Dane, Clemence [pseudonym for Winifred Ashton, 1888-1965] - Will Shakespeare: An Invention in Four Acts [Signed] ; This Play was first Acted by the Reandean Company at the Shaftesbury Theatre London, November 1921

London, William Heinemann, N.D. [Circa 1921]. First Edition. Hardcover. pp. x, 133. Slim 4to. measuring 20 x 26 cm. Quarter black cloth over illustrated paper boards, printed label on the spine, untrimmed pages edges (with one or two leaves still remaining uncut from the publisher). Striking wood-cut frontispiece depicting Shakespeare signed G.W.H. accompanied with one additional wood-cut illustration. Boldly signed in ink by the author to the limitation page / colophon. Light edgewear, light scuffs to the spine label, very faint traces of scattered foxing to the upper-margin of a few leaves otherwise the text-block remains overwhelmingly bright, clean, and unmarked with firm, sound biding. A thoroughly lovely edition. This Edition, printed on hand-made paper, numbered and signed by the Author, is limited to two hundred and fifty copies for sale, and twenty-five copies for presentation, of which this is No. 140.

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