Author: SHAKESPEARE, William
Title: The Poems of William Shakespeare
Description: Cambridge, Limited Editions Club, 1967. 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. Ill.: Agnes Miller Parker. Fine in glassine and a Near Fine slipcase with some wear .

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