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 about The Defence of Guenevere and Other Poems
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 about The Sword in the Stone (Publisher's copy
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 about Le Morte Darthur. By Syr Thomas Malory. The Original Edition of William Caxton
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 about Caxton Quincentennial Set: The Game of Chess (c. 1483); The History and Fables of Æsop (1484);...
Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1895. Limited edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 98pp. Quarter Holland binding, blue paper boards, printed title on upper board. (6),98,(8) pp. Finely printed letterpress in Chaucer type. Printed in black and red throughout. Wood-engraved frontispiece by Burne-Jones. A near fine copy with only traces of aging and wear. One... More about Syr Perecyvelle of Gales
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 about The Dark Is Rising Sequence: Over Sea, Under Stone; The Dark is Rising, Greenwitch; The Grey...
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 about The Mabinogion from the Welsh of Llyfr Coch o Hergest (The Red Book of Hergest
London: Geirge Newnes Limited, n.d. Hardcover. 12mo. 958pp. Contemporary half blue morocco, light blue cloth sides, Cockerell marbled endpapers. Top edge gold. The binding is signed Henry Sotheran Ltd. A fine copy with only a trace of sunning on the hinges. The paper is quite thin and fine and is..... More about The Novels of Thomas Love Peacock
New York: St Martin's Press, 1997. First US edition. Hardcover. 8vo. A fine copy in a fine, unclipped dustwrapper of the final chapter in Cornwell's Arthurian Trilogy. More about The Warlord Chronicles: Excalibur
London: George R. Harrap & Company, [1913]. First edition. Fine. 4to. . (iv), 157, (3)pp. Beige cloth blocked on the upper board in a design in colors by the illustrator; black spine title. Top edge gilt. Color printed endpapers. Four pp. of color frontismatter; full page color plates and numerous... More about The Romance of Tristram of Lyones & La Beale Isoude
NY: Charles L. Webster & Company, 1889. First edition. Hardcover. Second state, without the erroneous 's' on page 59. Pictorial green cloth blocked in gilt on the spine and in gilt, black and blue on the upper board. Floral endpapers. Light wear to the corners and edges, inner hinges neatly... More about A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Paris: l'Edition d'Art, 1922. Illustrations de Robert Engels. Limited edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Numerous color-printed illustrations by Robert Engels. One of 500 unnumbered copies from a total edition of 650. Spectacularly bound in full calf. Spine in six compartments, intricately gilt, and with red and green lettering labels, gilt. The boards... More about Le Roman de Tristan et Iseult
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 about Le Morte Darthur: The Birth, Life, and Acts of King Arthur, of His Noble Knights of the Round...
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1903. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. 8vo. xvi, 312 (2) pp. Written and Illustrated by Howard Pyle. Publisher's deep mustard-colored cloth blocked on the spine and upper board with a design by Pyle in Black, red and gilt. Coated endpapers. Inner hinges neatly repaired, some... More about The Story of King Arthur and His Knights
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1903-1910. First editions, first printings. Hardcover. Four 4to volumes, all in original mustard-color cloth with spines and upper boards blocked in black, red and gilt., With black and white illustrations by Howard Pyle. This is essentially a near fine set. These titles have traditionally... More about Arthurian Tetrology: The Story of King Arthur; The Story of The Champions; The Story of Sir...
London: Edward Moxon, 1857. Hardcover. First illustrated edition. 4to. (1-vi), vi-xiii, (xiv-xvi), (1), 2-375, (376) cardstock pages. Illustrated with 54 wood engravings by the Dalziels, W. J. Linton, etc., after D. G. Rossetti, J. E. Millais, W. Holman Hunt, etc. A lovely and pleasant binding by Zaehnsdorf of full purple... More about Poems
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
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
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: 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
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...
