Shakespeare's Comedy of The Merry Wives of Windsor Presented in Eight Pen Designs by Walter Crane [INSCRIBED & SIGNED]
London: George Allen: Ruskin House, 1894. Walter Crane. Limited edition. Hardcover. 1/650. Folio. Unpaginated. Gilt decorated green cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Heavy chipping, fraying and tearing to spine. Corners bumped and worn. Discoloration, staining and scuffing to boards. Hinges starting. Decorated title page. Page following title repaired along gutter with binders tape. "Shakespeare's comedy of the Merry Wives of Windsor presented in eight pen designs by Walter Crane". The b/w plates are mounted on stiff white pages. Chipping to bottom right corner throughout not affecting text or plates. Some age yellowing to pages. Signed by Walter Crane and the engraver, Duncan C. Dallas. Binding in poor, interior in good condition. fair. Item #13890
Price: $416.00