine ends & corners lightly rubbed. Plates are fine with no markings. A beautifully illustrated copy protected in mylar. ; Folio, original green buckram, gilt lettering and decoration, illustrated with Eight Pen Designs by Walter Crane. This is copy no. 82 of 650 limited numbered copies SIGNED by Walter Crane the artist and Duncan Dallas the engraver (certifying that the plates for these engravings were destroyed after the book was printed) . ; Folio 13" - 23" tall

Seller: Old Editions Book Shop, ABAA, ILAB, North Tonawanda, NY, U.S.A.