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Tales from Shakespeare
by Lamb, Charles and Mary Lamb
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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Summerville, South Carolina, United States
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About This Item
London: J. M. Dent & Co.. Fine. 1909. Limited Edition; First Printing. Cloth. A most beautiful Limited edition/first printing in very Near Fine condition, limited separation of signatures. SIGNED and numbered 534/750 by illustrator Arthur Rackham. Original white buckram cover and rose-colored silk ties. Top edge gilt, others uncut. Gilt lettering on front cover and spine. Gold illustrations on endpapers. Thirteen mounted full-color illustrations including frontispiece (with tissue guard). Included is also one plate not included in the trade edition; This collection of fourteen comedies and six tragedies retold in prose was first developed in the early 19th century by siblings Charles and Mary Lamb as an introduction for young readers to Shakespeare. As much as possible, the Lambs used Shakespeare's own words, especially in the tragedies. Includes A Midsummer's Night Dream, All's Well That Ends Well, Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet and more; Color Illustrations; 4to ; Signed by Illustrator .
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- Bookseller
- Books Tell You Why, Inc.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14331
- Title
- Tales from Shakespeare
- Author
- Lamb, Charles and Mary Lamb
- Illustrator
- Illustrated by Arthur Rackham
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Edition
- Limited Edition; First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- J. M. Dent & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1909
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, Drama Plays, Collectible Rare Out-Of-Print, Children's Literature
- Bookseller catalogs
- Drama; Legendary Illustrators; By Year Of Issue / 1900s; Theater; ABAA-VBF;
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- Cloth
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
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