The Birth, Life and Acts of King Arthur, of His Noble Knights of the Round Table ... Le Morte Darthur .. by (Beardsley, Aubrey) Malory, Sir Thomas - 1927

London: Studio Editions, 1993. Nice copy. quarto. hardback with dust jacket liv + 624pp., illustrations, A facsimile of the J. M. Dent 1909 edition

Easton Press, 2000. First Thus. Leather Binding. Fine. A fine copy of this beautiful printing of Beardsley's classic illustrated version. Full black leather decorated in gilt, spine with raied bands, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers. Collector's Notes and unused Easton bookplate laid in loose.

London; J. M. Dent, 1909., 1909. Hard Cover. SECOND EDITION, complete in single volume, and LIMITED to 1000 copies only for the United Kingdom and 500 for America. Large octavo, pp. liv, 624. 20 plates including frontispiece,of which 5 double page, plus numerous illustrations throughout the text including chapter headings and decorative borders, by Aubrey Beardsley. Publishers' olive green cloth with gilt titles to spine, blocked in gilt with elaborate stylised lily design, also by Beardsley, to spine and upper board; top edge gilt. A slightly shaken copy with bruised upper corners and light wear to spine tips; paper cracked at inner rear hinge. Light foxing, largely to paste-down endpapers, otherwise contents clean with no annotation or inscriptions. Very Good overall. Beardsley's lavishly produced masterpiece and his first major commission, originally issued in twelve parts but here complete in a single volume with his decoration to every page. Beardsley (1872-98) was arguably the most… Read More

Westminster: William Caxton, 1909. Limited Edition. Leather bound. Near fine. Limited edition of The Birth, life, and Acts of King Arthur by Thomas Malory.. Quarto, liv, 624pp. Rebound in quarter morocco, title in gilt on spine. Marbled paper boards, new endpapers. Solid text block, light wear to corners, even toning throughout, a near fine example. Previous bookseller's label affixed to front endpaper. Limitation page states this second edition printing with Aubrey Beardsley designs "is limited to 1000 copies for the United Kingdom and 500 for America." Complete with twenty full-page plates, with numerous in-text illustrations. Frontispiece protected by tissue guard.

London, 1927. Third edition. Hardcover. Limited Edition of 1600 copies. 4to. lv, 538 pp. Glossary. Embellished with Many Original Designs by Aubrey Beardsley, including full page and double-page plates, chapter initials and headings. With an Introduction by Professor John Rhys, and a Note on Aubrey Beardsley by Almer Vallance. Publisher's pictorial gilt stamped black cloth with gilt lettering & decoration to spine; TEG; deckled fore and bottom edges. 4 page publisher's prospectus/order form laid in. Some wear corners & spine ends with a bit of loss to tail; front hinge cracked at title page; tape residue to FFEP corners). This third edition is "... distinctive by the inclusion of ten Chapter Headings omitted from the first edition and of two desings by Beardsley which have never before been issued in the Morte D'Arthur. These are the eleventh Chapter Heading and the original drawing for the Cover... recognised as the finest of all Beardsley's decorative achievements." - prospectus. Next day shipping.… Read More

New York: J. M. Dent, 1927. Third edition. Cloth. Very Good. 4to (31 cm); lv, 538 p., [22] leaves of plates, including one half-tone, two engravings, and 19 cuts (five of them double-page). Many illustrations and ornaments in text. Original black cloth with Beardsley's floral design in gilt. Top edge gilt. Rebacked, with original spine laid down. Text extremely good, unstained, with pages toned at edges. No dust jacket. Illustrated with 20 full page plates, including 2 from etchings and 18 from woodcuts (five are double-page) by Aubrey Beardsley with tissue-guards, plus approx. 280 woodcut chapter headers, initials, borders and ornaments throughout the text. Introduction by John Rhys. Note on Aubrey Beardsley by Aymer Vallance. Note on the designs omitted from the first edition by R. A. Walker. Caxton's Preface from the 1485 edition. Glossary. Edition limited to 1600 copies.

New York: E. P. Dutton, 1909. Very good. Second Beardsley edition, first one-volume edition, limited to 1500 copies; 10 1/4 x 8; pp. [9], vj-liv, [1], 2-624; green cloth over boards; gilt decorations and title to front board and spine; illustrated with 20 full-page plates and numerous in-line drawings by Aubrey Beardsley; a bit of rubbing to tips of spine and corners and a tiny, closed cut to cloth to upper margin of spine; table of contents with a few small chips to fore-edge; booklate and gift inscription to front board verso and ffep; scattered spots of foxing to first and last few leaves; in very good condition.Containing 10 additional chapter headings not found in the first edition of 1893 - 1894, the book would be considered famed illustrator, author, and leading contributor to the development of the Art Nouveau Aubrey Beardsley's (1872 - 1898) first and much-celebrated major work.

Westminster: William Caxton, 1927. Hardcover. Very Good. . This edition with Beardsley illustrations, limited edition of 1,600 copies. This copy specially bound in half-morocco with raised bands and gilt decoration on the spine, printed boards, top edges gilt, matching printed endpapers. Cover shows minor rubbing to the extremities, some minor stains on the top edges. Pages are lightly tanned and clean, profusely illustrated. Original navy cloth cover and spine with gilt decorations bound in at the rear.

London: J. M. Dent, 1927. Limited edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Illustrated by Aubrey Beardelsy. 4to. One of 1600 copies, the third edition of Malory with Beardsley's illustrations. Black cloth, the spine and boards intricately gilt with the iconic Beardsley water-lily illustrations. This edition contains more material and ten more drawings than the first edition. Trace of rubbing on the upper board and light wear along the bottom, else a near fine copy. Bookplate of F. W. Rogers. .

E. P. Dutton / Dent. Very Good+ in Poor dust jacket. 1927. Hardcover. Note, title page text appears without punctuation. Third edition of this design limited to 1600 copies. Dent colophon on title page with Dutton shown as publisher on copyright page and spine. Small wrinkle to fabric on upper spine. Jacket is tattered and in two pieces but is a rare addition to the volume. This is a beautiful work with wonderful illustration. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 538 pages .