Santa Fe: Writers' Editions/The Rydal Press, c. 1935. Limited edition. Hardcover. Tan buckram, printed spine label, yellow endpaprs. One of 400 numbered copies printed by the Rydal Press and signed by the author. 84pp. In the summer of 1922, Johnson visited New Mexico for the first time. Attracted by... More about Horizontal Yellow
London: Bancroft & Co., ca. 1960. Stiff card wraps. A colorful folder with 8pp of text then incorporating one large double-page, intricate pop-up showing the ark on land & the Noah family, with 2 moveable pieces; a monkey that sways and a wheel that turns. The pop-up measures 17-1/2 x.... More about Noah's Ark
Ithaca, NY: n.p., n.d. Apparently a unique copy, one of Fernando Llosa's beautiful one-of-a-kind artist books. Fourteen mounted Indian ink washes by the artist loose in case. The mounts are 8 inches square. The illustrations vary considerably in size. Each mount is initialed by the artist on the reverse, and..... More about In Silence
London: Edward Moxon and Co., 1867. Illustrated by Gustave Doré. First edition. Hardcover. Large folio. 41pp. Illustrated with nine full page steel engravings by Doré. Later binding of blue buckram, gilt spine title. Occasional very faint trace of foxing, mainly on the tissue guards, the first tissue guard with an..... More about Guinevere
London: Macmillan, 1893. Hardcover. The Globe Edition, based on Caxton's text. Edited and with an Introduction by Edward Strachey. 8vo. 509pp. Unsigned binding of full polished tree calf. Spine in six compartments with raised bands, intricately gilt. Brown morocco lettering label. Gilt rule on the boards. Marbled endpapers and edges... More about Le Morte Darthur
Spring Valley, NY: Town House Press, 1979. Limited edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 20pp. followed by the plates. Facsimile of the 1900 catalogue published by Prideaux and Adams in 1900. One of 300 numbered copies. This is number 59. Nicely bound in full green morocco. Spine in six compartments, gilt, with raised... More about A Catalogue of Books Bound by S. T. Prideaux Between MDCCCXC and MDCCCC With Twenty-Six...
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
Roma: Dalla Tip. R. C. A.; Presso I Salviucci, 1845. First edition. Hardcover. 12mo. 198,(2)pp. Lo-Cicero was a Theologian and a Director of the Third Order of St. Francis. The bulk of the beautiful Italian poems in this volume are sonnets and canticles. The author's dedication to the Duke of... More about Poesie del Padre Maestro Francesco Lo-Cicero Palermitano
Edinburgh: T. C. and E. C. Jack, 1911. Illustrated by Walter Crane. First edition. Hardcover. 4to. xi,367pp. Sixteen color plates by Crane. Gray cloth, gilt lettering and decoration, illustrated endpapers. Top edge gilt. Spine browned, boards generally soiled, gilt rubbed. The binding is only fair. The textblock is near fine. More about King Arthur's Knights: The Tales Retold for Boys and Girls
London: George Bell; Macmillan; H. Virtue, 1898-1925. Malcolm Bell, Sir Edward Byrne-Jones. 8vo. 151pp. Printed by the Chiswick Press. Illustrated. Half green morocco, marbled paper boards and endpapers. Spine in 6 compartments, gilt. Spine sunned, hinges rubbed else a very good copy. Bookplate of H. L. Doolittle. Sir Edward... More about Three Items on Burne-Jones: Sir Edward Byrne-Jones by Malcolm Bell; Letters to Katy by...
Ireland: Irish University Press, 1969. Hardcover. Facsimile of the 1897 edition printed by photolithography by Robert Hogg. White cloth spine, pale green paper over boards with the title printed on the upper board. Printed in red and black as was the original. A fine copy. More about A Note by William Morris on His Aims in Founding the Kelmscott Press, Together with a Short...
London: Sidgwick & Jackson, Ltd., 1927. Hardcover. 8vo. 299pp. Green cloth. Gilt titles on spine and upper board. Index, bibliographical note; extracts of chronicle records. Spine faded, gilt rubbed, else very good copy of a respected work. More about Arthur of Britain
Springfield, Mass. McLoughlin Bros., Inc., n.d., ca. 1920. Only edition. Hardcover. Folio. 16pp. Black cloth spine, pictorial upper board, plain lower board. Six pages printed in vivid chromolithography, the remainder in two colors (goldenrod and blue). Illustrated throughout, with the title page featuring a witch on her broom with her... More about Hot Cross Buns
Boston: Merrymount Press, 1928. Wraps. 8vo. (44)pp. Printed blue wraps. One of 800 copies. Wraps soiled and worn; text block vey good. More about A Chronological List of the Books Printed at the Kelmscott Press, With Illustrative Material fro...
London: Published for the William Morris Society by The Times Bookshop, 1962. First edition. Wraps. 8vo. 75,(1)pp. Printed stiff wraps. A fine copy. Laid-inis the errata folder. More about The Work of William Morris: An Exhibition at the Times Bookshop
Philadelphia: W. A. Leary, 1845. Hardcover. 12mo. 189,(3)pp. Original full sheep, gilt spine. Binding and textblock well worn, part of spine perished, else a very good copy. A compilation of song stanzas, many patriotic, including the 'Star Spangled Banner'. The final three pages are a list of contents. More about The Anerican Songster, Containing a Choice Selection of Eighty-Three Songs; Including Tyrone...
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1907. Hardcover. 8vo. 358,(2)pp. Contemporary half leather. Spine in 6 compartments, gilt. Marble paper boards and endpapers. Original cover bound in. Top edge gilt. Light rubbing to the binding else a very good copy. More about Wild Animals I Have Known
Moscow: Academia, 1934. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. 42pp plus 100 full color finely printed plates. The plates are loose in publisher portfolio of deep red buckram blocked in gilt on the spine and in white and blind on the upper cover. A fine copy. "The present edition contains exclusively... More about Old Russian Miniatures
London: E, Moxon, Son, and Co., n.d. Engraving. Folio. Nine plates with tissue guards from the Moxon edition. A couple of short closed marginal tears else a very good set and suitable for framing. More about Loose plates from The Legend of Merlin and Vivien
St Paul: Llewellyn Worldwide, n.d. Boxed set containing a complete full-color 78 card deck and a 304 page book. The 78 watercolor paintings of the set illustrate characters, places and tales from the stories which blend traditional Tarot symbolism with the Pagan and Christian symbolism that are significant elements... More about Legend: The Arthurian Tarot
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
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 about King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table; A Modernized Version of the "Morte Darthur"
London: David Nutt, 1888. First edition. Hardcover. Original black cloth, blocked in gilt. Endpapers foxed, text block toned, inner hinge cracked else a very good copy. Bookplate. Considered a landmark of Grail studies. More about Studies on the Legend of the Holy Grail, With Especial Reference to the Hypothesis of its Celtic...
Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1973. Hardcover. 3 volumes. 8vo. The second printing of the second edition, with corrections and additions. Blue cloth, gilt spine labels. A fine set. More about The Works of Sir Thomas Malory
London: J. M. Dent, 1930. First edition. Hardcover. 16 plates. Index. Blue cloth, gilt. Spine and spine gilt darkened, occasional foxing else a good copy. Landmark study of the richness of Arthurian lore in Italy. More about The Arthurian Legend in Italian Literature
