SHAKESPEARE, William.. Shakespeare's Venus and Adonis.. Harrison of Paris, [Paris], 1930.

Price: US$100.00 + shipping

Description: 8vo, publisher's cloth-backed decorated boards in slipcase. No. 187 of 440 copies. Black color on spine rubbed; light use to slipcase. Tight and sound; contents fine. The first publication of Harrison of Paris.

Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.

Shakespeare, William. VENUS & ADONIS. Harrison of Paris, Paris, 1930.

Price: US$110.00 + shipping

Description: Large octavo. 71 pp. Black vellum-backed patterned boards, matching silver decorated end papers, silver top stain; in original slipcase. Number 397 of 475 total copies printed. First book of Monroe Wheeler's press. Trace of foxing, boards rubbed, spine sunned to original vellum color, otherwise fine, in rubbed, worn at corners, but solid slipcase.

Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.

. Venus and Adonis. Harrison of Paris, 1930.

Price: US$122.38 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: By William Shakespeare. Silver patterned boards, black cloth spine. Ownership signature. Occasional faint spotting, spine slightly faded. Nice copy in slipcase. One of 440 numbered copies. The first publication of the press.

Seller: Tindley and Everett, ABA, London, United Kingdom

William Shakespeare. Shakespeare's Venus and Adonis. Harrison of Paris, Paris, 1930.

Price: US$175.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: 70, [1] pp., 8vo, quarter black parchment, silver-printed sides with a "VA" initials pattern, top edge silver gilt, others untrimmed, silver-printed endpapers; black paper-covered slipcase with mounted silver-toned title label. No. 414 of 440 copies (of a total edition of 475) printed in black and blue on thick Arches vellum paper. An elegant production designed by Monroe Wheeler, who later became extensively involved in the exhibitions and publications programs of the Museum of Modern Art and was also a trustee, The first publication of Harrison of Paris, established by Barbara Harrison that published deluxe editions "using superior typography, paper, and the work of renowned illustrators" (Ellenzweig, Georg Platt Lynes: The Daring Eye, 108, quoting Rosco, Glenway Wescott Personally, 52). Harrison was a wealthy heiress and expatriate in Paris whose fortune derived from the Crocker family interests in banking and railroads. Both the book and slipcase are fine and well-preserved.

Seller: George Ong Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.

Shakespeare, William; [Harrison of Paris]. Venus and Adonis. Harrison of Paris, Paris, 1930.

Price: US$200.00 + shipping

Description: First Edition Thus/Limited Edition. Hardcover. Designed by Monroe Wheeler and printed by Decros & Colas. The first volume printed by Harrison of Paris. Tight, bright and unmarred. Slipcase shows very minor shelf/edge wear, else tight and clean. Quarterbound, black paper spine, silver gilted paper boards, black ink lettering, teg; slipcase in black paper with silver paper label. 8vo. 71pp. Numbered limited edition, this being 228 of 475.

Seller: Lux Mentis, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB, Portland, ME, U.S.A.