The Sonnets of William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare

Peter Pauper Press, 1940

Prize inscription awarded to Ruth Pratt by Ethel Walker Smith. Bound in linen cloth over floral boards. Hardcover in slip case. Tears to case, splitting. Water damage to case and boards. 

Ethel Walker was a Bryn Mawr graduate whose vision of a changing world for women inspired her to create a school where young women would receive a rigorous preparation for college and create the foundation for lifelong learning and intellectual curiosity. The Ethel Walker School is still in operation today.