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Tales from Shakespeare
by Charles and Mary Lamb
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
LAMB, Charles and Mary. Tales from Shakespeare. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. London: Temple Press (ca. 1930). 8vo, xii 304pp. Green cloth pictorially stamped in gilt. 12 color plates. Bookplate. Spine ends and corners lightly rubbed, edges of spine and covers less so, spine sunned, first and last few leaves a tad foxed, gift inscription on front free endpaper, else an internally clean, tight copy with surprisingly sharp plates.
Rackham-illustrated edition, ca. 1930. A collection of adaptations for young readers of 20 of William Shakespeare's most beloved plays including, Hamlet, Othello, Romeo and Juliet, King Lear, Macbeth, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Tempest, and The Taming of the Shrew. Rackham's intricate illustrations highlight the majesty, humor, and poignancy of these timeless plays.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Books of Wonder
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1049237
- Title
- Tales from Shakespeare
- Author
- Charles and Mary Lamb
- Illustrator
- Arthur Rackham
- Format/Binding
- Green cloth pictorially stamped in gilt
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Rackham-illustrated edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Temple Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- ca. 1930
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Size
- 8vo
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About Books of Wonder
Books of Wonder is NYC's oldest and largest independent children's bookstore, specializing in both new and old books. Established in 1980, Books of Wonder has a store in the Flatiron/Chelsea area of Manhattan.
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- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- 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...
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