Shakespeare as a stamp collector /
Higlett, G. A.(George Allen),1860-1940,author.
Shakespeare, William,1564-1616.
Humorous essay "proving", through quotes from the plays, that Shakespeare was a philatelist. Four "Tudor penny blacks from the Shakespeare collection" are mounted on the leaf opposite the title page.
Statement of manufacture from the front cover.
Library copy has an advert for this booklet issued to attendees at the Harrogate Congress, 1921, pasted to the inside front cover. A printed letter from Fred. J. Melville is secured at the back of the booklet, a stamp for the City of London Philatelic Society is attached to the inside back cover and a letter from the author dated 24 May, 1921 is secured at the front.
Humorous essay "proving", through quotes from the plays, that Shakespeare was a philatelist. Four "Tudor penny blacks from the Shakespeare collection" are mounted on the leaf opposite the title page.
136 copies printed.
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