Lot 54
Limited Editions Club.- Shakespeare (William) The Comedies, Histories & Tragedies, 37 vol., limited edition designed by Bruce Rogers, New York, 1939-41.
Hammer Price: £700
Description
Limited Editions Club.- Shakespeare (William) The Comedies, Histories & Tragedies, edited by Herbert Farjeon, 37 vol., limited edition designed by Bruce Rogers, plates, some colour, bookplate of Virginia L. Gibbons, original cloth-backed patterned-paper boards, New York, 1939-41; with a bundle of prospectuses for most of the individual plays, folio
⁂ Each volume is illustrated by a different artist including Eric Gill, Arthur Rackham, Robert Gibbings, Barnet Freedman, Edward Bawden, Gordon Craig, Frans Masereel, Graham Sutherland, Edward Ardizzone, Valenti Angelo, E. McKnight Kauffer, and Agnes Miller Parker.
Description
Limited Editions Club.- Shakespeare (William) The Comedies, Histories & Tragedies, edited by Herbert Farjeon, 37 vol., limited edition designed by Bruce Rogers, plates, some colour, bookplate of Virginia L. Gibbons, original cloth-backed patterned-paper boards, New York, 1939-41; with a bundle of prospectuses for most of the individual plays, folio
⁂ Each volume is illustrated by a different artist including Eric Gill, Arthur Rackham, Robert Gibbings, Barnet Freedman, Edward Bawden, Gordon Craig, Frans Masereel, Graham Sutherland, Edward Ardizzone, Valenti Angelo, E. McKnight Kauffer, and Agnes Miller Parker.
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