William Shakespeare — A Midsummer-Night&Apos;S Dream

London, William Heinemann, 1908 . First edition. Cloth. A bright example of the first edition of Arthur Rackham's beautiful edition of Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', illustrated with tipped in colour plates. The first trade edition of Arthur Rackham's illustrated edition of this work. Illustrated with a tipped-in colour frontispiece, thirty-nine tipped-in colour plates, and in-text illustrations. Collated, complete. 'A Midsummer-Night's Dream' is one of Shakespeare's best known plays, a comedic play that was originally written around 1595/6. Written by William Shakespeare. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham, a popular book illustrator, well known for his work during the Golden Age of British book illustration. This is considered to be one of Rackham's finest works of illustrations. His fairies drawn for this volume have become some of his best known work. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Boards bright, with back strip lightly age toned. Bump to back strip head. Internally, firmly bound. Plates exceptionally bright. Pages bright, with spotting throughout, most concentrated to page perimeters and pages facing plates. Very Good . Ill.: Arthur Rackham. Very Good .