Arthur Rackham Finely Illustrated Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream
by Rackham, Arthur
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Woodland Hills, California, United States
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About This Item
[Arthur Rackham, illustrator]. William Shakespeare. A Midsummer's Night Dream. New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1908. First U. S. trade edition. Quarto [2, blank], [vi], 134, [1, blank], [1, colophon] pages; forty full-page mounted color plates inserted throughout. Publisher's green cloth backstrip over patterned boards, front board and spine stamped in gilt. In the publisher's box and spiderweb glassine. Cloth spine lightly sunned; some light rubbing to binding. Endleaves foxed; some occasional foxing in text. Glassine is heavily worn and torn with several chips and some worm damage; front flap is missing. Box is worn and soiled, with a few joints on the lid splitting. A near fine book in the uncommon box and glassine (the box and glassine aren't mentioned in Latimore and Haskell). Latimore and Haskell p. 32.
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- Max Rambod Inc. (US)
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- 15836
- Title
- Arthur Rackham Finely Illustrated Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream
- Author
- Rackham, Arthur
- Book Condition
- Used
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Woodland Hills, California
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For over 30 years, we have served a clientele of collectors, private institutions, universities, and public libraries in acquisition and collection development. We are members of ILAB, ABAA, and PADA, and have furnished collections around the world with rare and unique material; from the personal letters of literary greats to first edition Journals of Congress to unique pamphlets from the civil rights era. We strive to find archives and original early printed material that can fill gaps in existing institutional holdings; the kind of material that can bring new perspectives to the traditionally disregarded voices of indigiouneous peoples, women, and African-Americans.
We pride ourselves on the ability to track down the rarest and most interesting material for our client's collections. The partnerships we form with libraries, institutions, and personal collectors begin with a phone call or an email and last for decades. We offer an unconditional guarantee for each item's authenticity and completeness.
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Quarto
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- New
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...