[SPECIAL PRESS] THE TRAGEDY OF RICHARD THE THIRD: WITH THE LANDING OF EARLE RICHMOND, AND THE BATTELL AT BOSWORTH FIELD

William Shakespeare | [Mary Grabhorn]

Verlag: The Grabhorn Press, [San Fransico], 1953

Beschreibung

Quarto; in limp vellum boards with ties, lettered in gilt at the spine; 190 pages, rough-cut and handmade; printed in red and black, with slipcase.~~From the colophon: "This edition is the third of the plays of William Shakespeare to be printed by the Grabhorn Press. The text, as in previous volumes (The tempest and Macbeth), has been taken from the Folio of 1623. The illustrations are printed in colors from woodblocks designed and cut by Mary Grabhorn. The paper has been made by hand at the Tuckenay Mill of Arthur MIllbourn and Company, Totnes, England. The type, an old French Lettre Bastarde, was cast in Paris at the Peignot Foundry. One hundred and eighty copies have been completed in the month of May 1953, at the Grabhorn Press, San Francisco"~~The small bookplate of the Training Department of the Lakeside Press is attached to the top corner of the pastedwon; the folded prospectus with a woodblock illustration in red is laid in. Near Fine binding. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 296854

Bibliografische Details

Titel: [SPECIAL PRESS] THE TRAGEDY OF RICHARD THE ...

Verlag: The Grabhorn Press, [San Fransico]

Erscheinungsdatum: 1953

Einband: Full Leather

Zustand: Near Fine binding

Auflage: Limited Edition.