London: William Pickering, 1832. "He was not of an age, but for all time" (Ben Jonson) A Finely Bound Pickering Edition of Shakespeare's Poems SHAKESPEARE, William. The Poems of Shakespeare. London: William Pickering, 1832. Small octavo (6 1/8 x 3 3/4 inches; 155 x 95 mm.). [iv], lxxxix, [v], 288 pp. Portrait... More
Paris: Hachette et Cie, 1909. One of Only Thirty Signed Copies Printed on Papier Imperial Du Japon [RACKHAM, Arthur, illustrator]. SHAKESPEARE, William. Le Songe D'Une Nuit D'Ete. Paris: Hachette et Cie, 1909. First edition in French of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream illustrated by Arthur Rackham. Limited to thirty numbered copies on Papier..... More
New Rochelle, New York: The Elston Press, 1901. Early Twentieth Century American Designer Bookbinding at its Very Best Shakespeare's Sonnets Bound by Henry Blackwell of New York [BLACKWELL, Henry, binder]. SHAKESPEARE, William. The Sonnets of Shakespeare now newly imprinted from the first edition of 1609, by Clarke Conwell at the Elston Press... More
London: Macmillan and Co.,, 1900. An Elaborate Arts and Crafts Style Binding From The School of Douglas Cockerell With Two Hundred and Ninety-Two Onlaid Green Morocco Circles [BINDING]. SHAKESPEARE, Willliam. The Works of William Shakespeare. Edited by William George Clark and William Aldis Wright. London: Macmillan and Co., 1900. The Globe... More
![Pericles [and] Poems. SANGORSKI, SUTCLIFFE, William SHAKESPEARE](/pictures/thumb/04034.jpg?v=1542674187)
London: George Bell & Sons, 1902. "In This Hope I Live" A Superb Binding by Sangorski & Sutcliffe with Thirty-Eight Onlaid Tudor Roses [SANGORSKI & SUTCLIFFE, binders] SHAKESPEARE, William. SHAW, Byam, illustrator. Pericles [and] Poems. London: George Bell & Sons, 1902. [Limited to two hundred copies printed on Japanese Vellum]. Two small... More
[London]: , 1926. Ariel, Iris, Ceres & Juno The Title-Page Design for Arthur Rackham's Illustrated Version of William Shakespeare's Play "The Tempest" RACKHAM, Arthur, artist. "Ariel, Iris, Ceres & Juno" [London, 1926]. Original pen-and-ink and watercolor drawing, signed "Arthur Rackham" on lower right-hand corner. The design for the title-page in the Rackham-illustrated edition... More
London: Freemantle & Co.,, 1901. "Hell is Empty and all the Devils are Here" (The Tempest, William Shakespeare) Illustrated by Robert Anning Bell One of 174 Numbered Copies Signed by the Artist BELL, Robert Anning, illustrator. SHAKESPEARE, William. The Tempest. A Comedy by William Shakespeare. Decorated by Robert Anning Bell. London: Freemantle &..... More
London: William Heinemann, 1908. "An Almost Perfect Setting for Rackham's Impish Imagination" In the Original Printed Dust Jacket [RACKHAM, Arthur. illustrator]. SHAKESPEARE, William. A Midsummer Night's Dream. With Illustrations by Arthur Rackham. London: William Heinemann, 1908. First trade edition. Quarto (9 3/4 x 7 1/4 inches; 248 x 183 mm). [6], 134... More
London: William Heinemann, 1926. First Trade Edition of The Tempest Illustrated by Arthur Rackham Scarce in the Original Printed Dust Jacket [RACKHAM, Arthur, illustrator]. SHAKESPEARE, William. The Tempest. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. London: William Heinemann Ltd., [1926]. First trade edition. Quarto (9 3/4 x 7 1/8 inches; 247 x 113 mm.). [2, blank]... More
London: William Heinemann, 1926. Amongst Gettings' Survey of Rackham's Best Book Illustrations [RACKHAM, Arthur, illustrator]. SHAKESPEARE, William. The Tempest. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. London: William Heinemann Ltd., [1926]. First trade edition. Quarto (9 3/4 x 7 1/8 inches; 247 x 113 mm.). [2, blank] ix, [1], 185, [3, blank] pp. Twenty mounted... More
London: Constable & Co., 1914. "The Most Complete and Beautiful Specimen Before Us of an Illustrated Book as a Single Work of Art" (The Times Literary Supplement) [ROBINSON, W. Heath, illustrator]. SHAKESPEARE, [William]. Shakespeare’s Comedy of A Midsummer-Night’s Dream. With Illustrations by W. Heath Robinson. London: Constable & Co., 1914. Edition DeLuxe..... More
London: Constable & Co., 1914. The Course of True Love Never Did Run Smooth [ROBINSON, W. Heath, illustrator]. SHAKESPEARE, [William]. Shakespeare's Comedy of A Midsummer-Night's Dream. With Illustrations by W. Heath Robinson. London: Published by Constable & Co., 1914. First trade edition, first issue. Large quarto (11 3/16 x 8 5/8 inches;... More
New York: The Bennett Libraries, Inc., 1928. Shakespeare's Love Poems and Sonnets One of Two Hundred Large-Paper Copies Specially Bound by Bennett of New York SHAKESPEARE, William. Will Shakespeare. His Amatory Poems. The Sonnets. Venus and Adonis. The Rape of Lucrece. The Passionate Pilgrim. Elaborated with Frontispiece Portrait and Four Engravings from..... More
London: Constable & Co., 1914. "The Most Complete and Beautiful Specimen Before Us of an Illustrated Book as a Single Work of Art" (The Times Literary Supplement) [ROBINSON, W. Heath, illustrator]. SHAKESPEARE, [William]. Shakespeare’s Comedy of A Midsummer-Night’s Dream. With Illustrations by W. Heath Robinson. London: Constable & Co., 1914. Edition DeLuxe..... More
London: William Heinemann, 1926. A Fine Copy, in the Original Dust Jacket [RACKHAM, Arthur, illustrator]. SHAKESPEARE, William. The Tempest. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. London: William Heinemann Ltd. [and] New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, [1926]. Edition de Luxe. Limited to 520 copies (this copy being No. 285), numbered and signed by the... More
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1939. The Final Book Published During Rackham's Lifetime [RACKHAM, Arthur, illustrator]. SHAKESPEARE, William. A Midsummer-Night’s Dream. The Text of the First Folio, with Quarto Insertions, Edited and Amended Where Obscure by Herbert Farjeon. Illustrated from Water-colors by Arthur Rackham. New York: The Limited Editions Club..... More
London: J. Walker, 1820. William Shakespeare in Contemporary Red Straight-Grain Morocco SHAKESPEARE, William. The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare, From the Correct Edition of Isaac Reed, Esq. With Copious Annotations. The Life, Dr. Johnson's Preface. Farmer's Essay on Shakespeare. London: Printed for J. Walker, 1820. Stereotype edition. Twelve octavo volumes (8... More
London: George Bell and Sons, 1899. An Exhibition Binding By Zaehnsdorf [ZAEHNSDORF, binders]. SHAKESPEARE, William. The Sonnets of William Shakespeare. London: George Bell and Sons, 1899. Octavo (6 1/4 x 4 1/2 in; 159 x 122 mm). [154] pp. Printed by the Chiswick Press. Borders and initials by Christopher Dean. Contemporary... More
Paris: L'Édition D'Art H. Piazza, 1912. The Companion To Dulac's L'Ile Enchanteé With A Tailpiece Design Not Found In Earlier English or French Editions [DULAC, Edmund, illustrator]. SHAKESPEARE, William. La Tempete [The Tempest]. Traduction de Robert Lefranc. Illustrations par Edmond Dulac. Paris: L'Édition D'Art H. Piazza, (1912). First edition in French under..... More
London: William Heinemann, 1908. "An Almost Perfect Setting for Rackham's Devic Imagination" Edition de Luxe Signed by Arthur Rackham [RACKHAM, Arthur, illustrator]. SHAKESPEARE, William. A Midsummer-Night’s Dream. With Illustrations by Arthur Rackham. London: William Heinemann, 1908. Edition de Luxe, limited to 1,000 numbered copies signed by the artist, this being copy No..... More
![L. Annaeus Florus [Works]. SHAKESPEARE SOURCE, Publius Annaeus FLORUS, Lucius](/pictures/thumb/01785.jpg?v=1478034294)
Lugd. Batav. Leiden: apud Elzevirios, 1638. First Elzevier Edition [SHAKESPEARE SOURCE]. FLORUS, [Lucius] Publius Annaeus. L. Annaeus Florus [Works], CL. Salmasius, addidit Lucium Ampelium. & cod. M.S. nunquam antehac editum. Lugd. Batav. [Leiden]: apud Elzevirios, 1638. First Elzevier edition, second issue, with pp. 200 and 336 misnumbered as 220 and 536... More
![The Cambridge Shakespeare]. The Works of Shakespeare. William SHAKESPEARE, William Aldis WRIGHT](/pictures/thumb/01720.jpg?v=1478034283)
London and New York: Macmillan and Co., 1891. A Finely Bound Set of Shakespeare SHAKESPEARE, William. WRIGHT, William Aldis (editor). [The Cambridge Shakespeare]. The Works of Shakespeare. London and New York: Macmillan and Co., 1891. Third edition (revised) of the Cambridge Shakespeare. Nine octavo volumes (8 3/8 x 5 5/8 inches;... More
London: William Heinemann, 1926. Amongst Gettings' Survey of Rackham's Best Book Illustrations A Fine Copy, in the Original Dust Jacket [RACKHAM, Arthur, illustrator]. SHAKESPEARE, William. The Tempest. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. London: William Heinemann Ltd., [1926]. First trade edition. Quarto (9 13/16 x 7 3/16 inches; 249 x 183 mm.). [2, blank] ix... More
: , 19th C. Parian Bust of Shakespeare. 9" tall nineteenth-century Parian bust of William Shakespeare. Occasional light scattered flyspots and minimal areas of slight discoloration, as expected on English Parian busts of this age. A short linear fissure in the lower neck area which is not a crack, but... More
London: J.M. Dent & Co., 1909. One of 750 Copies, Signed by Arthur Rackham [RACKHAM, Arthur, illustrator]. LAMB, Charles and Mary. Tales from Shakespeare. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. London: J.M. Dent & Co., 1909. Limited to 750 numbered copies (this copy being No. 370), signed by the artist. Large quarto (11 1/4... More
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