Author: (Vale Press). Shakespeare, William.
Title: The Tragedy of Julius Caesar.
Description: (Ballantyne Press for the Vale Press, 1900). 1900). - Octavo, olive green cloth titled in gilt with decorations in gilt on the spine & with multiple frames & decorations in blind on both covers. The binding is lightly rubbed & bumped with a tiny scratch to the cloth of the front cover & creasing to the bottom corner of the rear cover. lxxxviii pages plus colophon, unopened. There is an owner's bookplate tipped onto the front pastedown. The book is lightly cracked at page lvi and the rear endpaper & pastedown are darkened with a small stain to the bottom edge of the endpaper. There is damage to the bottom corner of the rear pastedown with the cloth creased & small pieces out of the paper & out of the bottom edges of 3 rear leaves. Despite its flaws, the contents of the book, with Ricketts' elaborate floral decorations, are bright & very attractive.
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Title: The Tragedy of Julius Caesar.
Description: (Ballantyne Press for the Vale Press, 1900). 1900). - Octavo, olive green cloth titled in gilt with decorations in gilt on the spine & with multiple frames & decorations in blind on both covers. The binding is lightly rubbed & bumped with a tiny scratch to the cloth of the front cover & creasing to the bottom corner of the rear cover. lxxxviii pages plus colophon, unopened. There is an owner's bookplate tipped onto the front pastedown. The book is lightly cracked at page lvi and the rear endpaper & pastedown are darkened with a small stain to the bottom edge of the endpaper. There is damage to the bottom corner of the rear pastedown with the cloth creased & small pieces out of the paper & out of the bottom edges of 3 rear leaves. Despite its flaws, the contents of the book, with Ricketts' elaborate floral decorations, are bright & very attractive.
The colophon reads: "This edition of Julius Caesar has been seen through the press by T. S. Moore. Decorated by Charles Ricketts under whose supervision the book has been printed at the Ballantyne Press M.D.C.C.C.C. Good .
Keywords: FINE PRESS; VALE PRESS; T. S. MOORE; CHARLES RICKETTS; THEATRE THEATER; PLAY; ELIZABETHAN; WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE; THE TRAGEDY OF JULIUS CAESAR; BALLANTYNE PRESS.
Price: US$ 250.00 Seller: Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
- Book number: 20491
- Book number: 20491
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