SHAKESPEARE: The Man. An Attempt to Find Traces of the Dramatist's Personal Character in His Dramas. With a letter handwritten and signed by Goldwin Smith.
Toronto, Ontario, Canada: George N. Morang & Company, Limited, 1899. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). Very good- condition. Item #013379
77 pages of text. Original hardcover binding with minor shelfwear, including minor bumping and scuffing to the corners. A few pages with tiny tears at the edge. Minor browning/toning to the page edges, and minor foxing to the illustration of Shakespeare. Minor foxing to endpapers. Affixed to a front endpaper is a letter on Macmillan & Co. London letterhead "Dec. 23 Dear Mr. Sandys, Any day or days, except Jan 3-6 when I shall be out of town, I shall be at your service. I am to be in town until the end of March. Yours most truly [signed] Goldwin Smith. Everybody seems delighted with the portrait the original is highly honoured[?]" First edition. From the collection of Louis Marder, Shakespeare historian and collector of books by, on or referring to William Shakespeare.
Price: $100.00