(Cranach Press)
Facsimile of the Cranach Press Hamlet.
NY: Benjamin Blom, Inc., 1972. Folio. 202, (5)pp. Publisher's facsimile of the famed edition of Hamlet issued by the Cranach Press in 1929. With reprints of Edward Johnston's typography, Edward Gordon Craig's 74 woodcuts, and Eric Gill's contributions of two initials, the title over the first woodcut, and spine titling. Bound in paper-covered boards with vellum spine and tips. Edges rubbed and spine slightly bumped, else near fine in somewhat worn slipcase. Publisher's history of the Cranach Press attached to rear paste-down. Item #28310
Price: $400.00
By This Author: William Shakespeare
By This Illustrator: Craig, Edward Gordon and Eric Gill
By This Publisher: Craig, Edward Gordon and Eric Gill