Sale 23BP01 | Lot 180

[ESSEX HOUSE PRESS] SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. The Poems of William Shakespeare, according to the Text of the Original Copies, including Lyrics, Songs, and Snatches found in his Dramas.

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Lot 180
[ESSEX HOUSE PRESS] SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. The Poems of William Shakespeare, according to the Text of the Original Copies, including Lyrics, Songs, and Snatches found in his Dramas.
London: Essex House for Edward Arnold, 1899. Numbered 49 from the edition of 450 copies. Original cream vellum with laced silk ties. 9 1/8 x 7 inches (23.5 x 18 cm); [12], 253, [1] pp., printed in red and black, frontispiece (by Reginald Savage), fine woodcut initials by C. R. Ashbee throughout, running titles in red. The covers somewhat bowed, but in all a fine copy.

One of the most successful productions of the Essex House Press. Tomkinson p. 69, no. 9 etc.


C The Collection of Erica Jong and Ken Burrows

Estimate: $500 - $800

Sold for $1,386 (includes buyer's premium)

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Estimate: $500 - $800

Sold for $1,386 (includes buyer's premium)

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