London: J. Bowyer, et al. 1718. First edition in English. Hardcover. 8vo. (ii),cxi,(xvii),401,(lv)pp. In a lovely contemporary binding of sprinkled calf. The spine is in six compartments, gilt, light brown lettering label, gilt, edges sprinkled red. The errata page is present in the rear. The List of Subscribers is present..... More
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
London: T. Cotes for William Cooke, 1638. First edition in English. Hardcover. 12mo. (134),327pp. Engraved frontispiece of Gildas by William Marshall. First edition in English, translated from the Latin by Thomas Habington. Early handwritten notes on the front blanks. Bookplate. Nicely bound in full brown morocco, spine in six compartments..... More
Londini: Typis Gulielmi Bulmer et Socii, 1806. Hardcover. 4to. xxxii,237,(6)pp. Engraved frontispiece, three full page engraved plates, and a large hand-colored folding map. Contemporary full calf binding; spine in six compartments with raised bands, gilt, gilt title, gilt rules on the boards and gilt inner dentelles. Marbled endpapers. With the..... More
London: Printed for William Miller, 1806. First edition in English. Hardcover. Large 4to. 2 vols. (12),cxcii,220,(4);(6),440,(4)pp. Indices. Complete with 59 engraved plates (including a hand-colored folding map) and a second large, hand-colored folding map at rear of Vol. II. Errata page is present. Old calf over marbled boards (rubbed), tips..... More
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1932. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. xxxix,(1),132pp. Cloth spine gilt title, drab green paper over boards, top edge gilt. Light wear and a crease to the spine, a few pencil marginalia, else a very good coy. The is the French original of a lost Elizabethan translation..... More
New York: Franklin Watts, 1986. Hardcover. Large 8vo. 406pp. 11 illus., including 7 maps; extensive bibliography, index. Fine in a fine, unclipped dustwrapper. Scholarly examination of literary, historical, archeological & linguistic proofs for King Arthur & friends. Later printing but inscribed by the author to Kenneth C. Clark. More
Boston: Eliot Press, 1955. Only edition. Hardcover. Only edition. 12mo. 612pp. Two books in one. Original maroon cloth embossed in a leather pattern, gilt titles. Photographic frontispiece of Tintagel. Light wear to the edges; gilt darkened; upper board creased, top edge lightly spotted; else a very good copy. A poetic..... 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: 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: merican Book Company, (1924). Hardcover. 8vo. 340pp. Green buckram, gilt spine titles. Gilt darkened else a near fine copy. Index, glossary. About a quarter or so of the text is devoted to Arthurian themes. 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
Chicago: Nelson-Hall, (1976). First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 188pp. Red textured paper over boards, gilt spine title. Illustrated. A fine copy. The dustwrappe rhas a short closed marginal tear on the front else is in very good condition. p> Tales of Gawain, from mediaeval manuscripts, the Mabinogion, Geoffrey and Malory to Tennyson. Introduced..... More
New York and London: Wiley and Putnam, 1847. First edition. Hardcover. Large 8vo. 514pp. Publisher's brown T-grain cloth gilt spine title, boards embossed in blind. Yellow coated endpaper. Engraved frontispiece. Cloth well worn and soiled, especially at the joints, edges, tips and corner, some light staining to the textblock else..... More
Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, 1999. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. xi, 1),275p. Maroon cloth. Silver titles on spine and upper board. Twelve essays. Illustrated. Index. A fine copy. More
Carmarthen: Printed and sold by J. Evans, 1812. Hardcover. 8vo. viii,324pp Contemporary marbled paper boards nicely rebacked in quarter leather, red leather lettering label, gilt. List of subscribers, index. Edges and corners worn else this is a very good copy. Reprint of the first edition of 1641 and scarce in..... More
Carmarthen: Printed and sold by J. Evans, 1812. Hardcover. 8vo. viii,324pp Contemporary half leather, marbled paper boards. Spine tooled in gilt; black leather lettering label, gilt. List of subscribers, index. Edges and corners worn else this is a very good copy. Reprint of the first edition of 1641 and scarce..... More
London: J. Okes (Oakes), 1641. First edition. Very good. Small 4to. (70)376pp. Contemporary full leather, tooled in Cambridge style. Frontispiece of Merlin in facsimile, title page with a facsimile repair to art of the border, and with the following eight leaves remargined (affecting the border rule lines). Old partial reback..... More
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., 1984. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. 4to. 197,(3)pp. Textured paper over boards, gilt spine. Illustrated throughout by Tim Hildebrandt. A fine copy. The dustwrapper is not clipped and is fine as well. Now we find a young Merlin on Atlantis contributing to a genetically engineered..... More
New York: Holiday House, 1990. Illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Thin square folio. Unpaginated. Illustrated throughout in color. Glossy pictorial boards. White endpapers. A fine copy in a fine, unclipped dustwrapper. Signed by the artist on the front free endpaper. The Tale of Sir Gareth..... More
London: Chatto & Windus, 1925. Drawings by Paul Woodroffe engraved on wood by Clemene Housman. Hardcover. 12mo. (4), 106pp. Contemporary full sheep in a pleasing light blue color, spine title in gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Four full page woodcuts and several text vignettes. A trace of rubbing and..... More
London: Chatto & Windus, 1925. Drawings by Paul Woodroffe engraved on wood by Clemence Housman. Limited edition. Hardcover. 12mo. (4), 106pp. Gray linen spine, printed paper label, pale blue paper boards. Four full page woodcuts and several text vignettes. Printed by the Shakespeare Head Press on handmade paper. One..... More
Au Mans: Ed. Monnover, 1875. First edition. Hardcover. 4 volumes. 8vo. 530;lx,571,(1)309,(1);311-831,(1)pp. Three volumes in 4. Contemporary brown cloth, gilt spine titles. Decorative as well as typeset title pages in each of the three volumes ( the last contains no title as it is a continuation of volume 3). Large..... More
Caerdydd: Gwasg Prifysgol Cymru, 1979. Hardcover. 12mo. xx, 225pp. Blue cloth, gilt titles on spine and upper board. Welsh tales, heavy in Arthurian lore. The contents page lists, for example, Pedeir Keing y Mabinogi; Kuhlwch ac Olwen; Arthur yn Ffrainc; Coroni Arthur; Y Seint Greal, and a few more. Also..... More
NY: Wiley & Halsted, 1857. First US edition. Hardcover. 8vo. (xvii),18-156pp. followed by 4pp publisher's catalogue. Original blue T-grain cloth; gilt spine titles and a gilt illustration of the knight in gilt on the upper board. All edges gilt. Illustrated by I. W. Orr. Eight full page contemporary hand-colored illustrations..... More
