Lot 31
  • 31

Shakespeare, William.

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Description

  • Four volumes of "The Player's Shakespeare", Ernest Benn Limited, 1923
The Tragedie of Macbeth. one of 606 copies of which this is number 25 of 100 copies, signed by Harley Granville-Barker, Charles Ricketts and Albert Rutherston, illustrations by Charles Ricketts, original full morocco gilt by Zaehnsdorf, spine slightly faded with rubbing to upper joint; The Merchant of Venice. one of 606 copies of which this is number 96 of 100 copies, signed by Harley Granville-Barker, Thomas Lowinsky and Albert Rutherston, illustrations by Thomas Lowinsky, original full vellum gilt by Zaehnsdorf; The Tragedie of Julius Caesar. one of 606 copies of which this is number 229 of 450 copies, illustrations by Ernst Stern, original cloth-backed boards, dust-jacket, dust-jacket very slightly soiled with minor loss to head and foot of spine; The Tragedie of Macbeth. one of 606 copies of which this is number 458 of 450 copies, illustrations by Charles Ricketts, original cloth-backed boards, dust-jacket, dust-jacket very slightly soiled with minor loss to head and foot of spine (4)

Condition

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