The nutbrown maid, Shakespeare Head Press

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Book. The nutbrown maid. Shakespeare Head Press, publisher, Warwickshire, Stratford-on-Avon. Adams, Katharine, binder. 32 p. ; 14 cm. Shakespeare Head Press booklets ; No. IV. Bound by Katharine Adams: leather with gold-tooled shapes on front and back; three raised bands on spine with title in gold. Bound by Katharine Adams. 1906. Production Note: "350 copies set in 12-point Bell and printed at Whittington on Zerkall mould-made paper. 300 copies are bound in paper printed with a design by the artist, and 50 copies are bound in quarter leather with a portfolio containing 12 of the engravings."--Colophon. Museum has copy no 150, signed by the artist. Binding: quarter rust-coloured cloth with tan paper sides. With special extending dutjacket showing panoramic view of Whittington.

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