Author: CONGREVE, William
Title: The Way of the World. Comedy in Five Acts
Description: New York, Limited Editions Club, 1959. Hardcover. Quarto (7-1/4" x 10-1/4") bound in maroon linen embossed with a design by T. M. Cleland to give the effect of eighteenth-century brocade; gilt-lettered black leather spine label. Designed and illustrated by Cleland with the plates colored by hand in the studio of Walter Fischer. Of a total edition of 1500 copies SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page, this is one of only 15 Presentation Copies with the publisher's blindstamp attesting to such on the colophon page where instead of a number the initials "H.M." are handwritten. Acquired directly from the publisher's files, and most likely the publisher Helen Macy's very own copy. Monthly Letter laid in. Ill.: T. M. Cleland. Mild sunning to the spine. About Fine in a Fine slipcase .

Keywords: T. M. Cleland, Hand-colored, Illustrated Books, LEC, Plays T. M. Cleland Signed William Congreve Fine Press Theater


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