THE SHAKESPEARE HEAD PRESS BOOKLETS. No I [VI]

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THE SHAKESPEARE HEAD PRESS BOOKLETS. No I [VI]

Shakespeare Head Press, Stratford-upon-Avon, 1906

Six vols. Sm. 8vo. [3 5/8 x 5 1/8 inches], quarter gray morocco with four raised bands and a hand-lettered paper spine label, over mottled brown boards (undoubtedly the work of an amateur bookbinder), with the bookplate of Anna Blakiston Day on the front pastedown.Ransom [Selective Check Lists of Press Books. I, 9] "This item is known only from a set bound together; no other specimens or records have been found. The titles are: I, Ancient Carols (second edition); II, Festive Songs for Christmas (second edition); III, Shakespeare's Songs; IV, The Nutbrown Maid; V, More Ancient Carols; VI, A Lover's Complaint & The Phoenix and the Turtle." It would appear that this is the set to which he referred.Each booklet comprises 32pp., including self covers, which feature a 17th century style typographical border (all but No. III being identical), as well as a table of contents. The last booklet is unopened. RARE.

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