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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.