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Tales from Shakespeare, 1899, Deluxe Vellum, Illustrated by Robert Anning Bell
Tales from Shakespeare, 1899, Deluxe Vellum, Illustrated by Robert Anning Bell
SKU: shakevellum
Title
Tales from Shakespeare
Deluxe Vellum Edition – Prize Binding
Author
Charles and Mary Lamb with illustrations by Robert Anning Bell. Introduction and preface by Andrew Lang.
Publisher
London: St. Freemantle
Date
1899
Binding
Deluxe full vellum binding with gilt lettering and decorations to the spine and front cover with a beautiful gilt stamped design of fairies to the front board. The back cover is a gilt stamped emblem of the Richmond School, Yorkshire, England. The top page edges are gilt with the others being uncut.
Details
A beautiful deluxe vellum prize binding that features 15 full page illustrations by Robert Anning Bell, Chief of Design, Glasgow School of Art and a contemporary of Jessie M. King. The introduction and preface were written by Andrew Lang with the text by Charles and Mary Lamb who provide insight into the most important of Shakespeare’s works.
Measures 8” x 5.5” x 2”, 372 pages
Condition Report
The vellum is very clean with a mark to the front board and some light marks. There is a minor bump to the bottom left corner and as in usual with vellum bindings there is some bowing to the boards. Internally complete and clean with some minor foxing to the frontis tissue guard and even lighter spots here and there throughout the text. The top gilt page edges are rubbed and the uncut pages have some spotting. A tidy and attractive prize label to the front pastedown from the Richmond School. Overall, a very nice vellum bound copy of a beautifully illustrated book.
Photographs of the book and some of the illustrations appear below. Although the photograph may appear digitized as thumbnails, you can view it in the photo viewer by clicking on the thumbnail.
