William Shakespeare — Shakespeare&Apos;S Comedy of As You Like It

London, Hodder and Stoughton, [1909] . Cloth. A beautifully presented facsimile of Shakespeare's 'As You Like It', with colourful illustrations by Hugh Thomson throughout. In the original publisher's green cloth binding, with decorative gilt design to the front board. This work is a wonderfully presented facsimile of Shakespeare's comedy, As You Like It, printed by permission of the Oxford Edition. With a summary of the story included, as well as the play itself. Heavily illustrated throughout, with forty tipped-in colour plates by Irish illustrator, Hugh Thomson, who was best known for his pen-and-ink drawings of works by authors such as Charles Dickens and Jane Austen. Alongside the colour plates in this work, there are a number of these pen-and-ink illustrations, including a decorative title page. Collated, complete. With a bookplate of Ismay Lucretia Mary Ramsay, daughter of the 14th Viscount Gormanston, to the front paste down. In the original publisher's green cloth binding, with decorative gilt design to the front board. Externally, excellent, with light rubbing to the extremities and to the joints. Marks to the spine. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Bookplate to the front endpaper. Light offsetting and the odd spot to the endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean, with the odd handling mark. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Hugh Thomson. Very Good Indeed .