Rackham (Arthur) -- Shakespeare (William): Tales ... by Charles and Mary Lamb, London, J.M. Dent & Co., New York, E.P. Dutton & Co, 1909, number 154 of 750 copies signed by the artist, 13 mounted coloured plates, illustrations, by Arthur Rackham, original cloth (spine slightly darkened, 2 ties lacking), t.e.g. [Latimore/Haskell pp. 33-34] -- Burton (Richard): The Book of a Thousand Nights and a Night, Privately Printed for the Burton Club, [n.d.], 16 vols., 8vo, frontispieces, original cloth (spines faded), t.e.g. (17)

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Rackham (Arthur) -- Shakespeare (William): Tales ... by Charles and Mary Lamb, London, J.M. Dent & Co., New York, E.P. Dutton & Co, 1909, number 154 of 750 copies signed by the artist, 13 mounted coloured plates, illustrations, by Arthur Rackham, original cloth (spine slightly darkened, 2 ties lacking), t.e.g. [Latimore/Haskell pp. 33-34] -- Burton (Richard): The Book of a Thousand Nights and a Night, Privately Printed for the Burton Club, [n.d.], 16 vols., 8vo, frontispieces, original cloth (spines faded), t.e.g. (17)

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There is an additional coloured plate by Rackham in this edition of the 'Tales from Shakespeare', not present in the trade edition.

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