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Price: US$220.98 + shipping
Description: XI, 362 S. Orig.-Lederband (= The Temple Classics for Young People). - Einband am Rücken und an den Kanten stark berieben und verfärbt. Deckel gleichfalls berieben; vorderer Deckel mit Wasserflecken und kleiner Knickspur. Namenszug auf Vorsatz; ansonsten innen gut erhalten und sauber. Ordentliches Exemplar. - Erste Ausgabe mit den Illustrationen Rackhams (farbiges Frontispiz und elf Schwarzweiß-Illustrationen).
Seller: Antiquariat Christoph Wilde, Düsseldorf, Germany
Charles & Mary Lamb. Tales From Shakespeare. J.M.Dent & Company, Aldine House, Covent Garden, 1899.
Price: US$238.33 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: HB First Ed thus. See my pics. Blue soft leather boards gilt illustration & decorationo front middle. Gilt title + floral florishes spine. 15.6 x 10.2cm. 362 pages. Gilt edge to top of pages. Red ribbon book marker in situ. BBT period printed fairy box o/p. f/c frontis: 'When Caliban was lazy & neglected his work, Ariel would come slily and pinch him', protective tissue in situ. Coloured title page with colour illustrated border. 11 further b/w lovely page illustrations by Rackham. The Temple Classics for Young People. 20 Shakespeare Tales. Starts: The Tempest. Includes: Cymbeline. Measure for Measure. 12th Night, or , What You Will. Hamlet & ends: Pericles, Prince of Tyre. Condition: Spine age discoloured now brown. Spine wear top and bottom scuffed on edges. Rubbed on corners, boards showing slightly. Sun discolouration top and side edges. Ghosting on e/ps, o/p top right corner v neat owner name period ink writing dated 1900. P106 cracking down seam. Ribbon marker crinkled. Overall clean, very little wear, very good colour, binding good.
Seller: Buybyebooks, Honiton, United Kingdom
Price: US$244.77 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1st Thus. DESCRIPTION: Soft blue leather with titles and author centre piece. Gilt titles and floral decoration to spine. Gilt upper text block edge. Rough cut page edges. Colour frontis. Twelve illustrations by Arthur Rackham (colour frontis and a further 11 black and white drawings) Language: English. Book Condition: Good: Wear to lightly turned corners, edges and spine ends. Crease to rear cover. Minor spots to front. Tightly bound with lightly toned intact endpapers. "This Book Belongs To" stamp to front paste down. Prev owners name to ffep dated 1899. Annotations to rear endpapers - see photos. Lightly toned unmarked pages DJ Condition: No DJ. Pages 362. Size: 18mo 15.5cm by 10cm.
Seller: Jacket and Cloth, Chippenham, United Kingdom