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Price: US$64.04 + shipping
Description: hardback, large 8vo, xii,304pp, 12 colour plates plus b/w chapter headings, some light foxing, owner's inscription on endpaper, font inner hinge slack but not cracked, gilt-decorated red cloth, some uneven fading on covers, corners bumped, Good condition
Seller: BRIMSTONES, Lewes, United Kingdom
LAMB, Charles and Mary. TALES FROM SHAKESPEARE. The Temple Press, London, 1909.
Price: US$83.26 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Good+ condition, quarto, red cloth front and spine blocked in gilt, sunning to spine, internally clean and bright, binding firm, illustrated with 12 coloured plates as called for and line drawing chapter headings, xii plus 304 pages. Note: There is a school prize label on the front end paper dated 1939, the publication date is shown as 1909 with no further indication of a later printing. [QP]
Seller: Portman Rare Books, Tonbridge, United Kingdom
Lamb, Charles and Mary. Tales from Shakespeare. Temple Press, 1909.
Price: US$96.06 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Reissue of 1899 edition. Red cloth-covered boards. Embossed gilt lettering and decoration. Twelve colour plates. Several black and white drawings. Covers slightly discoloured. Plates all very good. Covers worn at edges and unevenly faded. Spine edges worn. Back edge of spine split. Gilt decoration faded and dimmed. Generally VG in other respects.
Seller: The Children's Bookshop, Hay on Wye, United Kingdom
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: London: The Temple Press, 1909. 304 pp. 23.5 x 17 cm. Red cloth covered boards with illustration and titling stamped in gilt on front and spine; 11 color plates including frontispiece. Stated first published 1909. Some sunning to spine, with light bumping and rubbing to spine ends and corners of boards. Some light age toning to interior, with small stain (4 mm) to contents page and facing blank page. Interior otherwise clean and unmarked. All plates present. Binding sound, albeit slightly shaken. . Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.
Seller: Munster & Company LLC, ABAA/ILAB, Corvallis, OR, U.S.A.
Charles & Mary Lamb. Tales From Shakespeare. The Temple Press, 1909.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Red cloth covered boards with gold titles; spine and edges sun faded/discolored; spine titles darkened and difficult to read; 8vo - over 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; no jacket. Gift inscription on free front endpaper; spotting to last couple pages, otherwise interior is unmarked; 304 pages.
Seller: A Squared Books (Don Dewhirst), South Lyon, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardcover. No dust wrapper. Very good condition. Measures approximately 6.75 x 9 inches. 12 color plates and numerous black and white decorations by Arthur Rackham. Boards have light rubbing on the corners and spine ends. Gold print and decorations on the spine are rubbed or fading. Spine is tight. Hinges are intact. Pages are clean. No writing inside. No rips, bends, or stains. A few spots of foxing. Light tanning. No funky odors. Light wear.
Seller: Bookworm and Apple, Bronx, NY, U.S.A.
Lamb, Charles & Mary. Tales from Shakespeare *****UK HB 1/1******. The Temple Press, london, 1909.
Price: US$256.16 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Charles & Mary Lamb. Tales from Shakespeare . First U.K. hardback printing . The Temple Press 1909. Good jacket priced 9s inner flap. Suffers general wear and tear with small edge tears and chipping. Boards are Vg . The jacket has protected them well. Bright red with good titling. Very light fade corresponding to jacket chips. Solid spine and corners. Contents Vg. Small and neat inscription fep. All plates accounted for. Great illustrations in full plate colour and black and white by Rackham. Light browning to closed page block . Rare book especially with the jacket . Nice copy. Quite heavy so international post extra.
Seller: BRITOBOOKS, isle of man, United Kingdom
Price: US$342.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: HBDJ, 1909, Stated 1st edition, minor soil & rub, few small chip DJ spine , Dark Green cloth decorated Bright Gold Gilt of 2 Fairies ? with Hats Reading from Book & on Spine in Gilt is Fariy with Wings, VG/VG- , Tiny Chips Extremities DJ, Color DJ has Rackham Illustration of Woman WITH Long Blonde Hair seated on Tree Branch in Long Dress with Upraised Arm
Seller: Bluff Park Rare Books, LONG BEACH, CA, U.S.A.
LAMB, Charles and Mary. Tales from Shakespeare. , 1909.
Price: US$550.00 + shipping
Description: LAMB, Charles and Mary. Tales from Shakespeare. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. Bound in later full red polished calf, gilt double-ruled, green and red spine labels, spine elaborate gilt, inner gilt dentelles, gilt-chamfered edges, A.e.g. London: The Temple Press, [1909]. First edition thus. Illus., frontis. and 11 color plates. Near fine.
Seller: G.S. MacManus Co., ABAA, Bryn Mawr, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$695.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Stated at copyright: First Published in this Edition 1909. Red full-cloth boards, gilt cover and spine titles, design, moderate shelf wear, toning. Front features the gilt stylized titles, ornamental borders and two elfin characters w/large open book. Pages very good; few w/moderate discoloration. Bind fine, square; hinges intact. Features one dozen subtly rich color plates and black & white vignettes, headers, and tailpieces throughout. Rare original wrapper, moderate shelf wear, rub, chip; front flap clipped, protected in new clear sleeve. Front panel features scrolled titles and mounted color plate of Arthur Rackham's design of Cordelia from King Lear. A near very good first edition in same wrapper. 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 at The Temple Press, Letchworth in Great Britain. 304 pages. Insured post. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall
Seller: The BiblioFile, Rapid River, MI, 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.