Nesbit E and Hugh Chesson (4 results)

Hardcover. Raphael Tuck & Sons, Ltd., London, no date(circa early 1900's), 16 mo, cloth (pictorial), 64 pages plus adverts, illustrated by Frances Brundage, M. Bowley and others, color frontis by Brundage, very good condition, previous owner's name front inside cover, old price in ink front endpaper(10c) children's stories from Shakespeare series, (CHILDREN'S BOOK).…

Condition: Very Good. Colour frontispiec by Frances Brundage + text illustrations including full page by M. Bowley et al. 160x107mm blue pictorial cloth with Tuck logo to lower cover (tips sl.rubbed). Colour frontis +64pp including half title & titlepage. Contains three plays Comedy of Errors, Timon of Athens and Merchant of Venice. Neat name to fly leaf else V.G. 1 volume. Hardcover.…

The Merchant of Venice, Timon of Athens, and The Comedy of Errors. Adaptation of the Shakespeare plays into story-form for children. Pp.64, colour frontispiece + numerous black and white illustrations by Frances Brundage and M.Bowley, owner's details to front free endpaper, light foxing to endpapers. Beige decorated boards with coloured roundel pasted to front board, 'The Gem Shakespeare Library' shield to rear board, darkening and small stain to rear board. G+.…

The GEM Shakespeare Library. These beautifully preserved books are rare little beauties, perfect additions to any collector's library. Each volume has two or three more stories from Shakespeare along with the title story. All stories are: The Merchant of Venice, Timon of Athens, The Comedy of Errors, The Taming of the Shrew, The Gentleman of Verona, Measure for Measure, Cymbeline, All's Well that Ends Well, Much Ado about Nothing, The Winter's Tale, Macbeth, Othello, Midsummer Night's Dream, Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, Twelfth Night, King Lear, Romeo and Juliet, The Tempest, Pericles and As You Like It. Each volume has a full color frontispiece and numerous charming black and white illustrations, head-pieces and tail-pieces. All volumes are clean and tight, barely opened in fine condition. Each volume still has its original glassine dust jacket! 16 mo., 6-1/2" x 4-1/2". Each volume 64 pp. Beige paper covered boards stamped with a brown, dark brown and green design framing a full color medallion cover plate. Illustrated by Frances Brundage and others, namely J.W. Grey, M. Bowley, & H. Horowitz (illustrator).…