Shakespeare, William (1564-1616) The Vale Shakespeare

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Shakespeare, William (1564-1616) The Vale Shakespeare. London: Ballantyne Press, 1900-1903.
Thirty-nine large octavo volumes, edited by Thomas Sturge Moore (1870-1944),with typographical ornamentation by Charles Ricketts (1866-1931),bound in full publisher's light green cloth, stamped in blind, and lettered in gilt, pages crisp throughout, slight fading of spines, 9 1/4 x 5 3/4 in. each, the set occupying 28 inches of shelf space. (39)
The spare and elegant Vale Shakespeare, produced under the artistic direction of Ricketts, is a monument to the type faces it employs, subsequently destroyed by Ricketts after the press ceased operation in 1904.
Estimate $1,000-1,500


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