SHAKESPEARE, William
The Sonnets of William Shakespeare
Edited by W.J. Craig
London: Philip Lee Warner for Medici Society, 1913.
Riccardi Press Booklet edition. Octavo (9-1/4 x 6-1/2 in.) No. 376 of 1,000
numbered paper copies for Great Britain. Quarter pale tan buckram and grey
paper boards, gilt lettering, top edge gilt, others uncut. Collates 88 pp.:
[3], ii, 1-78, 3, [3]. Printed in the 11 point Riccardi font on handmade
laid Riccardi Paper watermarked with the Riccardi Press device. Moderate
offset staining to covers, light bumping to extremities and edge wear to
covers and spine, offsetting to endpapers, overall a very good copy, internally
fine. Full decorative border on first page, within which the text of the
preface and first sonnet is impressively printed entirely in capitals.
Price: SOLD
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