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(BINDINGS.) Shakespeare, William.
Songs from the Plays.
From The
Illustrated English Poems series. Edited by Ernest Rhys. Illustrated by Paul Woodroffe.
Printed on vellum. 8vo, brown morocco decoratively stamped with gold roses and border
on covers, spine, and turn-ins, by Bradstreet’s, joints, tips, and edges rubbed with surface
loss, few light soil marks and some areas of uneven discoloration; watered silk endpapers,
dampstains to top margins of colophon, half-title, and frontispiece.
London: Aldine House, 1898
[800/1,200]
NUMBER FOUR OF ONLY TEN SPECIAL COPIES PRINTED ON VELLUM FOR THE GUILD
OF WOMEN BINDERS
,
HAND
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COLORED AND SIGNED BY GLORIA CARDEW
on the
colophon. There are 12 full-page plates and numerous head- and tailpieces throughout. A
lovely production featuring Cardew, one of the Guild’s masters of hand coloring.
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