A MIDSUMMER-NIGHT'S DREAM [With ORIGINAL COPPERPLATE ENGRAVING] With Illustrations By Arthur Rackham, R.W.S.

Published by William Heinemann, Doubleday, Page & Co, London, New York, 1908

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[i-vi] 1-134 pp. 40 color plates mounted on tan paper with captioned tissue-guards, and numerous drawings in b/w. Plate matted, with printed caption underneath. 4to: 10" x 7-1/2" One of the finest of Rackham's illustrated books, heightening Shakespeare's dreamy comedy with otherworldly imagination, both delicate and grotesque. Copperplate for illustration facing p. 102 ".Are you sure That we are awake? It seems to me That yet we sleep, we dream." Riall, p. 87. A NF copy (some minor scattered foxing), in a VG jacket (some loss at backstrip, chips to corners). Plate - VG+. Case - Nr Fine. Original tan cloth with gilt-pictorial and lettering to upper board, gilt lettering to backstrip, in original tan dust jacket printed in black. Housed in a handsome blue morocco fall-down-back box with gilt lettering and decorations, plate mounted and matted inside with caption from the text.

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Title
A MIDSUMMER-NIGHT'S DREAM [With ORIGINAL COPPERPLATE ENGRAVING] With Illustrations By Arthur Rackham, R.W.S.
Author
Shakespeare, William [1564 - 1616]; Rackham, Arthur - Illustrator [1867 - 1939]
Publisher
William Heinemann, Doubleday, Page & Co, London, New York
Publication year
1908
Dust jacket
Dust Jacket Included
Binding
Hardcover
Edition
First Trade Edition.
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Tavistock Books, established in 1989, specializes in First Editions, Antiquarian Rare & Collectible bibliophilic material with a special focus on Charles Dickens. We maintain a stock of 3000 volumes, which may be seen by appointment or by chance when you are in the greater Reno Area, or by browsing our Web page @ www.tavbooks.com. Tavistock Books is a proud member of the Antiquarian Bookseller's Association of America, the Independent On-Line Booksellers' Association and the Grolier Club.…

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