(Cranach Press)

Shakespeare. The Tragedie of Hamlet Prince of Denmarke. Weimar, Cranach Press, 1930



Folio (13 3/8 x 9 1/4 in.; 353 x 235 mm). Title and text printed in red and black, 78 woodcut illustrations by and after Edward Gordon Craig, one printed in black and blue on imperial japan paper.  Full tan morocco panelled gilt, the spine in 6 compartments (one lettered gilt) with raised bands, plain endpapers, top edge gilt. Tan card chemise. Together with: a suite of 53 loose proofs initialed in pencil by Edward Gordon Craig, contained in a tan portfolio.

Folio 13 3/8 x 9 1/4 in.; 353 x 235 mm). Title and text printed in red and black, 78 woodcut illustrations by and after Edward Gordon Craig, one printed in black and blue on Imperial Japan paper. Full tan morocco panelled giltthe spine in 6 compartments (one lettered gilt) with raised bands, plain endpapers, top edge gilt. Tan card chemise. Together with: a suite of 53 loose proofs initialed in pencil by Edward Gordon Craig, contained in a tan portfolio.
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Copy XV of fifteen copies printed on imperial japan paper, accompanied by a suite of the proofs from a total edition of 322 copies.