Tales from Shakespeare [Signed]
by Charles and Mary Lamb; William Shakespeare
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States
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About This Item
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
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Details
- Bookseller
- William Chrisant & Sons' Florida Book Shop, ABAA, ILAB, FABA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8711
- Title
- Tales from Shakespeare [Signed]
- Author
- Charles and Mary Lamb; William Shakespeare
- Illustrator
- Arthur Rackham
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- J.M. Dent & Co. / E.P. Dutton & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London & New York
- Date Published
- 1909
- Pages
- [xii] 304
- Size
- 4to
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature; Illustrated Literature;
Terms of Sale
William Chrisant & Sons' Florida Book Shop, ABAA, ILAB, FABA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 10 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed.
About the Seller
William Chrisant & Sons' Florida Book Shop, ABAA, ILAB, FABA
About William Chrisant & Sons' Florida Book Shop, ABAA, ILAB, FABA
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...