The Tragedie of Macbeth

The Tragedie of Macbeth, William Shakespeare, printed from the folio of 1623, London, 1923, Ernest Benn Limited.

The Tragedie of Macbeth, William Shakespeare, Printed from the Folio of 1623, London, 1923,Ernest Benn Limited. The Players' Shakespeare Edition, with an introduction by Mr Harley Granville-Barker, and illustrated by Mr Charles Ricketts, printed at the Shakespeare Head Press, Stratford-Upon-Avon and limited to 100 signed copies for sale and six copies not for sale. This copy is number 82. It is quarto, bound in vellum by Zaehnsdorf with gold gilt decorated framing on both covers, gilt titles on spine, and printed on Bachelor's Kelmscott hand-made paper. Signed by Messrs. Granville-Barker, Ricketts, and Rutherston. Half title page, red and black title page, publisher's advertisement, introduction (ix-xxiv), preface( xxv-lvii), Textual Variant (lviii-lix), and 84 pages followed by colophon page. Twelve coloured illustrations with tissue guards. Rear inside board has small gilt stamped mark of the binder. Top page edges gilt, outer and bottom page edges rough. Book is in near fine condition, any flaw is very minor: There is very light soiling to the vellum covers, there are two very small tears on the bottom edge of the half title page. Binding is tight and solid and internally the book is pristine, it appears to never have been looked at more than once. There are no marks, no bookplates, no inscriptions, no owner signature. The Tragedie of Macbeth, William Shakespeare.