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The fourth edition, revised, to which is added an Index explaining the names of countries, cities, rivers, &c. (24),341,(15)pp followed by 4pp publisher's catalogue. Bound to style in full calf tooled in a Cambridge design. Spine in five compartments with raised bands; red leather lettering label, gilt. Marbled endpapers. The title page is in the first state (no priority) without mention of Knapton and the other printers. Text block lightly age-toned, with occasional light foxing, else this is a very good copy in a fine binding. 'Prince Arthur' is one of the earliest of the Arthurian revivals. During the Commonwealth and thereafter stories of Kings and Queens were out of vogue. Even Malory's opus went unprinted for nearly 200 years, from 1634 until 1816. This edition of Prince Arthur is the fourth and last, and the first in small format. First published in 1695, it was instantly popular, and went through three editions by 1696. See Lowndes 211. ESTC T74304.
Prince Arthur. An Heroick Poem. In Ten Books.
Blackmore, Richard
London: Printed for J. Tonson at Shakespear's-Head, over against Catherine-Street in the Strand,, 1714.
Price: $350.00
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8vo. viii,324pp. Engraved frontispiece portrait of Merlin beneath a tree. Contemporary straight grained morocco spine and corners, gilt spine title and tooling, paste-paper boards, marbled endpapers. Title page printed in black and red. Index. The Preface, 'To the Reader' is signed by Thomas Heywood. Edges and corners worn else this is a very good copy. First printed in 1641 and later reprinted in 1812; this printing is nonetheless scarce in its own right. Lowndes, p. 1064, mentions only the 1641 and 1812 printings.
The Life of Merlin, Sirnamed Ambrosius. His Prophecies, and Predictions Interpreted; and Their Truth Made Good by Our English Annals:: Being a Chronological History of all the Kings and Memorable Passages of this Kingdom, from Brute to the Reign of King Charles.
[Heywood, Thomas]
London: Printed for Lackington, Allen, and Co., 1813.
Price: $600.00
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A Broadside, finely printed by Asa Peavy in red and black on a Legion Letterpress in an edition of 208 copies. Wood engravings by George Walker. The text is from 'A Crowne-Garland of Goulden Roses', London, 1612. This is the first printing of the Arthurian sonnet since then, and a very nice job Asa has done of it. The three wood engravings are well executed: The knight and the maid; the hag; and the (absolutely stunning) flea. Unframed; shipped rolled.
A New Sonnet of a Knight & a Faire Virgin
Johnson, Richard
San Francisco: Bullnettle Press, 1998.
Price: $50.00
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Publisher's grteen paper over boards. A fine, as new copy. The dustwrapper is not price-clipped and is fine as well. Inscribed by Cooper on on the title page. The thiord book in the Dark is Rising Sequence.
Greenwitch
Cooper, Susan
New York: Margaret K. McElderberry Books, 1997.
Price: $200.00
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First edition. 12mo. xliii, 172pp. Half title present. Contemporary speckled calf. Spine in 6 compartments, intricately gilt with red and green lettering labels, gilt. Gilt inner dentelles. Marbled endpapers. Bookplate of a seminary library on the front pastedown with neat numbers in the lowest spine compartment. Hinges neatly and nearly invisibly repaired else a fine copy. Scarce scholarly treatise on the life of King Arthur from early, and notably Welsh, sources. Lowndes, p. 2100. New Arthurian Encyclopedia, pp. 404 and 409.
The Life of King Arthur: From Ancient Historians and Authentic Documents
Ritson, Joseph
London: Payne and Foss, 1825.
Price: $1,250.00
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The Vision of Sir Launfal
Lowell, James Russell
Philadelphia: George W. Jacobs & Co., n.d., ca. 1916.
Price: $100.00
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First edition. 12mo. (xii), 126pp. Original reddish cloth, gilt titles. Spine sunned else a very good copy of a very scarce work. Laid in is a handwritten letter to the author from Anthony Hope Hawkins, dated 20/5/95. Regarding this book, he says, 'I like it very much!...I think Tennyson was well entitled to alter the old story....But yours, following the old lines, is in a way more primitive in feeling....'
Mordred: A Tragedy
Newbolt, Henry
London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1895.
Price: $750.00
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Folio. (vi),251,(xxi),52,(xxxvi)pp. Title page in red and black. Beautifully printed on laid paper with ample margins. Engraved head and tail pieces; index. Contemporary full calf; spine in 7 compartments with raised bands. Old theological college stamp on the front blank. Edges and spine tips worn; hinges neartly repaired; lettering label perished; else a very good copy and near fine internally. The first and only edition of John Lewis's History, written in the early part of the 17th century but not published until 1729. Contains a considerable anount of material on King Arthur. The main history is followed by Lhuyd's Breviary of Britayne in the translation of Thomas Twine. Rare and important. ESTC T113293.
The History of Great-Britain, from the first Inhabitants thereof, 'till the Death of Cadwalader...: and of the Kings of Scotland to Eugene V. and also a short Account of the Kings, Dukes, and Earls of Bretagne...in which are several Pieces of Taliessin, an antient British Poet, and a Defence of the Antiquity of the Scottish Nation ... to this is added T
Lewis, John; Humphrey Lhuyd; and Thomas Twine
London: F. Gyles, et al, 1729.
Price: $4,500.00
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Gareth and Lynette, Etc.
Tennyson, Alfred
London: Strahan & Co., 1872.
Price: $250.00
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The Poems of Ossian
Macpherson, James
Edinburgh: Macredie, Skelly & Muckersy, 1814.
Price: $125.00
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Spanish Grail Fragments
Pietsch, Karl, ed.
Chicago: University of Chicago, 1924.
Price: $350.00
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A Christmas Legend in King Arthur's Country: C. F. Holder
Warren, Arthur, aznd J. Leon Williams
1895.
Price: $75.00
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The Two Lost Centuries of Britain
Babcock, Wm. H.
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1890.
Price: $175.00
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8vo. 72pp. Title page in red and black. Woodcut of Merlin, seated, and presumably prophesying to a group of people. Bound to style in full calf tooled in blind in 'Cambridge' style; spine in six compartments with raised bands; red leather lettering label, gilt marbled endpapers. The title page is soiled, was trimmed close at an early date, and lacks the bottom corner, clipping off the date of publication. ESTC T90064. The title continues: (Merlin) 'foretold the Fates and Fortunes of all the Kings and Queens that have sat on the British Throne, from Vortigern down to his present Majesty; His Prediction relating to the late Contest of Richmond Park. With Some other Events relating thereto, not yet come to pass, but no less wonderful than those that have already happened.' Title page defects noted above; the text block was trimmed closely at the bottom sometimes affecting the catchwords, and occasionally the final line of text, else this is a very good copy of rare book in a fine binding of contemporary style.
Merlin's Life and Prophecies, who flourish'd in the Fifth Century, and foretold the Fates and Fortunes of all the Kings ..
(Merlin)
London: M. Cooper; W. Reeve; et al., 1755.
Price: $2,500.00
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Guingamor, Lanval, Tyolet, Le Bisclaveret
Marie de France
London: David Nutt, 1904.
Price: $75.00
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First (only) edition. Tall 8vo. (iv),80pp. Original white cloth spine, gilt title; teal cloth boards in a fleur-de-lis weave. Top edge stained a light green. One of 500 copies, this one unnumbered. Neat gift inscription dated 1945, and neat ownership name on the front free endpaper, trace of sunning on the top of the upper board else a near fine copy. Blank verse in 25 parts based on Malory by the noted science fiction master. Scarce. Laid in is a folded page, signed by the author. The page is from the S. S. 'Albertic'; the folds do not affect the signature, and it is in fine condition. The 'Albertic' was originally launched as 'Munchen' in Bremen in 1920, but was ceded to Britain in the same year and sold to the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company. Renamed the 'Ohio' in 1923, it was acquired by White Star in 1927 and renamed 'Albertic'. It served only until 1930, thus allowing us to date the signature as likely contemporary with the Riding. A color print of the 'Albertic' is also enclosed.
The Riding of Lancelot
Wright, S. Fowler
London: Fowler Wright, Ltd., 1929.
Price: $600.00
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Idylls of the King
Tennyson, Alfred, Lord (Lynd Ward)
NY: Limited Editions Club, 1952.
Price: $100.00
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Two volumes, 24mo. Each volume has an engraved frontispiece and dual title pages, one engraved in each volume and one typeset. The engraved pages are by Charles Warren after Thomas Uwins. Original tan printed paper over boards, the upper boards typeset within a decorative border, and the rear boards listing the publisher's advertisements (Walker British Classics) showing 59 titles of which King Arthur is the last. Neat stamp and small plate from a Jesuit College library on the reverse of the engraved title and on the half title, respectively, and with some handwritten numbers on the front pastedowns, a small handwritten number on the bottom margin of the titles, light wear to the edges, hinges partially cracked but firm, and light soil else a very good set with fine, unfoxed textblocks in a remarkably preserved fragile binding. Copies of this edition in the original printed boards are truly rare as nearly all were rebound. This is the seventh edition of Malory's Morte d'Arthur, preceded only by editions in 1485, 1498, 1529, 1557, 1578 and 1634, all but the last unobtainable, and the edition of 1634 edition extremely rare. After 1634 no editions of Malory were printed until this edition of 1816. In a modern custom clamshell case, red leather spine, gilt, with marbled paper sides.
The History of the Renowned Prince Arthur, King of Britain:: With His Life and Death, and all His Glorious Battles, Likewise, the Noble Acts and Heroic Deeds of His Valiant Knights of the Round Table
Malory, Thomas
London: Walker and Edwards, 1816.
Price: $3,500.00
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Two volumes. Engraved frontispieces and dual title pages, one engraved in each volume and one typeset. Contemporary tree calf; spines intricately gilt; black lettering labels, gilt. Remnants of ribbon markers present. The engraved titles and frontispieces have offset to each other, else the text blocks are clean. Spine tips worn and an old, nearly invisible repair to the hinge of volume 1, and some light staining to the engravings else this is a very good set. The first edition of Malory's Morte d'Arthur was printed by Caxton in 1485. The Caxton edition was followed by editions in 1498, 1529, 1557 and 1634. No further editions were printed until two competing editions were issued in 1816, of which this is reputedly the first. No editions earlier than the 1634 are obtainable, and a copy of the 1634 edition only rarely comes on the market. This 1816 edition is the first practically obtainable edition of the Morte d'Arthur.
The History of the Renowned Prince Arthur, King of Britain:: With His Life and Death, and all His Glorious Battles, Likewise, the Noble Acts and Heroic Deeds of His Valiant Knights of the Round Table.
Malory, Thomas
London: Walker and Edwards, 1816.
Price: $2,500.00
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8vo. 12pp. Stapled in printed wraps. Illustrated. A very good copy with only a trace of soil and wear. With the 6 'Mentor Gravures' laid in, as issued. The gravures are full page stiff paper reproductions of Arthurian art, on the reverse of which is a quote from Tennyson and a discussion of the subject: Grail, Merlin, Galahad, etc. The Mentor was a periodical frequently distributed to schools. This is Vol. 6, No. 21. This issue contains a very goof overview of Arthur, with a short paragraph on the historical Arthur followed by the main text on the bardic and mythic Arthur.
King Arthur and the Round Table
Pyne, Francis Loring
NY: The Mentor Association, 1918.
Price: $45.00
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