London: Chatto & Windus, 1930. Illustrated with wood engravings by Paul Woodroffe. Hardcover. 12mo. 106pp. Four full page illustrations by Woodroffe. A fine copy. Full deep red polished calf, spine in six compartments, gilt, deeper red lettering labels, all edges gilt, decorated endpaper. Binding signed on the reverse of the..... More
London: Henry Washbourne, 1844. Hardcover. Three volumes. 12mo. Finely bound by Lauriat of Boston in half scarlet morocco, light red linen cloth boards, spines in six compartments, gilt; top edges gilt; marbled endpapers. Title pages printed in three pages. A new edition. A fine set, beautifully bound. Percy first published..... More
Boston: Curtis & Cameron, 1902. First edition. Hardcover. 4to. Illustrations from the frieze in the Boston Public Library by Edwin Austin Abbey. 26 Illustrations finely printed on tissue and mounted on guards. Text by Ferris Greenslet. First edition. Original green cloth, gilt, top edge gilt. Cloth worn at edges and..... More
London: Folio Society, 2002. Hardcover. Third printing. Three volumes. Green buckram spines blocked in gilt; glossy paper boards with an illustration of Arthur and the sword in the stone in the foreground. A fine set. Housed in the publisher's slipcase. More
Oxford: Shakespeare Head Press and published by the Press for Basil Blackwell, 1933. Limited edition. Fine. 4to. Two volumes. (4),xxviii,316;(4)273,(3)pp. One of 370 copies on handmade paper (of which 350 are for sale), this being copy number 56. One of the few copies bound in full brick-red morocco. Printed..... More
London, et al: Rider & Co., n.d., ca. 1940's. 8vo. Black cloth, gilt spine title. Illustrated with 11 plates and 3 drawings. Index. 198pp. Covers magic arfts among the Celts; Druids; Spells & Charms; Spirit World; Necromancy; the Cult of Arthur; the Mystery of the Grail; and Second Sight..... More
New York and Boston: H. M. Caldwell Co., (1904). First edition. Hardcover. 12mo. 101pp plus 9pp of ads. Gray buckram, gilt spine title, upper board blocked in giult and red with a representation of the grail. Frontispiece. Light soil, spine darkened, but a very good copy. More
London: Longmans, 1929. Hardcover. Index. 16 photographs of hitherto unread manuscripts. The first Latin text taken direct from the earliest manuscripts together with the first literal translation of a parallel Welsh Chronicle. With a discussion of Geoffrey's Native Sources and the Ancient British Book which he claimed that he translated..... More
New York & London: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1988. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. 8vo. xxxvi, 300pp. White cloth printed in black on the spine and upper board. A fine copy. Poetry from 1835 to 1956. More
London: Hodder and Stoughton, n.d. (1911). 4to. First Brickdale illustrated edition. Blue cloth blocked in a design in gilt on the spine and upper board, and in blind on the lower board. 21 exquisite mounted plates by Brickdale in her best style. Light wear at edges, one plate with a...... 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
London: Jonathan Cape, 1965. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Textured paper over boards, gilt spine title A fine copy. The dustwrapper shows the original 16s price. It has a little wear along the edges, a short closed marginal tear along the top rear, and a trace of foxing on the..... More
Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1892. Limited edition. Limp Vellum. 8vo. [1] 2-169 [170] pp. Decorative borders & other wood engraved devices designed by Morris, & several blanks to front & rear. One of 300 copies printed in Golden type on Flower paper, with shoulder titles & notes, speakers' names, & some..... 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
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
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..... More
Norwalk: Easton Press, 2011. Hardcover. Five volumes. 8vo. Black leather blocked in blue and gilt; all edges gilt; moiré silk endpapers; ribbon bookmarks. A fine, new set still in publisher's shrinkwrap. Volume 2 is signed by the author. Susan Cooper's masterful fantasy set in England and Wales, incorporating English and..... More
London: Bernard Quaritch, 1877. Hardcover. 4to. Red leather spine, gilt; marbled paper boards; chocolate colored endpapers, top edge gilt. xx,504pp. Engraved vignettes. Light rubbing to the leather, edges of the boards are worn, but still this is a very good copy. The second edition of Lady Charlotte Guest's translation from..... More
