May 11, 2023 10:00 EST
Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
180
Estate / Collection: The Collection of Erica Jong and Ken Burrows
[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.
Sold for $1,375
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Estate / Collection: The Collection of Erica Jong and Ken Burrows
[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.
Auction: Rare Books, Autographs & Maps, May 11, 2023
