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New York/London: G.P. Putnams/T. Fisher Unwin, 1890. First Edition. Hardcover. Some dampstaining scattered throughout; slight cracking of hinges. Very Good, lacking the dustwrapper. Revised and Enlarged by the author. Chapters on literature pre- and post-Shakespeare with many plates. Jusserand was the French ambassador to the United States during World War I and also a perceptive critic of English literature. In 1916, he received the first Pulitzer Prize for history. Author Frank Swinnerton's copy SIGNED by him on a preliminary blank. Bookseller's ticket on the rear pastedown and on the front pastedown the small Fountain Lawn Library bookplate of coal baron La Fayette Butler, many of whose books were left untouched from the time of their purchase by him until their sale in the summer of 1999.

New York: Pequod Press, 1978. First Edition. Wraps. Fine. Printed wraps. Portraits in the form of poems. IIllustrated by Roberta J. Collier with a print tipped-in opposite the title page. Copy #31 of 100 numbered copies with handset type SIGNED by the author on the colophon page.

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1951. Hardcover. Bookplate on the front pastedown. About Fine in a lightly soiled, Near Fine slipcase. Fritz Kredel . Folio (8-1/2" x 13") bound in full "blond" English buckram lavishly stamped in bright gold leaf, with beveled edges. The Arden text, edited and introduced by Herbert Arthur Evans with a prefatory note by Mark Van Doren. Copy #39 of 1500 numbered copies illustrated with tipped-in color plates after paintings by Fritz Kredel based upon the film version of the play created by Laurence Olivier. Perhaps most famous for its "Band of Brothers" speech, often used to arouse patriotism: "We few, we happy few, we band of brothers." Issued unsigned. Monthly Letter laid in.

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1951. Hardcover. Fine in glassine and a moderately soiled, Near Fine slipcase. Fritz Kredel . Folio (8-1/2" x 13") bound in full "blond" English buckram lavishly stamped in bright gold leaf, with beveled edges. The Arden text, edited and introduced by Herbert Arthur Evans with a prefatory note by Mark Van Doren. Copy #333 of 1500 numbered copies illustrated with tipped-in color plates after paintings by Fritz Kredel based upon the film version of the play created by Laurence Olivier. Perhaps most famous for its "Band of Brothers" speech, often used to arouse patriotism: "We few, we happy few, we band of brothers." Issued unsigned.

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1939-1940. Hardcover. Slight browning to the gutters of some volumes, contents bright and fresh. Spines foxed to varying degrees, some very much so. Overall an attractive set in at least Very Good condition. Arthur Rackham; Eric Gill; Robert Gibbings; Frans Masereel; Jean Charlot. Thirty-seven folio (8-3/4" x 13") volumes bound in gold-stamped half natural buckram, top edges gilt, with the paper sides, printed in four colors. Edited by Herbert Farjeon, who created the Nonesuch edition text of Shakespeare, to restore the original typographic style and spelling; typography planned and production supervised by Bruce Rogers. Each of the 37 volumes is illustrated by one of the world's leading book artists including Arthur Rackham, Eric Gill, Robert Gibbings, Jean Charlot, and Frans Masereel. Media include wood engravings and lithographs with some hand coloring. An attempt to "produce a text such as Shakespeare himself might have passed for the printer had he personally… Read More