1950 Tales From Shakespeare by Charles and Mary Lamb / Presentation Library / Eight Colour Plates / In Excellent Condition

In excellent condition, here is a super vintage copy of Tales from Shakespeare by Charles and Mary Lamb. Published in 1950 by The Presentation Library. With eight colour illustrations by Faith Jacques.

The Tales are a beloved collection of adaptations that makes the works of William Shakespeare more accessible and enjoyable, especially for younger readers. Re-telling some of Shakespeare's most famous plays in prose form, simplifying the complex language while preserving the essence and charm of the original stories.

Contents: The Tempest; A Midsummer Night's Dream; The Winter's Tale; Much Ado About Nothing; As You Like It; The Two Gentlemen of Verona; The Merchant of Venice; Cymbeline; King Lear; Macbeth; All's Well That Ends Well; The Taming of the Shrew; The Comedy of Errors; Measure For Measure; Twelfth Night; Timon of Athens; Romeo and Juliet; Hamlet; Othello; Pericles.

Inside the pages are clean, bright and tightly bound. Has decorative endpapers, and there is a name at the top of the verso of the front free endpaper (see photos).

Light brown cloth covered boards have decorative red and gold decoration to the front, back and spine. All in top order.

A very good copy indeed. Your vintage edition of Tales From Shakespeare will be wrapped with care in tissue and ribbon* and sent well packaged. I am always happy to add a gift card with a message to the parcel. 

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H 20 cm x W 15.5 cm, 319 pages, 0.52 kg. I dispatch worldwide daily from the UK. With the exception of a small number of countries.

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