Title-page: TALES FROM SHAKESPEARE | CHARLES AND MARY LAMB | — | With an Introduction by | MARTIN ARMSTRONG | {space} | {publisher’s device} | COLLINS | LONDON AND GLASGOW ||

Pagination: [1-4] 5-256, frontispiece: reproduction of portrait of Charles Lamb.

Edition: reprint of 1953 edition (WorldCat); in Collins Classics series.

Binding: 18.5 x 11 cm, semi-soft, crimson faux morocco, blind-stamped fillet border, gilt lettering to spine, TEG, slipcase.

Contributors:

William Shakespeare (English, 1564 – 1616)

Mary Ann Lamb (British, 1764 – 1847) – author.

Charles Lamb (British, 1775 – 1834) – author.

Collins Clear-Type Press & Publisher (London; Glasgow) – printer and publisher.

Note: “On the writing desk were two books – identical copies of Lamb’s Tales From Shakespeare. […] — Why did you choose Lamb? — It was the only book I could find in duplicate except Uncle Tom’s Cabin…” Graham Greene. Our Man in Havana.