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Lot 193

[FINE PRESS]. [SHAKESPEARE HEAD PRESS]. The Shakespeare Head Press Booklets, Nos. I - VI. Stratford-Upon-Avon: Shakespeare Head Press, 1906.

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[FINE PRESS]. [SHAKESPEARE HEAD PRESS]. The Shakespeare Head Press Booklets, Nos. I - VI. Stratford-Upon-Avon: Shakespeare Head Press, 1906. 16mos. Six booklets bound in one. Handsomely bound in medieval-style modern full vellum, boards and spine hand-painted and lettered, 4 leather thongs (thongs are decorative), marbled endleaves.

Condition

Binding toned, rubbed, boards lightly bowed, occasional edgewear in text. Bookplate of Louise Este Fisher on fp. Fine. MIXED EDITION SET, PARTS I AND II ARE SECOND EDITION, THE OTHER PARTS ARE FIRSTS. EXCEEDINGLY SCARCE. Complete set of the 1906 booklets in a lovely vellum binding. Titles include: Ancient Carols; Festive Songs for Christmas; Shakespeare's Songs, The Nutbrown Maid; More Ancient Carols, A Lover's Complaint & The Phoenix and Turtle. 

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