Boston: Small, Maynard and Company, 1900. Hardcover. 12mo. Vellum spine, gilt; drab paper over boards. A Romantic Drama. A very good copy showing only light wear. First published in 1898, this is the second printing. BAL 9387. More
Boston: Small, Maynard and Company, 1898-1900. Hardcover. Four volumes, 12mo. Vellum spines, gilt; drab paper over boards. Dramas or Masques. Based on the printing dates and list of titles facing the title pages, Merlin is the first separate printing, revised from the version first published in 1891 in Launcelot and..... More
London: Davud Nutt, 1887. Limited edition. Stiff card wraps. 8vo. xx, 70 pp. Printed in black and red. Two engravings of the title persons. Stiff plain boards covered with a dustwrapper. Trace of soil to the wrapper but essentially a fine copy. With the engraved bookplate of Charles B, Foote..... 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
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1939. First US edition. Hardcover. Blue cloth, gilt. Top edge red. A fine copy. The dustwrapper is rough along the edges and folds else is in very good condition and presents a near fine, bright appearance. Second book in White's Arthurian saga, and its..... More
(San Francisco): Bullnettle Press, 1996. Limited edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [22]pp. Finely printed by Asa Peavy on Hahnemule German Ingres paper. Bound by Coriander Reisbord in patterned paper boards, cloth spine. With a wood engraving by John DePol. One of 90 copies. Printed in celebration of William Morris' centenary. Fine. 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: 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
London: Heinemann, 1966. First English edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 188pp. Blue textured paper over boards, gilt spine title. Map of Prydain double page frontispiece. Small bumps on the upper right corner of the upper board and on the spine tip, else a fine copy. The duswrapper is not clipped. There is..... More
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1939. Hardcover. 8vo. Second impression. Original decorated blue cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold, top edge stained red, fore-edge untrimmed. Small illustrations in the text by the author, endpapers illustrated by Robert Lawson. Some paperclip marks on the half-title, else a fine..... More
var. var, 1985. In 1985, Dr., Monell hosted a traveling exhibit of books relating to the 500th anniversary of the publishing of Malory's Morte d'Arthur. Her are four items form that exhibit: 1. California State Library Foundation Bulletin, No, 12, which contains the illustrated text of Dr. Monell's speech in..... More
NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. 8vo. xi(i),876,(iv)pp. Black cloth spine, dark gray paper over boards, both blocked in copper foil. A trace of sunning along the top board edge, and a touch of soil to the top and bottom text edges else this is a...... More
Montrose: James Watt, 1814. Early Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 434pp. Contemporary faded and stained plain green cloth rebacked in a deeper green cloth with gilt spine titles and rules. A few stains and marginal notes; three bookplates; notes on rear endpapers; repaired tear on C3; else a very good copy. The..... More
St. Petersburg: Nikodim, 2019. Limited edition. Hardcover. Limited edition. Folio. 32pp. Red leather spine and edges, marbled paper boards, the upper boards impressed with an engraving of Camelot and with a title label printed in red. Thirteen scenes covering the Age of Arthur in sonnet form support the artist's powerful..... More
New York: R. H. Russell, 1898. First edition. Hardcover. Thin Folio. Unpaginated. Cream-colored cloth blocked in red, black and gilt. With sixty original illustrations by the Brothers Rhead: Georger Wooliscroft Rhead and Louis Rhead. Title, frontispiece and illustrated endpapers printed in black and red. The pages with borders of Celtic..... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1917. First US edition. Hardcover. 16 color plates, 7 b&w, chapter titles. Green cloth, gilt. Trace of wear, ownership name, else a fine copy; gilt bright. More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1880. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. xlv,(3),403,(1)pp followed by 4pp publisher's catalogue. Original green silk-finish cloth, blocked in black ad gilt on the spine and upper board. Dark green coated endpapers. Twelve illustrations by Alfred Kappes. The front free endpaper gutter is glued into the hinge..... More
London: J. Okes (Oakes), 1641. First edition. Hardcover. Small 4to. (70)376pp. Early of contemporary binding of full calf. Spine in five compartments with raised bands. Compartments with blind tooled flowers, possibly Tudor roses. Gilt title and gilt rules at head and tail of the spine. Boards tooled with simple gilt..... More
Kentfield, CA: The Allen Press, 1956. Limited edition. Hardcover. 4to. (43) leaves. Invicta parchment spine titled in silver; cream-colored paper over boards with engravings of light blue along a margin. Each page with marginal wood engravings colored by hand. A superb copy. Housed in the original matching slipcase. Allen Press..... More
London: Basil Montagu Pickering, 1872. First edition. Hardcover. Two volumes, large 8vo. ccxcv,(1), 321,)(1); 495,(1)pp. Half polished calf. Spines in six compartments, with raised bands, tooled in gilt and with black leather lettering labels,m gilt. Marbles boards, edges, and endpapers in a non-pareil pattern. Engraved frontispieces. Lengthy memoir by nephews..... More
Halle: Verlag der Buchhandlung der Baisenhauses, 1853. Hardcover. 8vo. 351,(1) pp. Blue cloth blocked in gilt, floral endpapers. Trace of wear and darkening of spine, light foxing, else this is a very good copy. With the stamp of the Klinisch-Therapeutisches Institut in Arlesheim on the obverse and reverse of 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
