[Rarebooks] FS: Beautifully Illustrated Poems of Shakespeare

[Charles Agvent]

SHAKESPEARE, William. THE POEMS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE. Cambridge: 
Limited Editions Club, 1967. Quarto (6-1/2" x 10-3/4") bound in quarter 
deep red-brown cowhide and henna-colored natural-finish cloth boards 
with the front board embossed with an oval portrait of Shakespeare. 
Edited and introduced by Peter Alexander; designed by John Dreyfus. 
Illustrated with 39 wood engravings by Agnes Miller Parker. Includes 
Venus & Adonis; The Rape of Lucrece, the Sonnets; A Lover's Complaint; 
The Passionate Pilgrim; The Phoenix and Turtle; and a useful Glossary. 
Copy #39 of 1500 SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page. Monthly 
Letter laid in. Bookplate on the front pastedown. Fine in a Fine 
slipcase. (#016829) $175.00

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