[Rarebooks] FS: Essex House Press Poems of Shakespeare, 1/450 copies bound in vellum

[Charles Agvent]

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SHAKESPEARE, William. THE POEMS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, ACCORDING TO THE 
TEXT OF THE ORIGINAL COPIES, INCLUDING THE LYRICS, SONGS, AND SNATCHES 
FOUND IN HIS DRAMAS. [London]: (Essex House Press), (December 1899). 
First Edition. Octavo (6-3/4" x 9-1/8") bound in publisher's full vellum 
with yapped edges and both tie strings. Copy #382 of 450 copies arranged 
and carefully collated with the original texts of the earliest editions 
by F. S. Ellis and printed in red and black at the Essex House Press 
under the care of C. R. Ashbee, published by Edward Arnold. Illustrated 
with a full-page plate and scores of decorative initial capital letters. 
Owner name partially erased on front endpaper. Vellum a bit soiled and 
wrinkled. Very Good or better.         $750.00

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