Unknown — 1925 Everyman and Other Plays

London, Chapman and Hall, 1925. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated book of the anonymously written fifteenth century play, along with The Nativity and Shepherd's Play. Everyman and Other Plays (The Nativity and Shepherd's Play), a beautifully decorated by book illustrator and engraver John Austen. Published by Chapman and Hall in 1925. In the publisher's original cloth, with nineteen engraved colour illustrations by Austen. Collated complete.Anonymously written, The Everyman was fifteenth morality play focused on the importance of having a proper relationship with God for man to achieve salvation, using many allegories including Death, Wisdom and Beauty. Austen's beautiful illustrations are fit well with the late medieval context in which it was written. In the publisher's original cloth. Externally, mostly smart with minimal handling marks. Joint have failed, resulting in a loose spine. Slight bumping to top extremities of boards. Decorative end papers are generally clean, with mild offsetting to rear free end paper. Internally, firmly bound, with very slight wear between Nativity title leaf and p.73. Pages are bright and clean, with the rare mark to the leaf extremities. Good . Ill.: John Austen. Good .