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The TEMPEST
By William Shakespeare
illustrated by Arthur Rackham
LONDON William Heinemann
NEW YORK Doubleday Page & Co

1926 : 1st Edition

matches all 1st edition points as per Riall page 161
Original Decorated Binding

25 cm x 18 cm : 185 pp
One of Shakespeare's most popular comedies.

Beautifully illustrated by Rackham , using predominantly just two shades - blue & beige , with a splash of colour .

The affects are WONDERFUL

head & tail pieces : Illustrated picture guards

20 "Tipped In" Colour Plates

The Frontis has an ornate border

condition :
Covers clean and bright .

Binding solid although webbing showing on rear hinge. Some foxing to extreme page edges ( ie : show when book is closed )

and to most text pages - worst on preliminaries - pictures taken at random.

The "Tipped In Plates" are in
PERFECT CONDITION

An often overlooked RACKHAM title
One of My Favourites
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Rackham gave full riegn to his imagination


and all with Rackham's usual attention to detail


Just £49.99 NO RESERVE
stock code : 8621
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