illustrated by Charles Ricketts, original olive green morocco, gilt, spine slightly faded and scuffed, 1923; The Merchant of Venice, illustrated by Thomas Lowinsky, original vellum, gilt, 1923, numbers 25 and 96 respectively of 106 specially-bound copies on hand-made paper and signed by the editors and artist, from editions limited to 606, plates and illustrations, some colour, tissue guards, bindings by Zaehnsdorf, covers elaborately blocked in gilt (with same design), t.e.g., others uncut, signed with small gilt stamp on rear pastedowns; and ordinary copies from the series (each one of 500) of Macbeth and Julius Caesar 4to, Stratford-upon-Avon, Shakespeare Head Press (4) *** Three of the seven titles issued of The Player's Shakespeare series; Macbeth and The Merchant of Venice were the first two issued, on Shakespeare's reputed birthday, April 23rd.
illustrated by Charles Ricketts, original olive green morocco, gilt, spine slightly faded and scuffed, 1923; The Merchant of Venice, illustrated by Thomas Lowinsky, original vellum, gilt, 1923, numbers 25 and 96 respectively of 106 specially-bound copies on hand-made paper and signed by the editors and artist, from editions limited to 606, plates and illustrations, some colour, tissue guards, bindings by Zaehnsdorf, covers elaborately blocked in gilt (with same design), t.e.g., others uncut, signed with small gilt stamp on rear pastedowns; and ordinary copies from the series (each one of 500) of Macbeth and Julius Caesar 4to, Stratford-upon-Avon, Shakespeare Head Press (4) *** Three of the seven titles issued of The Player's Shakespeare series; Macbeth and The Merchant of Venice were the first two issued, on Shakespeare's reputed birthday, April 23rd.
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