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Charles & Mary Lamb. Tales from Shakespeare. Temple Press, 1939.
Price: US$19.25 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: No dw, green cloth bds with gilt titles and decoration, all plates present, spine dulled, well-worn, spotted and loosened, with fraying at spine ends, wear to corners, darkening and sl spotting to text block edge, occasional internal spotting, inscr to ffep. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 304 pages
Seller: Lion Books PBFA, Kidderminster, WORCS, United Kingdom
Price: US$38.50 + shipping
Description: Large 8vo. 9.25 x 6.5 inches. xii + 304 pp. Bound in original green cloth, gilt, front boards with gilt block. Gilt titles a little faded and extremities with edge wear. Traces of foxing on preliminaries, but otherwise a very good clean copy. Illustrated by 12 colour plates, including frontispiece, whole page black and white plates numbered in text and by numerous chapter heading and tailpiece vignettes. The siblings, Charles and Mary Lamb first published their retold Tales from Shakespeare for children in 1807. It includes twenty plays, omitting all the history and Roman plays and removing all subplots and sexual references. This edition, admirably illustrated by Arthur Rackham, expanding his 1899 version with line drawings, was first published in this edition in 1909. ILLUSTRATED/CHILDRENS RACKHAM LIT. NON-FICTION DRAMA 16TH CENTURY 17TH CENTURY 20TH CENTURY ILLUSTRATED ILLUSTRATED/CHILDRENS
Seller: Marrins Bookshop, Folkestone, KENT, United Kingdom
Lamb Charles and Mary. Tales from Shakespeare. The Temple Press, 1939.
Price: US$38.50 + shipping
Description: All books outside UK sent airmail and over £30 tracked and inside UK signed for. PayPal accepted. Revised and updated version of 1899. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham with 12 full page colour plates ( all present as listed) and many black and white drawings. Original green cloth with gilt design, some patchy fading to covers and foot of spine worn a little, very slight foxing to prelims and foredge.
Seller: Lavender Fields Books PBFA, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom
Charles & Mary Lamb. Tales From Shakespeare. Temple Press, 1939.
Price: US$44.91 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 304 pages plus 12 plates in colour by Rackham Prize lable on front paste down ow contents near fine boards marked and slightly marked has rubbing mark on front top Spine faded ow good to near vg
Seller: kellow books, chipping norton, United Kingdom
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Description: Very good in green boards. No dust jacket. Previous owner's name on front end paper. Profusely illustrated by Arthur RackhamThis a nice clean copy, the spine is solid, The text is clean and pages are not torn or dirty. We provide fast and reliable shipping service. We started to sell on the internet in 1998. We ship from California. All our books are guaranteed.
Seller: Valley Books, Cupertino, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$58.08 + shipping
Description: Super octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt lettering & illus to front board, frontispiece, xii + 304pp, illus, VG (light to moderate bruising & rubbing to spine & board extrems, light to moderate staining to spine & boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, minor bruising to page edges, occasional sl foxing to pages)
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand
Charles & Mary Lamb. Tales from Shakespeare. The Temple Press, London, 1939.
Price: US$64.06 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Spine faded gilt titles front board decorated with titles & picture of Pixies reading the book roses enclosing them.A lovely book.
Seller: VANESSA PARKER RARE BOOKS, Westport, MAYO, Ireland
Lamb, Charles and Mary. Tales from Shakespeare. Temple Press, 1939.
Price: US$64.16 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Green cloth-covered boards. Gilt lettering on covers. Gilt decoration on covers. 17cm x 23cm. Light wear to covers. Gilt on spine dulled. Prize label on front pastedown. Some faint foxing to prelims and fore-edge. Pages slightly tanned.
Seller: The Children's Bookshop, Hay on Wye, United Kingdom
Lamb, Charles and Mary. Tales from Shakespeare. The Temple Press, London, 1939.
Price: US$64.16 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Boards have some chipping, rubbing and scuffing, spine sunned and edges lightly worn. Sprung, ink inscrips to flyleaf, PP and illus in clean and clear condition. Size: 8vo
Seller: Bookcase, Carlisle, United Kingdom
Lamb, Charles and Mary. Arthur Rackham. Tales From Shakespeare. The Temple Press, 1939.
Price: US$64.16 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 2nd edition 8vo and a vg book in green cloth with gilt titles and decoration to front. 12 colour plates by Rackham
Seller: Poor Richards Books, Felixstowe, United Kingdom
Lamb, Charles and Mary/ illus by Rackham, A.. Tales from Shakespeare. Temple Press, London, 1939.
Price: US$89.83 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Tales from Shakespeare, illus by Rackham. Temple Press 1939. Lacks Dust Wrapper, o/w fine state, all illus in situ. Dated 1909, but published late 30's. Note. In dedication on end paper is a date of 8/12/38, so I assume issued for Christmas. Scan on request.
Seller: Doug Leitch, Hovebooks, Hove, Sussex, United Kingdom
LAMB Charles and Mary. Tales from Shakespeare. The Temple Press, London, 1939.
Price: US$109.08 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: (ix) 304pp. Green cloth boards with gilt decorations and titles to front and spine in protected unclipped dustwrapper. Ownership inscription to ffep. Dustwrapper torn with losses to extremities and lower portion of spine panel missing. Boards, textblock and illustrations in beautiful clean tight and bright condition. A lovely copy.
Seller: David Kenyon, King's Lynn, United Kingdom
Lamb, Charles & Mary and Rackham, Arthur,:. Tales From Shakespeare,. London The Temple Press, 1939.
Price: US$121.91 + shipping
Description: Reprint: Hardback, green illustrated bds., gold titles and decs., 165 x 235 mm., 900g., 304 pp., illustrated with 12 full-page, full colour illustrations by Arthur Rackham + line drawings in the text, lightly rubbed edges and light foxing to fore-edges, original, price unclipped dw., tipped-in colour illustration by Rackham on front cover of dw., sunned spine and chipping to top and tail of spine with some loss, G/VG copy.
Seller: Stephen Wilkinson Fine Books, Near Ventnor, Isle of Wight, IOW, United Kingdom
RACKHAM, Arthur. LAMB, Charles and Mary.. Tales from Shakespeare.. The Temple Press, London, 1939.
Price: US$135.00 + shipping
Description: xii, 304 pp. Illustrated in color and black and white by Arthur Rackham. 8vo, publisher's bright green gilt decorated cloth in dust jacket with applied color illustration. This edition originally published 1909; 1939 reprint. Old gift inscription and small address sticker; white spotting to cloth at the upper right corner of the front panel; an unworn, tight and sound copy in a jacket with several chips, one of which affects the title lettering on the backstrip, and some light wear.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$320.82 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: London: The Temple Press, 1939, Later Edition. Full leather binding, with gilt titles and decoration, raised gilt bands, with lavish gilt decoration to the compartments. Twelve illustrations by Arthur Rackham. ix, [x-xii], 304pp. Approximately 9 ¼ inches tall. Condition Report Externally Spine good condition gilt titles, 5 raised gilt bands, 6 compartments with lavish gilt decoration, faded. Joints good condition gently worn. Corners good condition gently rubbed. Boards good condition full leather binding, plain boards, marks and scratches. Page edges good condition all tanned and darkened. See above and photos. Internally Hinges good condition secure and strong. Paste downs good condition tanned. End papers good condition tanned. Title good condition lightly tanned. Pages good condition lightly tanned throughout. Binding good condition. See photos. Publisher: see above. Publication Date: 1939 Binding: Hardback
Seller: Louis88Books (Members of the PBFA), Andover, United Kingdom
Price: US$395.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Stated at copyright: First Published in this Edition 1909; reprinted 1939. Green buckram (cloth) boards, gilt cover and spine titles, design, moderate shelf wear. Front features the stylized titles, ornamental borders and two elfin characters w/large open book. Pages very good, moderate toning. Bind good, square; hinges intact. Features one dozen subtly rich color plates and black & white vignettes, headers, and tailpieces throughout. Rare original wrapper, some material loss to upper, lower spine; unclipped 10s. 6d. net, protected in new clear sleeve. Front panel features scrolled titles and mounted color plate of Arthur Rackham: "Ganymede assumed the forward manners often seen in youths when they are between boys and men". 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, Letchworth, Herts. 304 pages. Insured post. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall
Seller: The BiblioFile, Rapid River, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$495.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Stated at copyright: First Published in this Edition 1909; reprinted 1939. Green buckram (cloth) boards, gilt cover and spine titles, design, moderate shelf wear. Front features the stylized titles, ornamental borders and two elfin characters w/large open book. Pages very good, moderate toning. Bind good, square; hinges intact. Features one dozen subtly rich color plates and black & white vignettes, headers, and tailpieces throughout. Rare original wrapper, some material loss to upper, lower spine; unclipped 10s. 6d. net, protected in new clear sleeve. Front panel features scrolled titles and mounted color plate of Arthur Rackham: "Ganymede assumed the forward manners often seen in youths when they are between boys and men". 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, Letchworth, Herts. 304 pages. Insured post. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall
Seller: The BiblioFile, Rapid River, MI, U.S.A.