RACKHAM, Arthur (illus.); SHAKESPEARE, William.

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The Tempest. First Rackham edition, signed limited issue, number 266 of 520 copies signed by Rackham. The limited issue includes an additional plate ("Sea-nymphs hourly ring his knell") not present in the trade edition.A review published in The Bystander on 8 December 1926 noted that the book was "most exquisitely illustrated by Arthur Rackham, and some of the colour plates were the loveliest things of their kind that I have seen"."Three plates, 'Come unto these yellow sands'; 'The isle is full of noises', and the fine 'Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments will hum about mine ears', reach near perfection, and in so doing point a new quality in Rackham's work..." (Gettings, p. 150).

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