Arthur Rackham Midsummer - Night ' S Dream 1908 First Edition Shakespeare Heinemann
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Reference Number: Avaluer:46984853 | Illustrator: Arthur Rackham |
Special Attributes: Illustrated | Subject: Performing Arts |
ISBN: Does not apply |
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE. A Midsummer-Night's Dream, London, New York: Heinemann, Doubleday, 1908.Quarto, first trade edition, pp. 134, frontispiece and 39 tipped-in color plates by Arthur Rackham, brown cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering to spine and front, gilt forest scene on front, gift inscription on free front endpaper. Gordon Ray, Illustrator and the Book in England, 330: "Subsequent illustrators and stage designers dealing with the play have found it difficult to put Rackh...am's images out of their minds." Condition of this book Covers darkened with rubbing at extremities; leaves age-toned, some over-opened. Overall very good.