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BEAUTIFUL COPY WITH A SIGNED DRAWING RACKHAM, ARTHUR. Shakespeare, William. A Midsummer Night's Dream. 40 tipped-in plates by Rackham with lettered

BEAUTIFUL COPY WITH A SIGNED DRAWING RACKHAM, ARTHUR. Shakespeare, William. A Midsummer Night's Dream. 40 tipped-in plates by Rackham with lettered tissue guards. 4to, specially bound in full vellum with gilt lettering and decorative turn-ins, by zaehnsdorf, bright and fine; faint scattered foxing, mostly to guards or margins; custom felt-lined chemise and gilt-stamped turquoise slipcase, some scuffing and fading. London, 1908

  • Notes: one of 1000 numbered copies signed by rackham. with an original signed drawing on verso of half-title of Puck riding Bottom through the forest inscribed: "Drawn for a friend of the Boy Scouts by Arthur Rackham." A beautiful and unique copy of a Rackham favorite.

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September 26, 2002 12:00 AM EDT
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