SHAKESPEARE, William (playwright). Arthur RACKHAM (illustrator). The Tempest. London; William Heinemann Ltd. 1926

4to.; publisher’s grey/black cloth with gilt pictorial vignettes to spine and upper cover, lettered gilt, top edges plain; pp. [vi], vii-ix, [x] + 185; with elaborate pictorial title in black and white, the frontispiece within a decorative border design by Rackham, and other charming chapters headings and decorations in line accompanying a total of 20 fine coloured plates by Rackham, all mounted-at-large; a remarkably fresh and crisp copy, both externally and internally, with small rubbing to spine ends, joint and forecorner tips; internally immaculate with all plates fine.

First Rackham edition.  One of the illustrator’s most popular and beautiful compositions, full of ethereal and delicate illustrations of mystical fairy folk.