London: The Scolar Press, 1976. Limited edition. Hardcover. Three volumes, 4to. Issued in commemoration of the 500th anniversary of the introduction of printing into England by William Caxton. Each volume is bound in full calf in period-style by the Eddington Bindery. Spines in five compartments with raised bands. Titles in..... 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 dragon..... More
London: The Scolar Press in association with the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1976. Limited edition. Hardcover. 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 copy of..... 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: 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: Macmillan and Co., 1917. Limited edition. Hardcover. 4to. 517pp. Illustrated with 16 full page illustrations by Arthur Rackham. One of 250 numbered copies; this is number 240. Finely bound in full crimson morocco, the upper board inlaid with a black morocco base bearing a representation of the sword..... More
London: J. M. Dent & Sons Limited, 1927. Limited edition. Hardcover. Thin 4to. One of 300 copies on handmade paper, this is copy No, 76. 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..... More
London: J. M. Dent & Sons Limited, 1927. Limited edition. Hardcover. Thin 4to. One of 300 copies on handmade paper, this is copy No, 230. 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..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1917. First Wyeth edition. Very good. 4to. 321pp. Black cloth with a full color paste-on to the upper board. Pictorial endpapers. Top edge gilt. Complete with 14 full page full color plates by N. C. Wyeth, in addition to the full color frontispiece. Spine sunned..... More
London: John Russell Smith, 1865-1866. Second edition. Very good. Three volumes. 12mo. Half dark cakf. Spines in fivex compartments, gilt; marbled paper boards, endpapers and edges. Later green morocco lettering labels, gilt. Joints rubbed, light wear to the boards, light foxing to the endpapers and preliminaries else this is a...... More
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
