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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$1400.00 + shipping
Description: Quarto; VG; White cloth boards; Gilt titling to spine and boards, gilt illustration on front; Cloth ties to fore-edge; Upper edge gilt, deckle cut other edges; Some rubbing to boards, spine faded slightly; Corners bumped a bit; Some foxing to tissue guarding frontispiece, which has slightly affected the facing page; Book has been SIGNED by Rackham on the limitations page and numbered 418 of an edition of 750; This limited edition includes the illustration of Puck facing page 16, which is absent from the trade edition; LP Consignment. Shelved: Case 14. 1286405. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$1610.59 + shipping
Description: First edition with these illustrations. Signed deluxe edition. Publisher's original white buckram with titles in gilt to the upper board and spine. Top edge gilt. All four original red cloth ties present as called for. Illustrated with 13 full page colour plates, two full page black and white illustrations, 20 chapter headings and 14 tail-pieces by Arthur Rackham. An excellent example, the binding square and firm with just a little light marking to the cloth. The contents, with some patina to the vellum endpapers, the bookplate of Amy Beatrice Huntington to the blank reverse of the front endpaper and another of H. C. Drayton opposite, are otherwise fine, clean and bright throughout. Housed is a bespoke blue cloth solander case. Limited to 750 copies of which this is hand numbered 178 and signed by Arthur Rackham on the limitation page. This deluxe edition contains an additional colour plate not included in the trade issue. A beautifully illustrated collection of 20 comedies and tragedies retold in the prose of Charles and Mary Lamb aimed at making Shakespeare accessible to younger readers. Comprising The Tempest; A Midsummer Night's Dream; The Winter's Tale; 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. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.
Seller: LUCIUS BOOKS (ABA, ILAB, PBFA), York, United Kingdom
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.