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First trade edition of the Arthur Rackham illustrated edition of The Tempest by William Shakespeare.
First trade edition of the Arthur Rackham illustrated edition of The Tempest by William Shakespeare.
First trade edition of the Arthur Rackham illustrated edition of The Tempest by William Shakespeare.
First trade edition of the Arthur Rackham illustrated edition of The Tempest by William Shakespeare.
First trade edition of the Arthur Rackham illustrated edition of The Tempest by William Shakespeare.
First trade edition of the Arthur Rackham illustrated edition of The Tempest by William Shakespeare.

SHAKESPEARE, William; RACKHAM, Arthur, (illustrator).

The Tempest.

London, William Heinemann, Ltd, 1926.

£750.00
£750.00

The Tempest.

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A beautifully designed copy of William Shapespeare's The Tempest, illustrated by the eminent artist Arthur Rackham, who was known in the Victorian period for his wonderful depictions of children's stories and others, such as this.

First Rackham Trade edition; 4to (25.5 x 19.5 cm); illustrated frontispiece and a further 19 colour plates and additional black & white vignettes within the text, occasional minor spot or mark throughout, else clean; publisher's black cloth with title and decoration in gilt to spine and upper board, original dust-jacket, decorated and lettered in red, one or two marks to upper panel, some light general toning and soiling, primarily to spine, some chips or small losses to extremities, primarily head and tail of spine, though not affecting any text, some light offsetting to inner flap folds, very good plus; 185pp.

Stock code 125228

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First trade edition of the Arthur Rackham illustrated edition of The Tempest by William Shakespeare.

The Tempest.

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