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The tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, by William Shakespeare. With engravings by Eric Gill & an introduction by Gilbert Murray.

Accession number
PML 152242
Creator
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Published
[High Wycombe : Printed for the members of the Limited Editions Club by Hague and Gill, 1933]
Credit line
Bequest of Julia P. Wightman.
Notes
"Designed & illustrated by Eric Gill. Fifteen hundred copies have been printed...for the members of the Limited Editions Club..."
Half-title vignette.
Laid in are typescript remarks on the binding materials and techniques by Philip Smith, 31 May 1980, and a typescript letter from Smith to Julia Wightman, 7 June 1980.
Typescript description on the binding tipped-in.
Description
viii, 149 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Provenance
From the library of Miss Julia P. Wightman.
Binding
Full blue oasis morocco by Philip Smith, with maril images of Hamlet and Ophelia on the covers, hand-painted doublures, and hand-painted box case.
Classification
Department