first edition Hardcover
1940 · New York
by Shakespeare, William
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Complete in 37 volumes, lacking the monthly letters. Each volume with a different illustrator, like Arthur Rackham, Fritz Eichenberg, Fritz Kredel, Boardman Robinson, Valenti Angelo, among others. Limited to 1950 copies. Very Good to Near Fine. Quarter cream cloth with patterned paper on the boards, some toning and rubbing. Square and firmly bound with gilt top edges, clean internally. (Inventory #: 12536)