As You Like It
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Pictures and note courtesy of Dick Blacher. Commentary courtesy of Paul Jackson
As You Like It
by William Shakespeare
#42 of 100
Note: Probable Louis Herman Kinder binding based upon finish tooling on spine.
The book measures 10 1/2" x 8 1/8"
and has 122 pages. The body of the text is Bruce Roman. The limited edition of
100 depicted above was printed on Imperial Japan Vellum, bound 3/4 Levant and
specially illuminated. Some of the 100 were also bound in 3/4 tooled leather
according to McKenna. The regular edition was bound in paper over boards with a
suede spine or in an Alicia binding and printed on Roycroft handmade
paper. The press work was by Otto Franz and the borders and designs were by
Samuel Warner.
This book is listed in the 1903 catalog and sold for $25.00