London: John Russell Smith, 1866 (1865). Second edition. Hardcover. Three volumes. 12mo. Dark red cloth. Introduction and notes by Thomas Wright, Spines lightly sunned, else this is a very good set. Contemporary name of former owner. The second edition, dated 1866 on the title pages of volumes 1 and..... More
London: J. M. Dent & Sons LImited, 1927. Limited edition. Fine. Thin 4to. One of 300 copies on handmade paper, this copy unnumbered. Leather spine, gilt; vellum boards,the upper board tooled in gilt with Beardsley's iconic water lily design. A publisher's note is followed by a note on the designs..... More
Oxford: Shakespeare Head Press and published by the Press for Basil Blackwell, 1934. Limited edition. Fine. 4to. Two volumes. (4),xxviii,316;(4)273,(3)pp. One of 370 copies on handmade paper (of which 350 are for sale), this being copy number 268. One of the few copies bound in full brick-red morocco. Printed in..... More
Oxford: Shakespeare Head Press and published by the Press for Basil Blackwell, 1933. Limited edition. Fine. 4to. Two volumes. (4),xxviii,316;(4)273,(3)pp. One of 370 copies on handmade paper (of which 350 are for sale), this being copy number 56. One of the few copies bound in full brick-red morocco. Printed..... More
London: Walker and Edwards, 1816. Hardcover. Two volumes. Engraved frontispieces and dual title pages, one engraved in each volume and one typeset. The engraved titles and frontispieces have offset to each other and are lightly stained else the text blocks are clean. Recent artist binding by Þ (signed on..... More
London: Philip Lee Warner, The Medici Society, 1910-1911. Illustrated by W.Russell Flint. First edition. 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..... More
London: Philip Lee Warner, The Medici Society, 1910-1911. Illustrated by W.Russell Flint. First edition. 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..... More
London: R. Wilks, 1816. Hardcover. 12mo. 3 volumes. xxiv [25]-326; xvi [17]-381; xvi [17]377pp. Engraved title pages in each volume. Engraved frontispiece of the Death of Sir Launcelot present in Volume 1, of the Parting of Tristan and Isolde in Volume 2, and of Prince Arthur Obtaining the Sword in..... More
London: Early English Text Society, 1976. First edition. Hardcover. Large, thick 4to. First edition. Gilt-lettered cloth boards. Facsimile of the 473-leaf manuscript. Cloth lightly rubbed, else this is a fine copy. Except for the introduction by Ker, the book is comprised entirely of photographs of the celebrated manuscript. The introduction..... More
Manchester: John Rylands University Library, 1985. First edition. Stapled wraps. Stapled wraps with a woodcut design and titles on the upper cove. 60pp. Some illustrations. A very good copy. Stapled within is an airletter from the library's Keeper of Printed Books to Dr. Charles Monell thanking the Dr. for his..... More
London: Constable and Company Ltd., (1961). Illustrated by Constance Marshall. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. 8vo. (181)pp. Blue textured paper over boards, gilt spine title and gilt vignette of R. Dragon on the upper board. Light wear and soiling, trace of foxing on the upper edge of the text block..... More
Leipzig: G. O. Marbach, 1839. Wraps. 8vo. 180pp. Illustrated with cuts. Volksbücher (13/14). Later marbled wraps, light dampstain in final half of text block,. last leaf lacking lower corner with slight loss of text. German blackletter narrative of the famous lovers. More
Wellingborough, Northamptonshire: The Aquarian Press, 1990. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Tall 8vo. 208pp. Brown textured paper boards, gilt spine title. Small remainder mark on bottom edge else a fine copy in a fine, unclipped dustwrapper Matthews examines all known texts relating to Gawain and discovers the original figure of..... More
Hauppauge, NY: Barron's, 2006. First US edition. Hardcover. 4to. 176pp. Illustrated in color. Glossy pictorial boards. A fine, as new copy in a fine, as new, unclipped dustwrapper. Matthews traces the story of the Grail from prehistoric religious beliefs and shows in fascinating detail how the Arthurian accounts became..... More
London: Blandford Press, 1987. Illustrated by Richard Hook. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. 4to. 192pp. Maroon textured paper over boards, gilt spine title. Illustrated. throughout, with many full page color plates of Celtic and Arthurian life. Bibliography; index. A fine copy in a fine, unclipped dustwrapper. More
New York: SeaStar Books, 2001. Illustrated by Kinuko Y. Craft. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Folio. Unpaginated. Illustrated in color throughout. Glossy pictorial boards, red endpapers. A fine copy in a fine, unclipped dustwrapper. Signed by the illustrator on the dedication page. In the days of King Arthur, a childless..... More
New York: SeaStar Books, 2001. Illustrated by Kinuko Y. Craft. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Folio. Unpaginated. Illustrated in color throughout. Glossy pictorial boards, red endpapers. A fine copy in a fine, unclipped dustwrapper. In the days of King Arthur, a childless couple ask Merlin's help to have a child..... More
NY: Four Winds Press, (1979). First edition. Hardcover. Half cloth; paper boards. Fine; dustwrapper has a closed marginal tear else very good. Illustrated by the author on every page. Sir Yvain, accompanied by his faithful lion, goes through several trials to prove himself worthy of a great triumph. INSCRIBED by..... More
NY: Four Winds Press, (1979). First edition. Hardcover. Half cloth; paper boards. Fine; dustwrapper has a few light stains and soil else is near fine and unclipped. Illustrated by the author on every page. Retelling of the adverntures of Sir Yvain and his faithful lion. Inscribed by McDermott on..... More
Lindsborg, KS: 5 & Dime Press, Bethany College, 1986. Broadside. Finely printed broadside, 8½ by 11 inches. Printed letterpress for Dr. Monell's Special Exhibition of Arthuriana. Noteworthy for the use of the original wood block cut by W. H. Hooper for the Ashendene Press edition of Malory in 1913. On..... More
n.p. Saul Marks, 1985. Broadside. Finely printed broadside, 8½ by 11 inches. Printed letterpress by Saul Marks on his Albion Press for Dr. Monell's Special Exhibition of Arthuriana. Noteworthy for the use of Dr. Monell's original wood block cut by W. H. Hooper for the Ashendene Press edition of Malory..... More
var. var, 1985. In 1985, Dr., Monell hosted a traveling exhibit of books relating to the 500th anniversary of the publishing of Malory's Morte d'Arthur. Her are four items form that exhibit: 1. California State Library Foundation Bulletin, No, 12, which contains the illustrated text of Dr. Monell's speech in..... More
Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press, 2004. Illustrated by Michael Foreman. First US edition. Hardcover. 4to. 114,(3)pp. Glossy pictorial boards. Pictorial endpapers. Illustrated in color throughout. A fine copy in a fine, unclipped dustwrapper. The classic tale of dragons, swords, and the pageantry of King Arthur's court. More
San Diego: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1995. Illustrated by Michael Foreman. First US edition. Hardcover. Folio. 137,(1)pp. Glossy pictorial boards, pictorial endpapers. Illustrated in color. A fine copy. The dustwrapper is fine as well and unclipped. A contemporary boy falls into rising tide waters and wakes to find himself in..... More
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1900. Hardcover. 8vo. Red cloth blocked in dark red and gilt. 3 volumes in one. 256, 256 and 255pp. Illustrated with black and white plates. Generally lightly worn and soiled and the spine darkened; we note a short closed marginal tear on the margin of..... More
