Forty Drawings to Illustrate the Works of William Shakespeare
Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1937. Rockwell Kent. Limited Edition. Folio in Custom Drop Spine Box. Folio (matted lithograph sheets measure 8.75 x 11.5 inches; in matting, 15 x 18 inches). All 40 lithographs present. Slight age-toning to the mat board of first print, which is signed. In a custom box simulating the issued box, original label laid down, thus replacing the publisher's box most often found dilapidated. Two-inch scuff to bottom edge of box. Lacking booklet. Of an edition limited to 1,000 sets, this is numbered 37. Increasingly uncommon. Very Good+ / Box: Very Good+. Item #5178
Kent's austere, stylized treatment of Shakespeare's collected works is presented in here in stand-alone glory. A handsome set.
Price: $2,000.00