The Plays and Poems of William Shakespeare

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The Plays and Poems of William Shakespeare

The Plays of William Shakespeare. The text of the First Folio Edited and Amended where obscure by Herbert Farjeon. New York: Limited Editions Club, 1939 - 1940. 37 volumes, folio (9 x 13 in.); large typeface; cloth spine with gilt lettering, decorated paper boards; top edges gilt, other edges deckled. Designed by Bruce Rogers. Numbers 1035 (26) and 1300 (11) of a limited edition of 1950. Each illustrated by a different artist of the day – some wood engravings, some lithographs, some drawings, others water-colors. For example, Henry the Sixth has three illustrators: Graham Sutherland (Part I), Carlotta Petrina (Part II) and Jean Charlot (Part III). Others illustrated by Eric Gill, Arthur Rackham, Fritz Kredel, Enric-C. Ricart, Robert Gibbings, John Austen, Vera Willoughby, Fritz Eichenberg, Edward A. Wilson, Richard Floethe, and many others (see listing of titles). Titles include:

Henry the Eighth, illus. with wood engravings by Eric Gill; in original glassine dj; 1939; 1035/1950.

Titus Andronicus, illus. from water-colors by Nikolai Fyodorovitch Lapshin; 1939; 1035/1950.

The Two Gentlemen of Verona, illus. from water-colors by Pierre Brissaud; 1939; 1035/1950.

Henry the Fourth, Part I, illus. with lithographs in color by Barnett Freedman; with original glassine dj; 1939; 1035/1950.

Henry the Fourth, Part II, illus. with water-colors by Edward Bawden; with original glassine dj; 1939; 1035/1950.

Much Ado about Nothing, illus. from drawings by Fritz Kredel; 1939; 1035/1950.

A Midsummer Night's Dream, illus. from water-colors by Arthur Rackham; 1939; 1035/1950.

Antony and Cleopatra, illus. with hand-colored wood-engravings by Enric-C. Ricart; 1939; 1035/1950.

Othello, illus. with wood engravings by Robert Gibbings; 1939; 1035/1950.

The Comedy of Errors, illus. from wood-engravings in water-color by John Austen; 1939; 1035/1950.

Julius Caesar, illus. with wood-engravings by Franz Masereel; 1039; 1035/1950.

Cymbeline, illus. with lithographs by Yngve Berg; 1939; 1035/1950.

Twelfth Night, or What You Will, illus. from water-colors by Francesco Carnevali; 1939; 1035/1950.

Love's Labour's Lost, illus. from drawings by Mariette Lydis; 1939; 1035/1950.

Coriolanus, illus. from paintings by C. Pal Molnar; 1939; 1035/1950.

The Merchant of Venice, illus. from water-colors by Rene ben Sussan; 1939; 1035/1950.

Measure for Measure, illus. with lithographs in color by Hugo Steiner-Prag; 1939; 1035/1950.

Hamlet, illus from drawings by Edy Legrand; 1939; 1300/1950.

King Lear, illus from drawings by Boardman Robinson; 1939; 1300/1950.

The Merry Wives of Windsor, illus. from drawings by Gordon Ross; 1939; 1300/1950.

Troilus and Cressida, illus. with wood engravings by Demetrius Galanis; 1939; 1300/1950.

MacBeth, illus. from drawings in color by Gordon Craig; 1939; 1300/1950.

As You Like It, illus. from water-colors by Sylvain Sauvage; 1939; 1300/1950.

Romeo and Juliet, illus. by Ervine Metzl, with four-page notes and commentary; 1940; 1035/1950.

Pericles, illus. with wood-engravings by Stanislas Ostoja-Chrostowski: 1940; 1035/1950.

The Winter's Tale, illus. with hand-colored drawings by Albert Rutherston; 1940; 1035/1950.

Timon of Athens, illus. with wood-engravings by George Buday; 1940; 1035/1950.

Henry the Fifth, illus. from drawings by Vera Willoughby; 1940; 1035/1950.

Richard the Third, illus. with lithographs by Fritz Eichenberg, includes four-page notes and commentaries; 1940; 1035/1950.

Richard the Second, illus. with wood-engravings by Agnes Miller Parker; 1940; 1035/1950.

The Tempest, illus. from water-colors by Edward A. Wilson; 1940; 1035/1950.

King John, illus. from drawings by Valenti Angelo; 1940; 1035/1950.

Henry the Sixth, Part I, illus. with lithographs by Graham Sutherland; in original glassine dj; 1940; 1300/1950.

Henry the Sixth, Part II, illus. with lithographs by Carlotta Petrina; in original glassine dj; 1940; 1300/1950.

Henry the Sixth, Part III, illus. from drawings by Jean Charlot; in original glassine dj; 1940; 1300/1950.

All's Well that Ends Well, illus. from drawings by Richard Floethe; 1940; 1300/1950.

The Taming of the Shrew, illus. from drawings by W.A. Dwiggins; 1940; 1300/1950.

Plus: The Poems of William Shakespeare. Edited by Herbert Farjeon, introduction by Louis Untermeyer. New York: Limited Editions Club, 1941. Folio, two volumes in slipcase; volumes with cloth spines, paper covered boards (pattern different, but similar colors to print on the above volumes of plays).

Condition

"Plays" with light sunning to spine, otherwise clean and in excellent condition. Five retain their glassine (shipping) dustjackets. One or two slightly musty smell, but others fine. "Poems" have slight toning of spines with just a couple small areas of foxing.
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