RACKHAM, Arthur (illustrator). – William SHAKESPEARE. A Midsummer

RACKHAM, Arthur (illustrator). – William SHAKESPEARE. A Midsummer Night’s Dream. London: William Heinemann, 1908. First trade edition, 4to (252 x 183mm.) 40 tipped-in colour plates, captioned tissue-guards, numerous black and white illustrations. (Mild toning, light spotting to tissue-guards, and to p.95.) Original beige cloth, pictorial gilt (spine ends slightly frayed, spotting to edge of upper cover). – And a further three illustrated volumes (Lewis Carroll’s ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’, illustrated by John Tenniel, 1898, 8vo, and Richard Wagner’s ‘The Rhinegold and the Valkyrie’, illustrated by Arthur Rackham, 1912, 4to, and Charles and Mary Lamb’s ‘Tales From Shakespeare’, illustrated by Arthur Rackam, [1939], 8vo) (4).

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