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Lamb, Charles & Mary TALES FROM SHAKESPEARE (Illustrated By ARTHUR RACKHAM , London: The Temple Press, 1909.Illustrated by Rackham, Arthur. 1st Edition. Decorative Cloth. Near Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall Book Charles and Mary Lamb's lovely rewriting of the stories from 20 of Shakespeare's Plays, for Children. ILLUSTRATED with 12 Coloured Plates and smaller In-Text Line Drawings by Arthur Rackham. Frontispiece has a Plate of "Perdita". Publisher's Note states that most of the designs appeared in their 1899 Edition but had since been worked over, revised and coloured by Rackham and some entirely new design added. Red cloth cover with gilt lettering and illustration of 2 Pixies? on the front. Dull gilt lettering and a Fairy on the spine. 9 1/8" Tall. Some fading to colour of cover, mostly at spine (see photo). A little wear at spine ends and corners. Hinges sound, binding firm. Previous owners name at top of free endpaper. A little foxing to title and half title pages, but only a very occasional spot thereafter. (Book ref. 007844) £45.00 The payment methods accepted by the seller, Aesop Attic Bookstore , are shown in the right-hand column. |
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