Of 1500 copies designed and decorated with wood engravings by Eric Gill this is copy #461.

Cary Grant was one of classic Hollywood's definitive leading men from the 1930s until the mid-1960s. In 1999 the American Film Institute named him the second greatest male star of Golden Age Hollywood cinema, trailing only Humphrey Bogart. [wikipedia]

In 1945 Alfred Hitchcock proposed a modernized version of Shakespeare’s Hamlet, with Cary Grant on board, presumably to play the title role. While the film was never made, the following year he starred in Hitchcock's spy film noir Notorious.

Octavo, [ix], [5], 149, [3] pages. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in publisher's full blind-stamped pigskin. Lacking publisher's slipcase. Light plus chipping to head and tail of spine, light rubbing and bumping to head and tail of spine and corners. Signed by Eric Gill on the colophon. Bookplate of Cary Grant on the front pastedown. GH Consignment. Shelved in Case 9 3/4.