A Midsummer-Night's Dream.
by (RACKHAM, ARTHUR) SHAKESPEARE, W.:
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- Hardcover
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- Seller
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Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
William Heinemann, London. 1908 1st.edition. Tall 8vo. Bound in attractive original beige pictorial cloth with gilt. In very good condition. A REALLY NICE BRIGHT COPY. Small dot mark just under title on spine, very faint mark lower spine, and rear top edge. Slight foxing to endpapers & a few other minor spots throughout. Plates have tissue guards with red lettering. A clean tight copy. 134pp. 40 coloured & mounted plates. Plus head- and tail pieces. A beautifully illustrated edition of Shakespeare’s play.
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- Bookseller
- The Antique Map & Bookshop (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 94840
- Title
- A Midsummer-Night's Dream.
- Author
- (RACKHAM, ARTHUR) SHAKESPEARE, W.:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- William Heinemann, London. 1908 1st.edition
- Keywords
- Illustrated Books SHAKESPEARE, ARTHUR RACKHAM, Midsummer-Night's Dream, first edition, fairies 1928 1st edition Coloured plates Heinemann London
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Dorchester, Dorset
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The Antique Map & Bookshop was established in 1976 and has been in Puddletown since 1978. PUDDLETOWN is situated just outside DORCHESTER in the county of DORSET, on the A35 to BOURNEMOUTH. The village has a by-pass now which means there is easy access to the village and ample space for parking. Our shop is directly on the main road through the village.
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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...
- 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....
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.