Oct 14, 2010 - Sale 2225

Sale 2225 - Lot 165

Price Realized: $ 10,800
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000
(CRANACH PRESS.) Shakespeare, William. The Tragedie of Hamlet Prince of Denmarke. Printed in red and black. Typography arranged by Harry Kessler and designed by Edward Johnston; title-page designed by Eric Gill. Elegant woodcut illustrations by Edward Gordon Craig. Folio, gilt-lettered deep red morocco gilt by O. Dorfner, Weimar, spine somewhat dry with joints and edges rubbed, few surface imperfections. With the 35-page "Notes on the Text of Shakespeare's Hamlet, 1604" inserted into rear cover pocket. Weimar, 1930

Additional Details

number 15 of 300 copies printed on handmade paper. The Artist and the Book 66; Ransom 253.