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The Tempest
by [Rackham, Arthur] Shakespeare, William
- Used
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Pasadena, California, United States
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About This Item
London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1926. First trade edition. Original black cloth with gilt to spine and front board. Top edge stained yellow. A Near Fine book with a bit of foxing to the fore-edge of the closed text block and to the preliminaries. In a VG+ jacket with amateur tape repairs to the verse of the jacket, some chipping to spine ends and along top of panels, and a bit of staining to the front panel. Twenty mounted color plates (including frontispiece) and twenty-five drawings in black and white.
The Tempest is among Gettings' survey of Rackham's Best Book Illustrations. Here, Rackham brings to life the otherworldly kingdom of Sycorax and Caliban, usurped and governed by the displaced duke Prospero and his empathic daughter Miranda. Among Shakespeare's most complex late plays, here vividly illustrated.
Latimore and Haskell 61-62. Riall 161. Hudson 171. Gettings 151, 153 and 180.
The Tempest is among Gettings' survey of Rackham's Best Book Illustrations. Here, Rackham brings to life the otherworldly kingdom of Sycorax and Caliban, usurped and governed by the displaced duke Prospero and his empathic daughter Miranda. Among Shakespeare's most complex late plays, here vividly illustrated.
Latimore and Haskell 61-62. Riall 161. Hudson 171. Gettings 151, 153 and 180.
Synopsis
Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-264) and index.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Whitmore Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5221
- Title
- The Tempest
- Author
- [Rackham, Arthur] Shakespeare, William
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First trade edition
- Publisher
- William Heinemann Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1926
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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Pasadena, California
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- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Cloth
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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....
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
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