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(CRANACH PRESS.) Shakespeare, William. The Tragedie of Hamlet Prince of Denmark. Printed in red and black. Typography arranged by Harry Kessler and designed by Edward Johnston; title-page designed by Eric Gill. Woodcut illustrations by Edward Gordon Craig. Folio, full red morocco by O. Dorfner, light shelf wear with mild discoloration to covers, top edges gilt, panelled in gilt, raised bands; gilt turn-ins; slipcase, soiled, corners split. Norman J. Sondheim bookplate. With the 35-page "Notes on the Text of Shakespeare's Hamlet, 1604" inserted into rear cover pocket as issued. Weimar, 1930
number 16 of 300 copies in the deluxe red morocco binding on handmade paper specially made for the Cranach Press. The first English language edition; Kessler had issued a German edition the previous year. One of the most strikingly beautiful illustrated books of the twentieth century and a bright, clean copy. A. Horne, Dictionary of 20th Century British Book Illustrators, page 154; The Artist and the Book 66; Ransom 253.
