SHAKESPEARE'S TRAGEDY OF HAMLET. by Shakespeare, William. Introduction by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch

New York and London: Hodder & Stoughton xxvii, 165 pp, 10" H. No date (c1910). Green cloth with gilt lettering & decoration on spine and front board. Decorated title page. 30 tipped-in colour plates (including frontispiece), with tissue guards bearing captions and most with decorative devices in black (e.g. crowned serpent, serpent tangled in a rosary, skull in jester's cap)- all the plates are present, clean & bright - two have corner creases. Sir Arthur. Quiller-Couch's introductory essay gives a synopsis of the play and relevant background material. Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, suspects his father's death was no accident and sets out to prove that his uncle, now King Claudius, is the murderer. Very light browning to endpapers and colour plate page stock, light browning to edges of text block, light wear and light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine, light corner wear, light rubbing on spine edges, approx. 2 1/2" x 1/2" area of color loss on rear board, split in paper at inside rear hinge - very very firmly, two very small stains on front board, front board is very slightly concave.. Hard Cover. Very Good-/No Jacket. Illus. by W.G. Simmonds..