SALE CATALOGUE FROM 14 APRIL 2004. ORIGINAL RED CLOTH. RICHLY ILLUSTRATED WITH 116 PAGES. BOOKPLATE OF PREVIOUS OWNER. A FINE COPY. PREVIOUS OWNER’S BOOKPLATE.
THE PLAYERS’ SHAKESPEARE FACSIMILE OF THE FOLIO OF 1623. LIMITED TO 450 COPIES THIS BEING NUMBER 131. PRINTED AT THE SHAKESPEARE HEAD PRESS. LARGE QUARTO RAG PAPER COLOUR PLATES AND LINE DRAWINGS IN THE TEXT. ALTHOUGH THIS IS AN EX-LIBRARY COPY IT HAS BEEN RECENTLY REBOUND IN QUARTER RED LEATHER OVER RED CLOTH WITH NEW ENDPAPERS AND RAISED BANDS MAKING A VERY ATTRACTIVE BINDING. INTERNALLY CLEAN AND TIGHT. OCCASIONAL SMALL UNOBTRUSIVE STAMPS. EXTRA POSTAGE MAY BE REQUIRED.
VERY GOOD COPY. NO DUSTWRAP. ILLUSTRATED WITH ORIGINAL WOOD ENGRAVINGS BY HOWARD JOHN BESNIA AND SIGNED BY HIM. HAND-MADE PAPER WITH UNCUT EDGES.LIMITED EDITION 141 0F 240 COPIES.SLIGHT DAMAGE TO SPINE. COMMENTS ON SEVEN SHAKESPEAREAN COMEDIES-THE COMEDY OF ERRORSLOVE’S LABOUR’S LOSTA MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHINGAS YOU LIKE ITTWELFTH NIGHTTHE TEMPEST
THE SECOND EDITION 58 PAGES. …AS IS ACTED AT THE THEATRE ROYAL BY HIS MAJESTY’S SERVANTS. VERY NICELY BOUND IN MODERN (1934) FULL BROWN LEATHER. NEW ENDPAPERS BOOKPLATE TO FRONT PASTEDOWN. BROWNING OF PAGES COMENSURATE WITH THE AGE. FINE BINDING WITH A FEW MARKS TO THE LEATHER. VERY SCARCE.
DE LUXE EDITION ROYAL QUARTO FULL VELUM ELABORATE GILT DESIGN TO THE FRONT BOARD AND SPINE. LIMITED TO 1000 COPIES THIS BEING NUMBER 489 AND SIGNED BY HUGH THOMSON. WITH 22 TIPPED-IN COLOUR PLATES BY THOMSON. LACKS THE TIES. A VERY NICE COPY.
