Tristram and Iseult
Gaylordsville (CT): The Slide Mountain Press, 1930. Limited edition. Item #23692
Illustrated with 10 woodblock prints by Esherick, a noted illustrator of fine press books as well as other endeavors.
This copy inscribed by Hare on the front free endpaper to A. Conger Goodyear, in 1935, the industrialist and philanthropist who became the first director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
The story of Tristram and Isolde, or Iseult, is generally considered of Irish origin, though only retellings of the story--sometimes with varying details--have reached us in the later manuscript writings of Béroul, Thomas of Britain, Gottfried of Strasburg, and others. By the 13th century, Tristram has become one of the outstanding knight of the Round Table. Hare's dramatic rendering relies on Joseph Bédier's version, which was translated by Belloc into English. THree acts with a total of 10 scenes, complete with stage directions.
Surprising scarce in commerce.
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Folio. 104pp. Black cloth, gilt spine title. Finely printed by James and Hilda Wells at the Slide Mountain Press on Bishopstoke handmade paper in a numbered edition of 450 copies. This is number 352, signed by the author and the illustrator. Light wear to the hinges and edges, a trace of offsetting mainly from the illustrations, and a short crease at the bottom of the front free endpaper, else in very good condition.
Price: $750.00