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SHAKESPEARE, William (1564-1616) & Arthur RACKHAM (1867-1939, illustrator). A Midsummer-Night's Dream, London: William Heinemann, 1908. 4° (250 x 185mm). Half title, mounted coloured frontispiece, 39 coloured plates and illustrations by Arthur Rackham. Original pictorial cloth gilt (very lightly stained). Provenance: "All Xmas greetings 1908" (inscription on front free endpaper). FIRST TRADE EDITION. Latimore & Haskell p.32.
With 5 other modern illustrated works in 6 volumes including Francis Rabelais's Works (London, Navarre Society, [n.d.], 2 vols., illustrated by W. Heath Robinson), William Shakespeare's The Tempest (London, 1926, illustrated by Arthur Rackham, FIRST TRADE EDITION) and Oliver Goldsmith's The Vicar of Wakefield (London, 1929, illustrated by Arthur Rackham, dust-jacket, FIRST TRADE EDITION). (7)
With 5 other modern illustrated works in 6 volumes including Francis Rabelais's Works (London, Navarre Society, [n.d.], 2 vols., illustrated by W. Heath Robinson), William Shakespeare's The Tempest (London, 1926, illustrated by Arthur Rackham, FIRST TRADE EDITION) and Oliver Goldsmith's The Vicar of Wakefield (London, 1929, illustrated by Arthur Rackham, dust-jacket, FIRST TRADE EDITION). (7)
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