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

London, Hodder & Stoughton, c1915. Cloth. Beautifully illustrated with tipped in colour plates by Hugh Thomson, and in the publisher's original decorative cloth, this is a wonderful example of Shakespeare's beloved comedy. First published in 1909, this is an early example of this charming work. Illustrated with twenty-four tipped in colour plates by Thomson, each with captioned tissue guards. Collated, complete. Thomson was a celebrated illustrator known for his pen and ink illustrations of classic works of literature, remembered for inaugurating the Cranford School of Illustration with his edition of Elizabeth Gaskell's work of the same name. A wonderful edition of Shakespeare's pastoral comedy, in which heroine Rosalind flees persecution at court to find love in the forest of Arden. In the publisher's original decorative cloth binding. Boards bright, but back strip age toned. Bump to back strip head. Front hinge strained following title page, but firmly held. Internally, firmly bound. Spotting to page perimeters. Very Good . Ill.: Hugh Thomson. Very Good .