THE TEMPEST BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE ILLUSTRATED BY ARTHUR RACKHAM [Later Edition Full Leather Binding by The French Binders, Garden City, NY]

New York: Doubleday; Page & Company; London: William Heinemann Ltd., Later Edition, not dated, [1926]. Signed full morocco binding by The French Binders, Garden City, New York, with their name stamped in gilt to the bottom of the front paste down, gilt decorative borders to the boards, gilt titles and decoration to the spine compartments, page top edges gilt, light scuff marks and rubbed extremities, other page edges with some foxing, foxing internally. Beautifully bound in full royal blue morocco by The French Binders, successors to The Club Bindery. The French Binders traces its lineage back to The Club Bindery, founded in 1895 by members of the Grolier Club to provide exceptionally fine bindings for American collectors. The Club Bindery moved to Cleveland, where it was successively renamed the Rowfant Bindery (1909-1913), the Booklover's Shop (1914-1917), and finally, The French Binders (1918-1920s), as in-house bindery to Doubleday in Garden City, New York. Illustrated with twenty tipped in plates in colour; collated & complete. Pagination: ix, [i], 185pp Provenance: no inscriptions or bookplates. Approximately 10 inches (25.3cm) tall. Condition Report Externally Spine – fine condition – minor marks. Joints – fine condition. Corners – very good condition – gently rubbed. Boards – very good condition – minor marks and rubbing. Page edges – good condition – top edge gilt, others tanned and foxed. Binding – fine condition. See above and photos. Internally Hinges – fine condition. Paste down – fine condition – marbled paper, with gilt fileted leather turn-ins. Free end paper – very good condition – marbled paper, subsequently tanned. Title – very good condition – tanned with minor foxing. Pages – very good condition – tanned with minor foxing. See photos.…