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London: J. M. Dent & Company, 1988. Book measures 28x22.5.cm. Collation, lv,538pp, 22 full page plates, text illustrations. Bound in original publishers black ornate gilt cloth, top gilt edge. Binding in very good clean firm condition. Dust jacket rubbed, a few short tears/nicks. Jacket in good clean condition. Internally, pages clean. Housed in the original publishers slipcase. Slipcase showing some wear. Generally a nice clean copy.. Fifth Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/Good Plus. Quarto.
The Birth Life And Acts Of King Arthur Of His Noble Knights Of The Round Table Their Marvellous Enquests And Adventures The Achieving Of The San Greal And In The End Le Morte Darthur With the Dolourous Death And Departing Out Of This World Of Them All by Malory, Sir Thomas - 1909
by Malory, Sir Thomas
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The Birth Life And Acts Of King Arthur Of His Noble Knights Of The Round Table Their Marvellous Enquests And Adventures The Achieving Of The San Greal And In The End Le Morte Darthur With the Dolourous Death And Departing Out Of This World Of Them All
by Malory, Sir Thomas
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London: J.M. Dent, 1909. Second edition. Hardcover. Contemporary three quarter brown morocco, marbled boards and marbled endpapers. Teg. Near fine. Beardsley, Aubrey. 624 pages. 25.5 x 20 cm. 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. Beardsley's first major work. An elaborately illustrated edition of Sir Thomas Malory's masterpiece in facsimile format from Caxton's 1485 typographic classic. Beardsley's illustrations to Le Morte d'Arthur are a mix of knights and fauns, swans, fantasy figures, all in his "fin de siecle" style. Limited edition, one of 1500. Original gilt decorated green wrappers bound-in. Minor surface rubbing.
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London: J. M. Dent, 1893. First edition, limited to 1,500 copies. Volume One only (Includes Books 1-9 as published), in extremely rare dust jacket. Published London: J. M. Dent, 1893. 4to., 8 1/2" x 10", lxiv + 455 pages, illustrated with full page plates, vignettes, borders, in-text decorations and cover design by Aubrey Beardsley. Beardsley's first major commission and a landmark of great illustrated books. Beardsley juxtaposed various traditional and contemporary styles with his own, and laid them down, side-by-side throughout the book. From elaborate and formal William Morris design elements to shocking eroticism and striking decadence - as in the case of the frontispiece plate of Arthur. Cream linen cloth with elaborate gilt design and fancy titles. Top edge gilting, 3-color ribbon marker bound in. Slight foxing to the cloth, endpapers toned along the perimeters, some wrinkling to the tissue guard at frontis, else very good, attractive; binding square and tight in a rare dust…
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