TALES FROM SHAKESPEARE Charles & Mary Lamb, W. Paget 1st/1st, 1900 Illustrated

  Tales From Shakespeare by Charles and Mary Lamb; Illustrated by Walter Paget — First Edition First Printing 1900 HC with 6 Colored Plates and 70 Half-Tone Illustrations — RARE

 Publisher: Ernest Nister, New York (1900)

"Tales From Shakespeare," by Charles and Mary Lamb; Illustrated by Walter Paget — First Edition / First Printing from 1900, with 6 colored plates and 70 half-tone illustrations. A beautiful book, with pale blue boards beautifully illustrated on the front, rear, and spine and embellished in gilt. Gilded pages on all sides. Boards and binding are solid and tight save for some general shelf-wear. The pages and illustrations are crisp and clean save for some light foxing around some of the page borders and previous owner's inscriptions on inside board and corresponding page. A very beautiful, solid and rare copy by well noted authors and illustrator.