SHAKESPEARE, William; Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
The Tempest.
London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1926.
$650.00
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Item Number: RRB-152869
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First Edition of The Tempest; Illustrated by Arthur Rackham with Twenty Tipped-In Color Plates
First trade edition of Shakespeare's enchanted island romance, magically illustrated by the golden-age master Arthur Rackham. Quarto, original cloth pictorially stamped in gilt, top stain green, illustrated with twenty tipped-in color plates and numerous line drawings by Rackham. Near fine in a very good pictorial dust jacket. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. Uncommon in the original dust jacket.
The Tempest, one of Shakespeare's last and most magical plays, tells of the exiled sorcerer Prospero, who conjures a storm to bring his enemies to his enchanted island and works through his spirits Ariel and Caliban toward reconciliation and forgiveness. This celebrated edition is illustrated by Arthur Rackham, the foremost of the great golden-age book illustrators, whose delicate, otherworldly watercolors of fairies, spirits, and gnarled trees defined the look of the illustrated gift book in the early twentieth century. Rackham brought to The Tempest the same enchantment he had lavished on Rip Van Winkle, Peter Pan, and A Midsummer Night's Dream, and the result is among the most beautiful of all illustrated editions of Shakespeare.
The Tempest.
$650.00
In Stock