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Stratford-on-Avon. A Sketchbook.

London, Adam & Charles Black, no year(c.1920). 15.8 cm x 22.5 cm. Unpaginated. c. 50 pages. 16 drawn illustrations by author. Hardcover [publisher’s original tanned cloth] with title-label on front board. In protective mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Crack to gutter between front pastedown and endpaper, cloth exposed. Binding still good and firm. Some browning to edges. Interior bright and clean. Private inscription dated April 1916 on front endpaper. [Beautiful Britain – Series].

Includes, for example, the following illustrations: Holy Trinity Church / The Birthroom in Shakespeare’s House / The Guild Hall & Grammar School / The New Place Panelling in the Falcon Hotel / The Memorial Theatre from the Falcon Hotel / The Clopton Bridge / The Corner of Ely Street / In the Hall of the Harvard House etc.

Loosely inserted: Undated theatre review of Gilbert’s ‘Galatea’ at the Olympia.

• Keywords: Drawings · English History – Rare · English Literature – Rare · Illustrated Books · Shakespeare · Shakespeare Studies · Stratford-on-Avon
• Language: English
• Inventory Number: 29478AB

EUR 175,-- 

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