Tales from Shakespeare by Charles & Mary Lamb illustrated by Arthur Rackham First Edition Thus 1909 Published at The Temple Press Letchworth Twelve full page colour illustrations by Arthur Rackham, including frontispiece ‘Perdita’ as well as chapter decorations and line drawings in black and white, full page and in the text Note from the publishers Preface Twenty stories, adapted from the plays of William Shakespeare Red hardback cover, gold titles at the top in capitals, two fairies in gilt pictured reading a large book, publishers names in capitals at the bottom. Brown titles and fairy drawing on spine with a decorative border. No publishers name at the bottom. Slightly darkened. Plain red on the back. Cover in very good condition Condition: 304 pages, minor spotting, mainly limited to front half and end page, free endpaper at front is missing, front endpapers sunned on one side and owner’s inscription. Tightly bound 1 plate, faint crease, 11 plates clean and perfect, colours are vibrant, signed by Arthur Rackham. Superbly illustrated, classic antique book