Chicago: Avalon to Camelot Society, 1983-1984. Stapled wraps. Volume I, Nos. 2, 3 &4 (Winter, 1983, Spring and Summer , 1984). 8 x 10'. Quarterly journal on matters Arthurian. Stapled wraps; 32, 32 & 48pp. The first issue is devoted to Sir Gawain, I,3 features Galahad, and I,4 focuses on..... More
Evanston, IL: Freya Reeves Lambides, 1986-1987. First edition. Stapled wraps. Volume II, Numbers 1-4, a complete set of the second volume of this Arthurian Quarterly. Number 1 focuses on Merlin; Number 2 celebrates 500 years of Caxton's Malory, and also an essay on Lancelot. Number 4's theme is: The Many..... More
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1902. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. xiv, 384pp. Blue cloth decorated in gilt on the spine and upper board in a design by H. J. Ford and with Ford's initials at the lower right of the upper board. Decorated endpapers. All edges gilt. Illustrated with eight..... More
Portland, ME: Thomas B. Mosher, 1913. Stapled wraps. 12mo. Frontispiece. Vellum paper covers with Lapp edges. Spine and upper board printed in brown. One of 550 copies. A couple of spots on the spine else this is a very good copy. More
Lexington, KY: Gravesend Press, 1957. Illustrated by Fritz Kredel. Limited edition. Hardcover. 12mo. (82)pp. Blue cloth, gilt spine, Finely printed by Jacob Hammer on dampened Hayle handmade paper. One of 200 unnumbered copies. Many copes are signed; this is not. A fine copy in publisher's slipcase. More
London: Faber and Faber, 1968. First edition. Hardcover. Thin folio. Unpaginated. Pictorial boards and endpapers. Illustrated throughout in color. A fine copy. The dustwrapper has a short closed marginal tear on the upper panel, just above the "K" in "King", a trace of sunning to the spine, else it..... More
n.p. Phonograph Records, Inc., (1946). Three unbreakable 78rpm recordings of this sound drama played by George Lipton and Company. Housed in the original record folder with an illustration on the front cover showing an attempt to pull a sword from a stone, a castle, a dragon and Merlin. The records..... More
Edinburgh: Maclachlan & Stewart, 1858. First edition. Hardcover. 12mo. (8),191,(1)pp. Original pebble grain cloth blocked in blind and gilt; yellow coated endpapers. Light soil, wear to the cloth, ownership name and pencilled notes on the front endpapers, else a very good copy. The author's poetry is in Scots Gaelc; this..... More
Paris: Librairie Ancienne, 1912. First edition. Softcover. Original wraps printed in red and black. Large folding map of Cornwall. Material covered includes the Celtic origin of Tristan & Iseult, their names, diverse remarks on the Mabinogion, Morgan, and Cornwall. Paper toned and cover lightly soiled, small separation at upper rear..... More
Philadelphia: Thomas Lang, 1790. First US edition. Hardcover. 8vo. First US edition. vii,(6),12-502pp, with p. 529 misnumbered as p. 527. Original full marbled sheep; spine with simple gilt rules and with a red lettering piece, gilt. Some mainly marginal staining at the beginning and the end, signatures F through L...... More
St. Petersburg: Dmitry Sayenko; Nikodim, 2018. Limited edition. Hardcover. Two volumes, folio. Slipcased. One of 20 copies signed by Owens and Sayenko in the colophon. Prospectus laid in. The volumes are in fine, as new condition; the slipcase has a tiny bump on one corner else is fine. The main..... More
London: The Astolat Press, 1904. Hardcover. Thin 8vo. (4),42, (2)pp. The Oakleaf Series. Cloth spine, printed paper boards. Finely printed letterpress in red and black. Boards warped,, soiled and worn at corners, lacking front free endpaper; a good copy only. The text block is fine but for the half title..... More
London: Longman, Hurst, 1817. Hardcover. Two large 8vo volumes. (4),lxiii,(3),xxxix,(1)383,(1);(4)495,(1)pp. Printed from Caxton's edition of 1485. With an Introduction and Notes by Robert Southey, the Poet Laureate of England. First edition with Southey's notes. Each volume with a large woodcut on the title page showing a knight and a dragon..... More
London: Longman, Hurst, 1817. Hardcover. Two large 8vo volumes. (4),lxiii,(3),xxxix,(1)383,(1);(4)495,(1)pp. Printed from Caxton's edition of 1485. With an Introduction and Notes by Robert Southey, the Poet Laureate of England. First edition with Southey's notes. Each volume with a large woodcut on the title page showing a knight and a...... More
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 1983. Illustrated by Robert Gibbings. Fine. Two volumes, 4to. Full burgundy-colored leather, spines and upper boards blocked in gilt; spines in 4 compartments with raised bands, all edges gilt, light brown silk moiré endpapers, ribbon markers. Illustrated by Gibbings with full color frontispieces as well..... More
London: The Scolar Press in association with the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1976. Limited edition. Hardcover. Also 21195. Thick 4to. Unpaginated. Publisher's linen cloth, leather lettering label in blind. One of 500 numbered copies (this is number 353). Introduction by Paul Needham. This is a facsimile of the Pierpont Morgan Library..... More
London: Philip Lee Warner for the Medici Society, 1920. Illustrated by W. Russell Flint. First trade edition. Hardcover. 4to. Two volumes. 24 full color plates by Flint. Green cloth, gilt spine title and gilt design on the upper boards. Top edges gilt. There is a small bump on the rear..... More
Chelsea: At the Ashendene Press, (1913). Limited edition. Near fine. One of 145 copies on paper. (There were 8 copies on vellum, according to the colophon.) Folio (15 3/4 x 11 inches; 400 x 280 mm.). xxii, 500 pp. Finely printed on a new make of Batchelor paper in red..... More
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
London: J. M. Dent, 1893-94. Aubrey Beardelsy. First edition. Wraps. Twelve original parts in green wrappers. Regular issue: one of 1500 copies. Full page and double page illustrations, rubricated initials, borders and in-text decorations by Aubrey Beardsley in his first major commission. The wrappers are generally lightly soiled and..... More
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
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
New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts, c. 1940. 8vo. xxvi,(2),214pp. Gray cloth printed in black on the spine and upper board. Light wear; a very good copy. This is Sander and Ward's abridgment of Malory, but preceded by a 26 page introduction valuable for its discussion of Arthur stories before Malory, Courtly..... More
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
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
