Shakespeares Comedy, Signed (28 results)

inscribed and signed by the author First prinrting ed. hardback very good condition in a dust jacket with rubbing to the spine (some erased marginal notes are still visible).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hugh Thomson (illustrator). A very good copy of the limited edition of Shakespeare's As You Like It, illustrated by Hugh Thomson and signed by him. 500 copies were printed and this is number 285. It was issued in 1909. It is in a very clean and bright vellum binding with gilt decoration and titles to front board, and gilt titles to spine. The top page edges are gilted; remainder untrimmed. The front board as a slight warp at the outside edge and the silk ties are missing, but otherwise the binding shows little sign of wear. The contents are complete with colour frontispiece and 39 further tipped in colour plates from watercolours by Hugh Thomson. There are numerous black and white illustrative details including a decorative half title page to each Act and decoration on the tissue guards. The text and plates are very clean. There is foxing to the endpapers and some spotting on some of the plate mounts - most obvious on mounts opposite pp 14, 26, 46 and 106. The plate at p90 has a tiny bottom corner crease. There is some spotting to the uncut foredge. Please enquire if you would like to see additional images. Signed by Illustrator(s).

London, George Allen, 1894 [1895]. Illustr. Titel m. Vign. u. figürlicher Bordüre, Druckvermerk, 8 Tafeln nach Federzeichnungen Walter Cranes, gestochen von Duncan C. Dallas und auf steifen gelblichen Karton aufgewalzt. Eins von 650 handschriftlich num.en Exemplaren, nach deren Druck die Platten zerstört wurden. Duncan Campbell Dallas schuf das Dallastype-Facsimile, eine Art photographisches Gravurverfahren, das Cranes Federzeichnungen täuschend echt wiedergibt. - Im Druckvermerk von Walter Crane (1845-1915, britischer Maler und Illustrator) und Duncan Campbell Dallas eigenhändig SIGNIERT. Aus der Zusammenarbeit Campbells mit Walter Crane waren zuvor bereits mit der gleichen Technik reproduzierte Illustrationen Cranes zu Shakespeares "Sturm" und "Zwei Herren aus Verona" hervorgegangen. - Außen fleckig, Vorsatzblätter braunfleckig; innen gut und sauber erhalten.

Eight illustrations by Walter Crane printed on thick board. Folio, publisher's green gilt-decorated cloth. First edition; Copy No. 166 of 650 copies, signed by Duncan Dallas. There is a message about the "Dallastype" reproduction process employed herein by Walter Crane, beneath which appears his printed signature. Two corners of the thick plates reattached; some light use and tanning to edges and light rubbing to cloth at extremities.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. With the compliments of W. J. Rolfe Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Over-sized signed limited edition hardback book titled SHAKESPEARE'S COMEDY OF THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR PRESENTED IN EIGHT PEN DESIGNS by Walter Crane. Engraved & Printed by Duncan C. Dallas. Published by George Allen, Ruskin House in 1894 in a limited signed edition of 650 copies (not numbered) and signed by Crane and Dallas on statement of edition page. Boards are worn especially at edge/soiled - spine is weak with inside front gutter cracked (see photo). International shipping will require additional charge. Bookseller since 1995 (UL-2-bottom-R-flat) rareviewbooks. Signed by Author(s).

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Crane, Walter (illustrator). First edition. 1st 1894. Almost very good condition with no wrapper. Presented In Eight Pen Designs by Walter Crane. Signed Limited Edition of 650 copies, 600 of which are for sale. Engraved and printed by Duncan C. Dallas. Very large format. 14.75 x 11.5" approx. Green cloth with gilt titles and vignettes. Plates are mounted on thick card with paper guards. No text. Copy no: 10. Spine and corners bumped with wear. Some foxing and a few small marks to covers. Front joint cracked, rear joint starting to crack. Light corner crease to both endpapers, title page and signature page. Some foxing and browning to contents. Foxing to first plate and just a couple of fox spots to second plate. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!

Limited Edition, signed by the illustrator Edmund Dulac. Number 225 of 500. Bound in publisher's vellum with gilt design and lettering. Top edge gilt. Good condition, with heavy wear to the vellum boards and damage to the upper right corner of the front board and upper left corner of the rear board. The pages are rather grubby, with scattered foxing. Frontispiece and an additional 39 tipped in color plates, all present and in excellent condition. Lacking the ribbon ties. Book.

Hardcover. Crane, Walter (illustrator). Folio, 36 x 29 cm. Limited edition, copy 118 of 650 signed by Duncan C. Dallas and Walter Crane. Title leaf, colophon, and eight engravings by Walter Crane engraved by Duncan C. Dallas on India tissue. First few and last leaves toned at margins, with same slight fault at image margins not affecting latter. Images sharp and clean. Orig. green cloth, spine and front cover lettered in gilt. Teg. Near fine.

Number 234 of a limited edition of 500 copies, signed by Thomson; 4to (290 x 235 mm); 40 tipped-in colour plates with captioned tissue-guards, some light peripheral spotting, mostly to endpapers; publisher's full vellum gilt, silk ties, discolouraton to spine from glue reaction (as is common), upper board slightly bowed, otherwise very good. A charmingly illustrated edition of one of Shakespeare's perennial favourites.

Limited edition, number 126 of 500 copies, signed by Dulac: 4to (290 x 240 mm); 40 colour plates, including frontispiece, titled tissue guards, all by Dulac, title-page in red and black, spotting to prelims, some more noticeable foxing to tissue-guards and pages with blocks of text, however all plates are bright and clean; publisher's full ivory vellum, lettering in gilt with embossed decoration to spine and to front board, top edge gilt, others uncut, lacks ties, rear board exposed to shelf wear and rubbing, minor blemishes to front board (slightly splayed) and to spine, otherwise very good; [xxiv] + 134pp. A sumptuous, limited edition, exquisitely illustrated.

Full Vellum. First edition. 144 pages, 29 x 23 cm. Limited edition, copy 106 of 500 signed by Dulac. Illustrated with 40 tipped-in plates with captioned tissue guards. Book plate of Benjamin C, Toledano. The latter, born to one of the city's old families was an early Republican at a time when the Democratic Party dominated Louisiana politics. Front cover and spine lettered and decorated in gilt. Publisher's full vellum. with cloth ties intact. Near fine.

ROBINSON, W. Heath (illustrator). SHAKESPEARE, [William]. Shakespeare's Comedy of A Midsummer-Night's Dream. With illustrations by W. Heath Robinson. London: Constable & Co., 1914. First signed, limited edition, first issue. One of 250 numbered copies signed by the artist. This being number 95. Quarto (11 3/8 x 8 7/8 inches; 290 x 225 mm). xii, [4], 185, [3] pp. Twelve mounted color plates. Forty-six full-page and seventeen smaller black and white text illustrations. Color-plates with descriptive tissue guards. Publisher's original vellum. Front board and spine pictorially stamped ruled and lettered in gilt. Top edge gilt, others uncut. Some minimal soiling and rubbing to vellum. Endpapers with some toning. Overall a very nice copy in the original binding. Originally published in 1914, only one hundred copies of the signed, limited edition (bound in vellum gilt) were issued at the time of publication. Since this copy is numbered less than 100, it is determined to be of the original, first issue. Beare 77e. HBS 69500. $2,250. Signed.

Vellum. Heath Robinson (illustrator). Limited edition. pp. xxiv, 143. 4to. Gilt-decorated vellum binding, with tipped-in plates on card stock and with captioned tissue guards: all present as called-for. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Ties torn off but present. Small spot to limitation page. Remarkably clean and crisp. Slipcase quite worn, with loss to edges, and discolouration/soiling. Signed, limited deluxe edition: numbered 174/350 and signed by Heath Robinson.

Full Vellum. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Edmund Dulac (illustrator). Signed Limited Edition. [1908]. 144 pgs. TEG. Bound in gilt decorated full vellum, a little cover soil, missing silk ties, minor bowing, gift inscription, occasional foxing, one plate with a corner bend. Limited to 500 deluxe copies signed by Edmund Dulac, this is Dulac's lavishly illustrated edition of Shakespeare's Tempest. Illustrated with 40 color plates and decorations in line. The work shows an evolution in Dulac's work in comparison to Arabian Nights, ".more convincing and showed greater human understanding as the illustrations moved beyond stage scenes and became mood pictures or tone poems. They captured the charm of the Arcadian dream." White pg 36. Hughey #19 Size: Large Thick 4to. Signed by Illustrator.

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Walter Crane; Duncan C. Dallas (illustrator). A beautiful limited edition collection of eight plates by Walter Crane illustrations 'The Merry Wives of Windsor', signed by Crane. A limited edition, limited to 650 numbered copies, of which this is number 122.Signed by Walter Crane and Duncan C. Dallas.Note to the limitation leaf states that the plates were destroyed after this limited edition was printed.Smartly rebound in a portfolio style binding, retaining the original publisher's cloth boards.Collated, complete, with eight plates.Eight beautiful pen designs by Walter Crane, illustrating the comedic 'Merry Wives of Windsor'.Walter Crane was one of the leading and most influential children's book illustrators of his generation, working as part of the Arts and Crafts movement.Printed by Duncan C. Dallas. In a cloth portfolio binding, with the original cloth boards restored inside the portfolio. Externally, smart. Internally, unbound. Plates are bright and clean. Fine. signed by author. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Rare 1908 antiquarian copy of The Tempest, covered in full ivory vellum. From a limited edition of five hundred copies, numbered and signed by the artist Edmund Dulac, of which this is No. 231. Very large folio 11.5" x 8.5" x 2"; 144pp. Both rare and scarce. Ivory full-vellum-covered hardboards; vellum being specially processed from calfskin and proven to be able to last for 1,000 years. Ornate gilt lettering and artistic design on front and spine. Beautiful and ornate previous owner bookplate inside front board. Boards are lightly warped, slightly spotted and darkened in some areas. (see photos) Text block clean, tight, square, unmarked, with heavy-weight paper stock, very heavily deckled edges. Lightly tanning throughout but no age speckling. Features 40 tipped-in color plates by Edmund Dulac, mounted on dark green art paper and covered with letter press captioned paper guards. This 114-year-old book is a very rare and exceptional presentation of Shakespeare's Tempest; a gorgeous collectible. Packaged with care and shipped in a box to arrive in best condition. Complete satisfaction guarantee; no sale is final until you are satisfied. Signed by Illustrator(s).

Vellum. Condition: Very Good. Limited Edition. 29 x 23.5 cm. Quarto. Limited to 500 copies bound in publisher's vellum with gilt design and lettering and signed by the artist Edmund Dulac this being copy number 83. Frontispiece and an additional 39 tipped in color plates. Gilt top foredge. Vellum boards are bowed. Lacking the ribbon. Scattered foxing to the text, not the plates. Some fading to the spine. Bit of discoloration to the edges of the front cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Limited Edition. London: Constable & Co., 1914, Signed Numbered Limited Edition. Signed by the illustrator, limited edition of which this is number 239. Half leather binding, gilt titles on twin labels, 5 raised gilt bands. Beautiful specimen of an Illustrated Book [ROBINSON, W. Heath, illustrator]. SHAKESPEARE, [William]. Shakespeare's Comedy of A Midsummer-Night's Dream. With Illustrations by W. Heath Robinson. 1/250 copies signed by W. Heath Robinson (this copy being number 239). Twelve mounted colour plates, forty-six full-page and seventeen smaller black and white drawings. Collated and complete. Plate at page 32 bound in at page 1. Black and white illustrations included in the pagination (front and blank reverse), colour plates not part of the pagination. xii, [iv], 185pp. Approximately 12 inches tall. Condition Report Externally Spine good condition gilt titles on two labels, 5 raised gilt bands, 6 compartments. Joints good condition sound. Corners good condition. Boards good condition half leather and marbled boards. Page edges good condition top edge bright orange, fore ad bottom edges lightly tanned and uncut. See above and photos. Internally Hinges good condition intact. Paste downs good condition plain green. End papers good condition plain green. Title good condition illustrated title page, lightly tanned. Pages good condition Signed Limited Edition, limitation page prior to the frontispiece, coloured frontispiece, numerous coloured and b/w illustrations throughout, lightly tanned. Binding good condition. See photos Publisher: see above. Publication Date: 1914 Binding: Hardba. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition Thus. Hardback. 4to. pp xii, 185. 29.5cm by 23cm. Attractively rebound in full powder blue leather by Bayntun, lettered gilt at the spine with five raised bands and inner gilt dentelles. Highly attractive plates. Limited edition of 250 copies, this being no. 24. Signed by W. Heath Robinson on the limitation page. Very slight professional restoration at spine, otherwise very good indeed. Excellent condition. Signedes.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Robinson, W. Heath (illustrator). First edition. 1st 1908. Very good condition with no wrapper. Signed limited edition of 350 copies. Printed on handmade paper and bound in white vellum, gilt. 40 superb tipped-in colour plates on dark green mounts with captioned tissue-guards. 143 pages. Large, heavy format. SIGNED by the artist, this is copy no. 53. A few small, light marks to covers. Silk ties are missing. Foxing to textblock and to some page margins. Inscription in ink to front fly-leaf. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched! SIGNED - please see description for details.

144 pp. With tipped-in color illustrations by Edmund Dulac, each with printed tissue overleaf. Folio, publisher's full gilt vellum with original ribbon ties; a.e.g. First edition; No. 373 of 500 copies signed by Edmund Dulac. Vellum boards slightly bowed; a lovely copy.

LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION. VG, spine ends & corners lightly rubbed. Plates are fine with no markings. A beautifully illustrated copy protected in mylar. ; Folio, original green buckram, gilt lettering and decoration, illustrated with Eight Pen Designs by Walter Crane. This is copy no. 82 of 650 limited numbered copies SIGNED by Walter Crane the artist and Duncan Dallas the engraver (certifying that the plates for these engravings were destroyed after the book was printed) . ; Folio 13" - 23" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition, Limited Edition. This Edition was limited to 500 copies, numbered, and signed by the Artist, of which this is No. 382. 40 tipped-in color plates. 142pp; 29 cm x 23 cm. Gilded top edges. Brown cloth with ribbed leather spine and leather corners. Black leather spine labels; gilt lettering and design. Marbled endpapers. Owner's bookplate inside front cover; gift inscription on front blank endpaper dated "May 1930." No date of publication given. Fore-edges and bottom edges deckled/untrimmed. Contents complete, exceptionally clean, tight, textually unmarked. No library stamps. Moderate rubs to tips; leather spine edges cracking. Signed by Illustrator.

Vellum. Condition: Very Good Indeed. Hugh Thomson (illustrator). A scarce limited edition of Shakespeare's beloved comedy, illustrated with colour plates by Hugh Thomson, and signed by the Thomson himself. A scarce limited edition work, in the publisher's original full vellum binding.This is is number 203 of 500 copies produced, inscribed by Hugh Thomson to the colophon.Illustrated with forty tipped in colour plates by Thomson, each with captioned tissue guards. Collated, complete.Thomson was a celebrated illustrator known for his pen and ink illustrations of classic works of literature, remembered for inaugurating the Cranford School of Illustration with his edition of Elizabeth Gaskell's work of the same name.With the bookplate of T & M James to the front pastedown.A wonderful edition of Shakespeare's pastoral comedy, in which heroine Rosalind flees persecution at court to find love in the forest of Arden. In the publisher's original vellum binding, with gilt detailing. Externally, significantly age toned. Significant rubbing to centre of rear board. Handling marks to boards. Lacking silk ties. Bookplate to front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages a touch age toned to perimeters, otherwise bright. Instances of light handling marks throughout, with the odd area of spotting to gutters. Very Good Indeed. signed by author. book.

Signed limited edition, number 42 of 500 copies signed by the artist. Arthur Quiller-Couch contributes an interpretative story of the play as the introduction. Quarto. Colour frontispiece and 35 colour plates tipped in as issued, with captioned tissue guards. Title page initialled in red, with mounted half-tone plate. Original vellum, spine and front cover lettered in gilt, front cover with central vignette and decorations in gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut. Bookplate and ownership inscription of Frans Jurgens Jr (b. 1896), son of the Dutch industrialist and prominent figure in establishing Unilever. Remnants of original silk ribbon loosely inserted. Spine lightly toned, spine foot bumped, a few marks, slight bowing to covers as expected, minor sporadic foxing. A very good copy.

The Deluxe Signed Twelfth Night With Forty Mounted Color Plates by W. Heath Robinson [ROBINSON, W. Heath, illustrator]. SHAKESPEARE, [William]. Shakespeare's Comedy of Twelfth Night, or What You Will. London: Hodder & Stoughton, [1908]. Edition de Luxe. Limited to 350 numbered copies signed by the artist (this copy No. 44). Large quarto (11 1/4 x 8 7/8 inches; 286 x 226 mm.). [2, limitation leaf], xxiv, 143, [1] pp. Forty mounted color plates (including frontispiece), each on dark green stock and with descriptive tissue guards. Pictorial title, five vignette half-titles, and vignette tail-piece. Original vellum over boards, pictorially stamped and lettered in gilt on front cover and spine, top edge gilt, others uncut, dark green endpapers. Original yellow silk ties intact. Boards slightly bowed, as usual with vellum, but an exceptionally bright and well-preserved copy. Engraved bookplate of book collector Gwendolen Jefferson on the front paste-down. We have found records of several other books with her bookplate. A particularly handsome example of one of the most appealing illustrated Shakespeares of the Edwardian period. In this sumptuous de luxe issue, W. Heath Robinson departs from strict narrative illustration in favor of a more atmospheric and interpretive approach. Rather than depicting the principal dramatic episodes, he focuses on the lyrical and musical elements of the play - especially the songs - capturing the mood, wit, and underlying melancholy of Twelfth Night with a lightness and imaginative freedom that distinguishes his work from that of his contemporaries. By this stage in his career, Robinson was experimenting with subtler effects of light and tone, producing illustrations that are at once decorative and evocative, with a distinctly impressionistic quality. The result is a visual interpretation that complements Shakespeare's text not by literal translation, but by suggestion and atmosphere. The mounted plates, printed on dark green stock, heighten the decorative richness of the volume, while the vellum binding underscores its status as a luxury production of the Hodder & Stoughton Shakespeare series. A scarce signed limitation - particularly desirable in such bright condition, with the fragile silk ties preserved. Signed.

One of 350 copies signed by the artist. W. Heath Robinson. One of 350 copies signed by the artist. 39 color plates by W. Heath Robinson tipped onto grey mounts. 144 pp. 4to. A beautiful copy of this elegant edition of one of Shakespeare's most beloved comedies. Though later in his career Robinson would become known for humorous illustrations and cartoons of whimsical machines, he began by illustrating collector's editions of fairy tales and other classic stories including this richly illustrated edition of "Twelfth Night." From the private collection of Robin Williams, who played buffonish antagonist Malvolio in a college production in 1971. Original full vellum, spine and upper board titled in gilt with vignette, t.e.g. Near fine, lacking one silk tie, slight bowing to boards. In open-faced cloth slipcase 39 color plates by W. Heath Robinson tipped onto grey mounts. 144 pp. 4to.