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[BINDING]. ROBINSON, William Heath (1872?1944), illustrator...

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[BINDING]. ROBINSON, William Heath (1872?1944), illustrator. ?? SHAKESPEARE, William. Shakespeare?s Comedy a Midsummer?Night?s Dream. London: Constable & Co., 1914. 4to. 12 tipped?in color plates and numerous illustrations by W. Heath Robinson. Full crushed red modern niger ruled in gilt, raised bands, gilt fillets and titling in compartments, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers. FIRST ENGLISH TRADE EDITION of what the artist considered his greatest achievement and what the Times Literary Supplement described in December of 1914 as ?The most complete and beautiful specimen before us of an illustrated book as a single work of art.? A FINE COPY.