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Le Morte Darthur by Sir Thomas Malory Kt

Le Morte Darthur by Sir Thomas Malory Kt

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Le Morte Darthur by Sir Thomas Malory Kt

by Malory, Thomas

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  • near fine
  • Hardcover
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Near fine
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About This Item

London: Philip Lee Warner, The Medici Society, 1911. First edition. Near fine. Illustrated by W.Russell Flint.. 4 volumes. 4to. The Text of William Caxton in modernized spelling. 46 colored plates by William Russell Flint. Tissue guards printed in red.


Full limp vellum; gilt titles; top edges gilt. Green silk ties; white ribbon markers. Printed on Riccardi handmade paper. One of 500 numbered copies, this being number 156. In the scarce green dustwrappers printed in black. The dustwrappers have some minor sunning, some neat repairs to the folds from within. The dustwrapper to volume 2 has a small chip at the tip of the spine and the wrapper to volume 4 lacks a small piece in the same place (neatly restored). Overall the dustwrappers are in very good condition.


Volumes 2, 3 and 4 have an small residue where a bookplate has been removed or fallen off, but the plate of the former owner is still present in Volume 1: author Mark Holstein. Printed in black and green on fine paper, it depicts the authors name and a Holstein, designed by Arthur Allen Lewis.


The set is protected in two custom clamshell cases, each containing two volumes.
Gaines A19.

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Bookseller
Thorn Books US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
19405
Title
Le Morte Darthur by Sir Thomas Malory Kt
Author
Malory, Thomas
Illustrator
Illustrated by W.Russell Flint.
Book Condition
Used - Near fine
Quantity Available
1
Edition
First edition
Binding
Hardcover
Publisher
Philip Lee Warner, The Medici Society
Place of Publication
London
Date Published
1911
Bookseller catalogs
Rare Books; Arthurian;
Note
May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.

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All books returnable for any reason within seven days, providing only that they are received in the same condition as shipped. Shipments to an Arizona address must add appropriate sales tax. Libraries billed.

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About Thorn Books

Thorn Books offers antiquarian, rare and out-of-print books. Frequently updated catalogues are available online in our specialty areas: King Arthur; Early Britain; Western Americana; California; Literature; and Rare Books. We are open by appointment only. Thorn Books is a member of the Antiquarian Booksellers of American (ABAA), the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB), and the Independent League of Online Booksellers (IOBA).

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Fine
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Dustwrapper
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Bookplate
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