Shakespeare's Comedy of a Midsummer-Nights Dream
- SIGNED
- London: Constable & Co. Ltd, 1914
London: Constable & Co. Ltd, 1914. ROBINSON, W. Heath. SHAKESPEARE, [William]. Shakespeare's Comedy of A Midsummer-Night's Dream. With illustrations by W. Heath Robinson. London: Constable & Co., 1914.
First signed, limited edition, first issue. One of 250 numbered copies signed by the artist. This being number 95. Quarto (11 3/8 x 8 7/8 inches; 290 x 225 mm). xii, [4], 185, [3] pp. Twelve mounted color plates. Forty-six full-page and seventeen smaller black and white text illustrations. Color-plates with descriptive tissue guards.
Publisher's original vellum. Front board and spine pictorially stamped ruled and lettered in gilt. Top edge gilt, others uncut. Some minimal soiling and rubbing to vellum. Endpapers with some toning. Overall a very nice copy in the original binding.
Originally published in 1914, only one hundred copies of the signed, limited edition (bound in vellum gilt) were issued at the time of publication. Since this copy is numbered less than 100, it is determined to be of the original, first issue.
Beare 77e.
HBS 69500.
$2,250.
First signed, limited edition, first issue. One of 250 numbered copies signed by the artist. This being number 95. Quarto (11 3/8 x 8 7/8 inches; 290 x 225 mm). xii, [4], 185, [3] pp. Twelve mounted color plates. Forty-six full-page and seventeen smaller black and white text illustrations. Color-plates with descriptive tissue guards.
Publisher's original vellum. Front board and spine pictorially stamped ruled and lettered in gilt. Top edge gilt, others uncut. Some minimal soiling and rubbing to vellum. Endpapers with some toning. Overall a very nice copy in the original binding.
Originally published in 1914, only one hundred copies of the signed, limited edition (bound in vellum gilt) were issued at the time of publication. Since this copy is numbered less than 100, it is determined to be of the original, first issue.
Beare 77e.
HBS 69500.
$2,250.
Details
Title
Shakespeare's Comedy of a Midsummer-Nights Dream
Author
SHAKESPEARE, William
Condition
Unknown
Publisher
Constable & Co. Ltd: London
Date
1914