A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Published by London: Constable & Co., Ltd, 1914

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First edition, limited edition, number 203 of 250 copies signed by the artist. The Athenaeum included the book as being "books published this week" on 24 October 1914, and it was issued in both a trade and this relatively small signed limited edition. "Perhaps Robinson's best work was done for the 1913 Andersen, for A Midsummer Night's Dream and for two books for children which he wrote as well as illustrated - The Adventures of Uncle Lubin (1902) and Bill the Minder (1912)" (Horne, p. 373). Heath Robinson would later develop his individual style and draw ridiculous contraptions, thereby giving his name as a noun to the English language.- The Athenaeum, 24 October 1914, p. 428; Alan Horne, The Dictionary of 20th Century British Book Illustrators, 1994. Quarto (292 x 222 mm). Colour frontispiece and 11 colour plates, with captioned tissue guards, black and white illustrations in the text, all by Robinson. Finely bound by the Chelsea Bindery in dark blue morocco, spine lettered in gilt, raised bands, single rule to boards, front cover with lettering and decoration in gilt, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. A few surface scratches, occasional light foxing: a very good copy. …

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Title
A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Author
ROBINSON, W. Heath (illus.); SHAKESPEARE, William.
Publisher
London: Constable & Co., Ltd, 1914
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Edition
1st Edition

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