Boston and London: Ralph T. Nale and Co.; The Medici Society, n.d. (1920s). Illustrated by Sir Russell Flint. Hardcover. 8vo. 432, 539pp. Two volumes in one. Glossary. This is the one volume edition of Flint's celebrated edition of Malory. It was first published in a four volume limited edition in... More about Le Morte Darthur: The History of King Arthur and of His Noble Knights of the Round Table
London: J. M. Dent, 1893-94. Aubrey Beardelsy. First edition. Wraps. Twelve original parts in green wrappers. Parts 1-8 and 10-12 are the "Superior Issue" of 300 copies on Dutch handmade paper (this set unnumbered). Part 9 is from the "regular issue" and is slightly smaller in size. Full page and... More about Le Morte Darthur: The Birth, Life, and Acts of King Arthur, of His Noble Knights of the Round...
London: J. M. Dent, 1927. Illustrated by Aubrey Beardelsy. Limited edition. Hardcover. 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... More about Le Morte Darthur: The Birth, Life, and Acts of King Arthur, of His Noble Knights of the Round...
London: David Nutt, 1889-91. Hardcover. First critical edition. 4to. Three volumes of varying thickness, uniformly bound. xviii, 861,(3); 230, 2); 338(2)pp. Recent quarter dark brown crushed morocco, red morocco lettering pieces, gilt, top edges gilt. Cloth boards. Volume One contains the facsimile of Caxton's edition; Volume Two contains Sommer's notes... More about Le Morte Darthur. By Syr Thomas Malory. The Original Edition of William Caxton
London: David Nutt, 1889-91. Hardcover. First critical edition. 4to. Three volumes in two, uniformly bound. xviii, 861,(3); 230, 2); 338(2)pp. Publisher's quarter leather, gilt spine titles, top edges gilt. Cloth boards. Volume One contains the facsimile of Caxton's edition; Volume Two contains Sommer's notes, glossary and bibliography of the Morte... More about Le Morte Darthur. By Syr Thomas Malory. The Original Edition of William Caxton
London: The Folio Society, 1982. 1st Folio ed. Hardcover. 3 volumes, bound in royal blue relay cloth blocked in red and gilt with a design by the artist. A fine set. Printed paper slipcase in a design by the artist, fine. The Tale of King Arthur; Sir Tristam de Lyonesse;... More about Chronicles of King Arthur
New York: Clarkson N. Potter, Inc., 1962. Enrico Arno. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Small 4to. xx,21-512pp. Rose-colored cloth with spine label printed in black. Illustrations by Enrico Arno. Neat ownership name on the front free endpaper else this is a near fine copy. The dustwrapper is not price-clipped but..... More about Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur: King Arthur and the Legends of the Round Table. A...
NY: Schocken Books, 1981. First. Hardcover. 8vo. 351pp. Blus textured paper over boards, gilt spine titles. Illustrated. throughout in b&w and color from medieval manuscripts: 107 black and white illustrtaions, and 32 full pages in full color. Index. Edited by Michael Senior. Fine in near fine dustwrapper with just a.... More about Tales of King Arthur
Chicago: Rand McNally and Company, 1933. Illustrated by Mead Schaeffer and John R. Neil. Hardcover. The Windemere Series. 4to. xiii,(1),455pp. Black cloth with a color paste-on to the upper bard; spine and upper board blocked in silver. Illustrated endpapers. Traces of spotting and soil to the top edge else a.... More about King Arthur and His Knights: A Noble and Joyous History
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1982. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. 8vo. 750pp.Deep red color cloth blocked in gilt on the spine and upper board. Map endpapers of Arthur's Britain. Illustrated. Printed in two colors throughout. A fine copy. The dustwrapper is not price-clipped and is fine as well... More about Le Morte Darthur
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1906. Hardcover. The text of Caxton, edited by Strachey. A reprint of the Globe edition of 1868, with changes, corrected and reprinted in 1868, 1891 and later printings. Green cloth. Gilt spine title and gilt vignette of a castle on the front boartd, all bright... More about Le Morte Darthur (Globe edition
London: John Russell Smith, 1865. First edition. Hardcover. Three volumes. 12mo. Half dark red cloth. Introduction and notes by Thomas Wright, The Introduction is of bibliographical importance as it sketches the history of the early editions of Malory: Caxton (one complete copy; one incomplete); de Worde (two editions, one copy... More about La Mort d'Arthure:The History of King Arthur and of the Knights of the Round Table
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 about The Noble & Joyous Boke Entytled le Morte Darthur
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 about The History of the Renowned Prince Arthur, King of Britain:
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 about Le Morte Darthur by Sir Thomas Malory Kt
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 about Le Morte Darthur by Sir Thomas Malory Kt
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 about The Most Ancient and Famous History of the Renowned Prince Arthur, King of Britaine
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 about The Winchester Malory: A Facsimile
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 about The Arthurian Legend: An Exhibition
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 about The Dragon's Quest
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 about Geschichte von Herrn Tristan und der Schönen Isolde
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 about Gawain: Knight of the Goddess
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 about The Grail: A Secret History
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 about Warriors of Arthur
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 about The Adventures of Tom Thumb
