A sweet copy of Charles and Mary Lamb's Tales from Shakespeare, retelling twenty of the Bard's plays as short narrative stories intended for young readers.

8vo (18.5 x 13 cm); wood-engraved vignettes, ownership inscription in pen to title head; contemporary blue calf gilt, spine gilt in 7 compartments, contrasting red morocco title-piece, all edges gilt, spine slightly faded, spotting to prelims and last few ff of text, otherwise internally clean, very good; vi, [2], 312pp.