Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Price: US$57.72 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 304 pages. 12 colour illustrations, including frontispiece, by Arthur Rackham (complete). Red covers with gilt decoration and titles to front board and spine. Top edge gilt. Covers are strongly faded, particularly to spine and upper front board, with some staining and with moderate wear and bumping to extremities. Browned free end papers. Minor to moderate scattered foxing to interior, with worst affected is back of frontispiece. --- General information: please email for any more information or condition photos. There may be other minor faults not included here, but this description should include all important points and convey accurately the overall conditon of the book(s). We are happy to give a more detailed description (by volume where applicable) on request. Posted next day (Mon-Fri) from the UK. We normally post by Royal Mail 1st class within the UK, but may use a slower service for books over 1kg or multiple orders or a tracked service for higher value orders. We normally post by Royal Mail Airmail for overseas deliveries, and may request additional postage (at cost) for heavier books or for tracking (buyers always have the option to cancel the order if we do so).
Seller: Jaycey Books, Ruislip, United Kingdom
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo. - over 7 ¾ in. - 9 ¾ in. xii + 304pp., bound in the original pictorial light gray cloth decorated in gilt; top edge gilt. Illustrated with pictorial endpapers. Complete with 12 color plates by Arthur Rackham - this is his first edition illustrated with color plates, an expansion of a prior effort from 1899. A Very Good copy with light wear to the cloth, scattered light foxing, an ink price and light toning on the ffep; the half-title page has ank ink gift inscription and the ink stamp of the recipient.
Seller: Arundel Books, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardcover. According to a note from the publisher: "Most of the designs appeared as line drawings in an edition issued by the present publishers in 1899, but they have since been worked over, revised, and coloured by the artist, whiel some entirely new designs have been added." Bound in quarter red leather over red cloth boards with gilt title and decoration to spine. Wear and chipping to spine ends ends and corners of boards. Rubbing to cloth and small black stain to front cover near top corner. Bookplate to front free endpaper. Occasional smudges to margins, but clean overall. Includes 12 full color illustrations, 2 full page black and white illustrations, and several vignette black and white illustrations. 304 pages. CHILD/021918.
Seller: The Kelmscott Bookshop, ABAA, Savage, MD, U.S.A.
Lamb, Charles & Mary. Tales from Shakespeare. E.P. Dutton & Co., New York, 1909.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Foxing and age-tone inside boards front and title pages. Otherwise this book is clean and unmarked in very good condition.Illustrator Arthur Rackham. 304 pages.
Seller: Yes Books, portland, ME, U.S.A.
Charles and Mary Lamb. Tales from Shakespeare. E.P. Dutton & Co., 1909.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: E.P. Dutton & Co.; New York, 1909. Hardcover. A Very Good, includes 12 color illustrations, green cloth binding with gilt lettering and gilt illustration on front board and spine, binding intact but a bit shaky, sunning to spine buckra, some handling/scuffing to boards, spine buckram separating from backing material, crimping to spine edges, some age toning to pages, discoloration to endpapers, small abrasions to board corners, starting hinges, rubbing along board edges, without Dust Wrapper. A nice, overall clean and unmarked copy. 8vo[octavo or approx. 6 x 9 inches]. 304pp., b&w illustrations. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scan(s) are available for any item, please inquire.Please note: Oversized books/sets MAY require additional postage then what is quoted for 2.2lb book.
Seller: Lavendier Books, Foster, RI, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: The book is bound in pictorial light grey cloth with gilt letters + gilt designs on the spine & front cover. There is wear on the top of the spine and fading to the corners. There is wear on the cover corners & along the edges. Decorative endpapers. There is light foxing inside the covers & on the endpapers. The contents are clean & unmarked, the binding is tight. 12 of 12 full page colour illustrations. First Trade Edition
Seller: Richard Peterson-Bookseller, Kingston, ON, Canada
Price: US$115.44 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 304 pages. 12 colour illustrations, including frontispiece, by Arthur Rackham (complete). Blue covers with gilt decoration and titles to front board and spine. Top edge gilt. Covers are in good order, minor fading to spine. Minor wear and bumping to extremities. Sunned free end papers. Small owners book plate pasted to inside front board.
Seller: Nineveh Books, Wem, SHROP, United Kingdom
Charles & Mary Lamb. Tales From Shakespeare. J. M. Dent & E. P. Dutton, 1909.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Published by J. M. Dent & Co., London; E. P. Dutton & Co., New York; 1909. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. First thus. With 12 beautiful color plates, all intact. Olive green boards are somewhat soiled, especially around edges and at spine, with small spots of blue paint on front cover and some faded spots on spine. Edges shelf worn, especially bottom edge, corners bumped. Head and tail of spine rather shelf worn, chipped, and frayed. Front cover gilt titling and illustration are still nice and bright. Gilt on spine is dulled but intact. Binding starting at half title page. Endpapers are rather age-toned and discolored. Interior age-toned around edges. Gilted top edge is dulled, text block edges are somewhat soiled or discolored. Binding a bit shaken but overall intact. Previous owner's inscription in ink on FFEP and bookplate on half title.
Seller: Owl Pen Books, Greenwich, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$156.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Publisher's red cloth with stamped gilt titles and decorations on front cover and spine. 12 colour plates (including frontispiece). Illustrated endpapers have some toning. Very minor shelfwear. Binding is sound. Hinges are good. No writing/markings. No dust jacket. 304 pages. -- Please feel free to ask for additional information, or detailed photos. Ships in sturdy cardboard packaging, with tracking. US orders ship USPS from Niagara Falls, NY. Canadian orders ship from Ontario.
Seller: Irolita Books, Aurora, ON, Canada
Price: US$160.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Small quarto. Green cloth with gilt design and lettering to cover and spine. 304pp Pictorial endpapers. (Some age-toning) Twelve full page color illustrations by Arthur Rackham Binding a bit shakey. Small piece chipped at top of spine. First edition with Rackham illustrations.
Seller: Midway Book Store (ABAA), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Lamb, Charles and Mary. Tales from Shakespeare. J.M. Dent/E.P. Dutton, London, 1909.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: Rebound 1/4 leather spine and corners, front cover beginning to separate at spine, o/w condition vg+. 1st issue gilt top edge, 12 color plates, 34 b/w illus, 304 pp. Size: 6.5"-9.5"
Seller: Ragabooks, Palo Alto, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Description: Rackham, Arthur. First trade edition. 13 full-page color illustrations and numerous illustrations in black and white. 304pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Rackham first illustrated this work as part of a series of "The Temple Classics For Young People", published in 1899. This edition is a larger edition with added illustrations, in its most desirable state. Latimore & Haskell, p. 33; Riall, p. 90 Publisher's green cloth, stamped in gold, fine with small nick at top of spine 13 full-page color illustrations and numerous illustrations in black and white. 304pp. 1 vols. 8vo
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Limited to 750 large paper copies, of which this is number 49, Signed by Rackham to the limitation page. White cloth covered boards with gilt particulars to front cover and spine. 13 tipped-in colored plate, including the frontispiece and the plate facing page 16 titled Puck , which appears only in this edition. No tissue guards except opposite title page. Toning to spine (see image). Three of the four cloth ties are present despite wear. Top edge gilt. Previous owner's signed bookplate to blank fly. Overall a nice clean copy. 8.75 x 11.5 in
Seller: William Chrisant & Sons, ABAA, ILAB. IOBA, ABA, Ephemera Society, Fort Lauderdale, FL, U.S.A.
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Description: xii, 304 Pp. 13 tipped in colour plates, 2 B&w illustrations, 20 chapter headings & 14 tail pieces Cloth is slightly darkened with 8.5cm long thin red stain on front cover with some wear around it where something might have been laid. Plates are all in very good condition. One silk tie missing White buckram with gilt titles and design to front, gilt titles on spine, mottled end papers with gilt illustrations , 3 of 4 red silk ties #544 of large paper edition of 750 copies signed by Arthur Rackham
Seller: Schooner Books Ltd.(ABAC/ALAC), Halifax, NS, Canada
Price: US$1090.27 + shipping
Description: Limited edition. Number 230 of 750 for England and America, signed by Rackham. Tipped-in coloured frontispiece and 12 tipped-in coloured plates by Arthiur Rackham. Together with illustrations in the text, pictorial title and illustrated endpapers also by Rackham. 4to (11 3/4 x 8 1/2 inches), pages xii:304. Original pale cloth lettered and decorated in gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut, with silk ties (one detached). Spine a little darkened, some light dustmarking. The tissue guard to the frontispiece creased and foxed. No other foxing within, internally being very clean indeed. With tipped-in printed publisher's note stating that the coloured plate of "Puck" is unique to the limited edition.
Seller: Bristow & Garland, Shaftesbury, United Kingdom
Lamb, Charles and Mary.. TALES FROM SHAKESPEARE.. J.M. Dent: London / E.P. Dutton: New York, 1909.
Price: US$1092.50 + shipping
Description: Thirteen full-page color plates mounted on white paper and two full-page b&w illustrations, gilt illustr on endpapers, 11.5 x 9, white cloth w/ gilt lettering, top edge gilt and other edges untrimmed, 304 pp. Covers heavily soiled, stained, scratched, corners and spine tips lightly bumped, upper spine tip starting to fray, called for silk ties lacking except for one small piece that is almost detached from rear cover, inner hinges tender and covers loose, ink named and date, endpaper stained, light soiling/smudging on first few pages and light scattered soiling elsewhere, plate opp. p. 136 is opp. p. 138, toning around and beneath plates, brief pencil note on p. 139, tiny bit of offsetting on inner margin of one page, text block cracked/split in five areas. DELUXE EDITION, LIMITED TO 750 NUMBERED COPIES AND SIGNED BY ARTHUR RACKHAM.
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$1200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Signed. First Edition. SIGNED LIMITED EDITION; number 428 of 750 copies signed and numbered by illustrator Arthur Rackham on limitations page. Very Good- gilt-stamped tan buckrum; spine slightly tanned and soiled; top front silk tie detatched but present (the others are firmly attached); previous owner's name in neat ink on ffep; all illustrations present and in pristine condition; pages clean and free from markings; a lovely copy of this highly sought after edition. Pasadena's finest new and used bookstore since 1992.
Seller: Book Alley, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$1603.34 + shipping
Description: Signed limited edition, number 150 of 750 copies signed by the artist. The deluxe edition contains an extra plate, "Puck", not included in the trade edition. This copy includes the loosely inserted publisher's note regarding this plate. Rackham previously illustrated the work in 1899, but no deluxe signed edition was issued and the illustrations were uncoloured line-drawings; the publisher's prefatory note states that the latter "have since been worked over, revised, and coloured by the artist, while some entirely new designs have been added". Latimore & Haskell pp. 33-4; Riall, p. 90. Quarto. Original white cloth, spine and front cover lettered in gilt, pictorial endpapers, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, original dark red ribbon ties. Colour frontispiece and 12 colour plates mounted on heavy paper, black and white illustrations in the text, all by Rackham. Extremities slightly bumped, binding a little toned, lacking rear ribbon ties, some light browning: a very good copy.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
LAMB, Charles and Mary. Tales from Shakespeare. Dent, London, 1909.
Price: US$1750.00 + shipping
Description: Illustrated by Arthur Rackham with 13 mounted color plates; numerous woodcuts and line drawings throughout the text; gilt pictorial endpapers. 304pp. Short thick 4to, gilt-stamped white cloth with red silk ties; uncut edges, t.e.g. Edgeworn brown linen slipcase (spine is a bit darkened; some foxing on first several pages before the title). London: J.M. Dent & New York: E.P. Dutton, 1909. A very good(+) copy. Limited edition. Number 608 of 750 copies printed. Signed by Rackham on the limitation page.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$1795.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: The limited large paper edition signed and numbered by Arthur Rackham. From limitation page: "Of this large paper Edition of Tales from Shakespeare only 750 copies have been printed for sale in England and America. This is No. 672, Arthur Rackham". Very attractive. Large volume measures apprx. 9" x 11 1/2" x 2 1/4" and weighes five lbs. Cream full-cloth buckram boards, crisp stylized gilt cover and spine titles, moderate shelf wear, discoloration, rub. Two of four original red silk ties incorporated into front and back covers remain. Bright gilded top edge. Illustrated endpapers at front and back in gilt of scenes in oval windows; moderate toning, discoloration. Frontispiece plate with cream border and perfect tissue guard intact: "Perdita". Title page text and illustration in gold. Features an additional dozen subtly rich mounted color plates with golden borders on thick matte. The plate of "Puck" at p. 16 is included only in this limited edition. Black & white vignettes, woodcuts, headers, and tailpieces throughout. Bind fine; hinges intact. Rare near very good signed and limited first edition. From prefatory Note: "The Publishers make no apology for a new edition of this 'evergreen' book. They feel that the fine drawings of Mr. Arthur Rackham are a sufficient raison d'etre for their appearance in this new form. Most of the designs appeared as line drawings in an edition issued by the present publishers 1899, but have since been worked over, revised, and coloured by the artist, while some entirely new designs have been added." Shakespearean contents include: "The Tempest; A Midsummer Night's Dream; The Winter's Tales; Much Ado About Nothing; As You Like It; The Two Gentlemen of Verona; The Merchant of Venice; Cymbeline; King Lear; MacBeth; All's Well That Ends Well; The Taming of the Shrew; The Comedy of Errors; Measure for Measure; Twelfth Night, or, What You Will; Timon of Athens; Romeo and Juliet; Hamlet, Prince of Denmark; Othello; and Pericles, Prince of Tyre." Made in Great Britain at The Temple Press, Printers, Letchworth. 304 pages. Insured post. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Seller: The BiblioFile, Rapid River, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$2500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: The deluxe large paper edition, limited to 750 copies, signed by Rackham. Large thick 4to publisher's full white pictorial buckram, stamped in gilt. Cloth ties. Illustrated with 13 full-page mounted color plates (including one not included in the trade edition) and numerous in-text b/w vignettes by Rackham. Spine just very slightly dusty, else a fine, unusually bright copy with the ties intact. Uncommon thus.
Seller: The Literary Lion,Ltd., Thousand Oaks, CA, U.S.A.