first edition Vellum
1910 · London
by Shakespeare, William
London: William Heinemann, 1910. Limited First Edition. Vellum. Fine. Thomson, Hugh. 4to - over 9¾. Book. William Heinemann, 1910., London:, 1910. First Edition, thus. Large quarto, 171 pages. Bound in vellum over boards, pictorially tooled in gilt. Illustrated with 40 colored plates, including frontispiece mounted on heavy brown paper and protected by lettered tissue guards. Top Edge Gilt. Number 137 of 350 numbered copies, signed by the illustrator. Generally fine condition, with some light soilage to decorated vellum binding, missing ribbon ties, and half-title/limitation page has tiny narrow hole in lower right corner (about one inch long). I will be glad to send photos of book, especially to allay concerns regarding said hole. (Inventory #: 000106)