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Tales From Shakespeare by Charles and Mary Lamb / 1957, JM Dent & Sons Ltd, London / Beautifully Illustrated by Arthur Rackham

Tales From Shakespeare by Charles and Mary Lamb / 1957, JM Dent & Sons Ltd, London / Beautifully Illustrated by Arthur Rackham

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Here is a charming vintage hardback edition of Tales From Shakespeare by brother and sister Charles and Mary Lamb. Published in 1957 by JM Dent & Sons Ltd of London being a first in this edition. Beautifully illustrated with eight colour plates by Arthur Rackham (see photos), and a number of line drawings in the text. 

Tales from Shakespeare is an English children's book designed to make the stories of Shakespeare's plays familiar to younger readers. Mary Lamb was responsible for the comedies, while Charles wrote the tragedies.

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 and Pericles.

Inside the pages are clean, bright and tightly bound, with no writing or markings of previous ownership. Has some mild tanning and spotting to the closed outside edges. All eight colour plates are present as called for, and in good condition. 

Eye-catching light brown cloth covered boards have repeating blue design to the front, back and spine. All in top order.

Your vintage copy 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 22 cm x W 15 cm, 304 pages, 0.59 kg. I dispatch worldwide daily from the UK. With the exception of a small number of countries.

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