THE TAMING OF THE SHREW

Item
5/6
Set

CHILDREN'S STORIES FROM SHAKESPEARE, THE GEM SHAKESPEARE LIBRARY

Set Comment

part of the larger series THE CHILDREN'S GEM LIBRARY. A SERIES OF 18 CLOTH-BOUND STORY BOOKS BY THE MOST POPULAR WRITERS FOR CHILDREN. ILLUSTRATED IN COLOUR AND BLACK AND WHITE. SIXTY-FOUR PAGES. 25c. EACH, OR SIX BOOKS COMPLETE IN FANCY CASE, 1.50 light brown cloth covered boards with elaborate design and circular colour plate illustration, title also printed on spine, GEM LIBRARY crest on back cover RAPHAEL TUCK & SONS, LTD., LONDON. PARIS. BERLIN. NEW YORK. MONTREAL 64 pages, issued with protective tissue paper dust covers

Set Covers
Title

THE TAMING OF THE SHREW

Item Comment

cover illustration and one color plate frontispiece titled PETRUCHIO AND KATHERINE by FRANCES BRUNDAGE-same image, many in text black and white illustrations, contains three stories titled THE TAMING OF THE SHREW, TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA, and MEASURE FOR MEASURE

Type

Hardcover Book

Artist

FRANCES BRUNDAGE AND J.W. GREY

Author

E. NESBIT & HUGH CHESSON

Size

4.5 x 6.5 in.