![]() Lacking illustrated front free end paper. Pages bright and clean, apart from the odd spot to the first and last couple of pages. Front hinge is tender but still reasonably firm. Externally very smart, with only a little wear to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities, and slight bumping to the colour illustration to the front board. In publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. Jackson (1873-1952) was an English artist who drew illustrations for The Sketch, painted covers to the Daily Mail Sixpenny Novel series, and illustrated children's books. Mary Lamb was responsible for retelling the comedies, Charles for the tragedies, and they omitted the more complex historical tales. It was one of the bestselling books of the 19th century. Tales from Shakespeare was written by the siblings Charles and Mary Lamb in 1807, intended for children but retaining as much Shakespearean language as possible. 47 plates, as lacking front free end paper. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. Her mother was an invalid, and for many years she was entirely dependent on Mary’s care. From an early age she helped support the family by doing needlework. ![]() Born into a poor family, Mary Lamb received little formal education. Tales from Shakespeare by Charles and Mary Lamb, with beautiful colour plates by A. Mary Ann Lamb, (born December 3, 1764, London, Englanddied May 20, 1847, London), English writer, known for Tales from Shakespear, written with her brother Charles. ![]()
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