New York: Cooper Square Publishers, Inc., 1972. Hardcover. 8bo. 504pp. Black cloth, gilt spine title. A fine copy. Facsimile of the first edition of 1907. Caesar and Tacitus through the Angles and Saxons, the Koran, Feudal System, the beginnings of the Renaissance and the foreshadowing of the Reformation. More about A Source Book of Mediaeval History
Stamford, CT: Champion International Corporation, (1987). Only edition. Stapled wraps. Folio .20pp. Stapled printed wraps. This is a paper sample book showing how well Champion Pageantry papers can be used both for text and for cover stock. Each page notes along the bottom the type and weight of the paper... More about Champion Pageantry: Text and Cover
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1929. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. xx, 420pp. Illustrated from the manuscript. Red cloth, printed paper spine label. Label a little scuffed, neat presentation on the front free endpaper, else a near fine copy, The dustwrapper is worn and soiled but still presentable. The... More about Sir Lancelot of the Lake
St, Albans: George G. Harrap & Company, Limited, [1920]. First trade edition. Hardcover. Brown bloth printed in a Celtic design by the artist. T.e.g. Color pictorial endpapers. Four pp. of color frontismatter embellished with gold ink; 12 color plates and numerous line drawings and decorations printed in either black or brown..... More about The Romance of Tristam of Lyones & La Beale Isoude
London: George R. Harrap & Company, [1913]. First edition. Fine. 4to. . (iv), 157, (3)pp. Beige cloth blocked on the upper board in a design in colors by the illustrator; black spine title. Top edge gilt. Color printed endpapers. Four pp. of color frontismatter; full page color plates and numerous... More about The Romance of Tristram of Lyones & La Beale Isoude
London: Thomas Hookan, 1829. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 240pp. Full polished calf by Riviere & Son. Spine in six compartments, gilt, with red and green lettering labels. Boards riled in gilt. Gilt inner dentelles. Top edge gilt; other edges untrimmed. Coated endpapers. A few scuff marks to the leather, minor... More about The Misfortunes of Elphin. By the Author of Headlong Hill
London: Geirge Newnes Limited, n.d. Hardcover. 12mo. 958pp. Contemporary half blue morocco, light blue cloth sides, Cockerell marbled endpapers. Top edge gold. The binding is signed Henry Sotheran Ltd. A fine copy with only a trace of sunning on the hinges. The paper is quite thin and fine and is..... More about The Novels of Thomas Love Peacock
NY: Columbia University Press, 1973. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. xxxiv, 1007pp. Brown cloth, silver titles on the spine, Trace of wear to the boars else this is a near fine copy. More about A Variorum Edition of Tennyson's Idylls of the King
Cambridge: D. S. Brewer, 1981. First editions, first printings. Hardcover. Three volumes. 8vo. Brown cloth, gilt spine titles. Fine copies. Volumes II and III are in fine dustwrappers. Volume I is Author Listing; Volume II is Subject Listing; Volume III is a Continuation from 1978-1992. Arthurian Studies III, VI and XXXI. More about The Arthurian Bibliography: I to III
Vienna/France: Piatnik/France Cartes, ca 1950/1986. Two complete decks of Arthurian playing cards. The first is a single complete deck of cards (originally issued as a dual deck) issued by Piatnik of Vienna ca. 1950, their number 21450. Gunther (spades), Amfortas (clubs), Roland (hearts) and Arthur (diamonds). Very good condition; no... More about Arthurian Playing Cards, with Les Chvaliers de la Table Ronde Playing Cards
Dublin: The Talbot Press, Ltd, 1924. First edition. Wraps. 4to. Printed wraps. A very good copy. More about Tristram & Iseult: A Dramatic Poem
Cambridge: D. S. Brewer, 2005. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. 8vo.viii, (2), 156pp followed by a list of Arthurian Studies publications. Brown testured paper over boards, gilt spine title and with a printed label on the upper board. Index. A fine copy. Arthurian Studies LXI. More about The Scots and Medieval Arthurian Legend
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001. Hardcover. 8vo. (xii), 279pp. Glossy boards. Index. A fine copy. Originally printed in 1995. "...An innovative and original exploration of the connections between Sir Gawain and the Green Knight,... and the tradition of French Arthurian romance, best-known through the works of Chretien de Troyes two centuries earlier. " More about Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and French Arthurian Romance
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1903-1910. First editions, first printings. Hardcover. Four 4to volumes, all in original mustard-color cloth with spines and upper boards blocked in black, red and gilt., With black and white illustrations by Howard Pyle. This is essentially a near fine set. These titles have traditionally... More about Arthurian Tetrology: The Story of King Arthur; The Story of The Champions; The Story of Sir...
Norwalk: Easton Press, (1992). Hardcover. 4to. Full leather, spine in five compartments with raised bands, the spine and upper board blocked in gilt with a design by Howard Pyle. All edges gilt. Watered silk endpapers. Ribbon marker. Written and illustrated by Howard Pyle. This is a finely produced reissue of... More about The Story of King Arthur and his Knights
NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1933). Brandywine. Hardcover. Red cloth, gilt, with a color paste-on. xvi, 313pp. Trace of aging else a fine, bright copy. The Brandywine Editions of Pyle's works were produced on the eightieth anniversary of his birth by five famous artists who had been pupils of Pyle. The... More about The Story of King Arthur and His Knights
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1903. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. 8vo. xvi, 312 (2) pp. Written and Illustrated by Howard Pyle. Publisher's deep mustard-colored cloth blocked on the spine and upper board with a design by Pyle in Black, red and gilt. Coated endpapers. Inner hinges neatly repaired, some... More about The Story of King Arthur and His Knights
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1914. Illustrated by the author. Hardcover. 8vo. xviii, 340pp. Written and Illustrated by Howard Pyle. Contemporary binding of brown leaher, spine in six compart,ents, gilt, cloth sides and endpapers. Top edge gilt. Leather sunned and rubbed, upper hinge partially cracked but strong, corners worn... More about The Story of Sir Launcelot and His Companions
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1915. Illustrated by the author. Hardcover. 8vo. xviii, 340pp. Written and Illustrated by Howard Pyle. Contemporary binding of purple morocco, spine in six compartments, gilt, cloth sides. Top edge gilt. A very good copy with only traces of wear and aging. See Howey, A-2064... More about The Story of the Champions of the Round Table
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1905. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. 8vo. xviii, (329),(i)pp. Written and Illustrated by Howard Pyle. Original yellow-brown cloth blocked in red, black and gilt. Cloth soiled and lightly worn at edges, rear inner hinge neatly mended, else a very good copy. Tipped onto the front... More about The Story of the Champions of the Round Table (Signed
New York & London: Galand Publishing, Inc., 1984. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. (xx), 467pp. Black cloth blocked in gilt on the spine and upper board. A fine copy. 3074 entries. Index. So far as we can tell, Volume II has not yet been issued. More about Arthurian Legend and Literature: An Annotated Bibliography: I. The Middle Ages
London: Payne and Foss, 1825. First edition. Hardcover. 12mo. xliii, 172pp. Half title present. Early cloth in a drab green, blocked in blind on the boards and with gilt spine titles. Trace of soil and wear to the edges, neat ownership stamp on the front free endpaper else a near... More about The Life of King Arthur: From Ancient Historians and Authentic Documents
London: Payne and Foss, 1825. First edition. Hardcover. 12mo. xliii, 172pp. Half title present. Contemporary half leather in a dark green color. Spine in 6 compartments with raised bands, gilt spine title. Marbled paper boards and endpapers. Light foxing but with a few pages with moderate foxing, light wear to... More about The Life of King Arthur: From Ancient Historians and Authentic Documents
London: Payne and Foss, 1827. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. xiv,369,(1)pp. Contemporary half morocco binding by Blackwell. Spine in six compartments with raised bands, gilt, gilt title, marbled sides and endpapers, top edge gilt. The final page is an advertisement for the publisher's edition of the Life of King Arthur. A.... More about Memoirs of the Celts or Gauls
New York: The Grolier Club, 1901. Limited edition. Hardcover. Small 4to. xviii, (2), (150), 2pp. Introduction signed: R.H. (i.e. Robert Hoe). "One of three hundred and twenty-five copies on Whatman paper, and three copies on vellum." This copy on Whatman paper. Bound in full leather with Wynkyn de Worde's device... More about The History of Helyas, Knight of the Swan
