Sonnets by William Shakespeare. Edited by M.R. Ridley. London: J.M. Dent, 1949. Bound in half polished red morocco over marbled boards. Spine with raised bands, compartments lettered & decorated in gilt. Housed in a cloth slipcase. A fine bright copy, handsomely bound.

With two wood-engravings by Eric Gill.

First issued by J.M. Dent in 1935 this edition includes a seventeen page introduction and contains 154 sonnets.

A notable mid-century pocket edition issued in The New Temple Shakespeare series, that prioritised a clean, scholarly text for the general reader.