Item #016033 THE POEMS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE. William SHAKESPEARE.

THE POEMS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

Cambridge: Limited Editions Club, 1967. Agnes Miller Parker. Hardcover. Quarto (6-1/2" x 10-3/4") bound in quarter deep red-brown cowhide and henna-colored natural-finish cloth boards with the front board embossed with an oval portrait of Shakespeare. Edited and introduced by Peter Alexander; designed by John Dreyfus. Illustrated with 39 wood engravings by Agnes Miller Parker. Includes Venus & Adonis; The Rape of Lucrece, the Sonnets; A Lover's Complaint; The Passionate Pilgrim; The Phoenix and Turtle; and a useful Glossary. Of a total of 1500 numbered copies SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page, this is not numbered but marked as an Office Copy with a blindstamp stating that it is one of 15 Presentation Copies. Fine in glassine and a Near Fine slipcase with some wear. Item #016033

Price: $200.00