Sir Edward Poynter et al “Shakespeare Tercentenary Drury Lane Theatre May 2. 1616 – 1916” first edition hardcover book 1916. Shakespeare Tercentenary Commemoration Performance Hardcover Book 1916.

A Tribute to the Genius of William Shakespeare, Being the Programme of a Performance at Drury Lane Theatre on May 2, 1916, the Tercentenary of his Death, Humbly Offered by the Players and their Fellow-Workers in the Kindred Arts of Music and Painting.

Macmillan and Co., Limited, London, 1916. Hardcover. First edition, first impression. Beige cloth spine over pictorial boards. Black and white frontispiece with tissue guard. Illustrated throughout with black and white reproductions of paintings or drawings by contemporary early twentieth century artists. This is the principal content of the book. Pages uncut. No dustjacket. Previous owner’s name to front free endpaper. Top edge of upper board uneven. Corners of fore edges of boards rubbed and lightly bumped. Boards rubbed and soiled. Tissue guard lightly tanned. Some light foxing to first few and to last few pages. Page edges tanned. Overall, the book is in just about a good condition.