The girlhood of Shakespeare’s heroines
Book Description
An attractive vellum bound prize binding with CAMBRIDGE LOCAL EXAMINATION - HATCHAM CENTRE 1881 with presentation prize label affixed to front endpaper .
Nine illustrations in permanent photography from pictures by T.F.Dicksee and W. S. Herrick .showing heroines such as Desdemona, Portia, Juliet, Rosalind etc.
an attractive copy showing slight wear on title label on spine and spine itself. Spine is elaborately decorated with gilt.
All page edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. A new edition.
Dealer Notes
Also included are a card inscribed “ given to Marie Young 1939 with affectionate thanks “ and a covering letter detailing how the recipient knew the givers sister from the school she went to and later worked in .
Author
Mary Cowden Clarke
Date
1880
Binding
Prize binding in vellum ( hardback)
Publisher
Bickers & son. London
Illustrator
Photographic plates by T.F.Dicksee & W.S.Herrick
Condition
Very good
Pages
456
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