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London: Studio Editions, 1993. Nice copy. quarto. hardback with dust jacket liv + 624pp., illustrations, A facsimile of the J. M. Dent 1909 edition

Easton Press, 2000. First Thus. Leather Binding. Fine. A fine copy of this beautiful printing of Beardsley's classic illustrated version. Full black leather decorated in gilt, spine with raied bands, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers. Collector's Notes and unused Easton bookplate laid in loose.

J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1972. Hardcover. Good/Good. Facsimile of the third edition from 1927 with addenda. Jacket is very worn, particularly along the edges. Jacket inside is lightly foxed. Spine is cracked. Cover is worn. Fore edge has a pen mark, but it doesn't impact legibility. Inside is tanned but clean and unmarked.

London: J. M. Dent, 1972. 4th Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Forth edition and first printing and facsimile of 1927 third edition. Limited edition of 1600 copies. Very large and heavy 4to volume in slip case. In near fine black, bright gilt-decorated cloth boards and gilt titles to spine. The boards are very tight and straight; clean; spine and edges firm. Very white unmarked end papers. Shiny gilt top cut edge; the fore and tail edges are only very lightly marked. The text block is very firm, flat and clean with vivid b/w illustrations, including facsimiles of cover designs of first edition, even with spelling mistakes. Fine condition and overall condition is fine minus as boards are near fine. No dedications etc. In near condition glossy dust jacket which replicates the boards. The jacket is clean, edges and top and sides of spine a little edge-worn. Not price clipped. In near fine rigid black card slipcase. As it is very heavy please contact us for cost of postage.

J. M. Dent and Co. London. 1897, 1898. J. M. Dent. 1897, 1898. Complete in Four Volumes. Small navy blue pocket sized hardbacks. Gilt decorated spines, top edge of pages gilt. The Temple Classics Series. Volume I is a first edition, the other 3 are first reprints. Frontispieces and title pages illustrated by Aubrey Beardsley. Boards slightly marked, endpapers browned, a few pages of vol. II dog-eared otherwise very clean volumes of an attractively produced set.

London : Studio Editions, 1992. Studio Editions, reprinted. Hardcover. Good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-toned dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. In a slightly worn slip-case. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Includes previous owner's inscription. Physical description; liv, 624 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm. Notes; Contained within a box. This is a facsimile edition of J.M. Dent's & Sons 1909 edition.--T.p. verso. A facsimile edition ... containing the complete Caxton text, over one thousand examples of Beardsley's illustrations and designs, and ten illustrations omitted from the first edition.--Publishing information. Subjects; Knights and knighthood in literature. Kings and rulers in literature. Rare books Great Britain ; Facsimiles. Illustration of books. Illustrated books : graphic design. Genres; Arthurian romances. Illustrated.

Woodbridge, Suffolk & Dover, New Hampshire: Boydell Press, 1985. Facsimile Edition. One of 500 sets. Two thick octavo volumes (25cm); tan cloth, with titling and pictorial elements stamped in gilt on spine and covers; publisher's original black paper-covered slipcase; [xc],455,[3]; [xxxvi],457-990,[4]pp; illus. Fine in a lightly rubbed, Near Fine slipcase. A handsome facsimile edition of Malory's 1893 work.

London; J. M. Dent, 1909., 1909. Hard Cover. SECOND EDITION, complete in single volume, and LIMITED to 1000 copies only for the United Kingdom and 500 for America. Large octavo, pp. liv, 624. 20 plates including frontispiece,of which 5 double page, plus numerous illustrations throughout the text including chapter headings and decorative borders, by Aubrey Beardsley. Publishers' olive green cloth with gilt titles to spine, blocked in gilt with elaborate stylised lily design, also by Beardsley, to spine and upper board; top edge gilt. A slightly shaken copy with bruised upper corners and light wear to spine tips; paper cracked at inner rear hinge. Light foxing, largely to paste-down endpapers, otherwise contents clean with no annotation or inscriptions. Very Good overall. Beardsley's lavishly produced masterpiece and his first major commission, originally issued in twelve parts but here complete in a single volume with his decoration to every page. Beardsley (1872-98) was arguably the most… Read More

Westminster: William Caxton, 1909. Limited Edition. Leather bound. Near fine. Limited edition of The Birth, life, and Acts of King Arthur by Thomas Malory.. Quarto, liv, 624pp. Rebound in quarter morocco, title in gilt on spine. Marbled paper boards, new endpapers. Solid text block, light wear to corners, even toning throughout, a near fine example. Previous bookseller's label affixed to front endpaper. Limitation page states this second edition printing with Aubrey Beardsley designs "is limited to 1000 copies for the United Kingdom and 500 for America." Complete with twenty full-page plates, with numerous in-text illustrations. Frontispiece protected by tissue guard.

Number 88 of 300 copies. In good condition, clean and unmarked, chipped at head of spine, no foxing, bend to vellum boards, wave at bottom edges of pages. Presentation note by Elihu Rose on his stationery loosely laid in.

New York: J. M. Dent, 1927. Third edition. Cloth. Very Good. 4to (31 cm); lv, 538 p., [22] leaves of plates, including one half-tone, two engravings, and 19 cuts (five of them double-page). Many illustrations and ornaments in text. Original black cloth with Beardsley's floral design in gilt. Top edge gilt. Rebacked, with original spine laid down. Text extremely good, unstained, with pages toned at edges. No dust jacket. Illustrated with 20 full page plates, including 2 from etchings and 18 from woodcuts (five are double-page) by Aubrey Beardsley with tissue-guards, plus approx. 280 woodcut chapter headers, initials, borders and ornaments throughout the text. Introduction by John Rhys. Note on Aubrey Beardsley by Aymer Vallance. Note on the designs omitted from the first edition by R. A. Walker. Caxton's Preface from the 1485 edition. Glossary. Edition limited to 1600 copies.

New York: E. P. Dutton, 1909. Very good. Second Beardsley edition, first one-volume edition, limited to 1500 copies; 10 1/4 x 8; pp. [9], vj-liv, [1], 2-624; green cloth over boards; gilt decorations and title to front board and spine; illustrated with 20 full-page plates and numerous in-line drawings by Aubrey Beardsley; a bit of rubbing to tips of spine and corners and a tiny, closed cut to cloth to upper margin of spine; table of contents with a few small chips to fore-edge; booklate and gift inscription to front board verso and ffep; scattered spots of foxing to first and last few leaves; in very good condition.Containing 10 additional chapter headings not found in the first edition of 1893 - 1894, the book would be considered famed illustrator, author, and leading contributor to the development of the Art Nouveau Aubrey Beardsley's (1872 - 1898) first and much-celebrated major work.

London: J.M. Dent, 1927. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Original cream vellum with gilt floral decoration. Sheepskin spine titled in gilt. Limited edition of 300 numbered copies. This is no. 138. With a foreword by Aimer Vallance and a note on the omitted designs by Rainford Armitage Walker. Decorative woodcut initials. Contains the 11 chapter headings omitted from the first edition, the Merlin illustration, a (tipped in) sketch for a cover design that was not used and the cover design for the original issue in parts. 45,(2) pp. 26,5 x 21 cm. A very fine copy. .

Westminster: William Caxton, 1927. Hardcover. Very Good. . This edition with Beardsley illustrations, limited edition of 1,600 copies. This copy specially bound in half-morocco with raised bands and gilt decoration on the spine, printed boards, top edges gilt, matching printed endpapers. Cover shows minor rubbing to the extremities, some minor stains on the top edges. Pages are lightly tanned and clean, profusely illustrated. Original navy cloth cover and spine with gilt decorations bound in at the rear.

London: J. M. Dent, 1927. Limited edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Illustrated by Aubrey Beardelsy. 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 first edition. Trace of rubbing on the upper board and light wear along the bottom, else a near fine copy. Bookplate of F. W. Rogers. .

E. P. Dutton / Dent. Very Good+ in Poor dust jacket. 1927. Hardcover. Note, title page text appears without punctuation. Third edition of this design limited to 1600 copies. Dent colophon on title page with Dutton shown as publisher on copyright page and spine. Small wrinkle to fabric on upper spine. Jacket is tattered and in two pieces but is a rare addition to the volume. This is a beautiful work with wonderful illustration. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 538 pages .

London: J. M. Dent & Sons Limited, 1927. Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine. 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 the designs by R. A. Walker, and note on Aubrey Beardsley by Aymer Vallance. The eleven omitted designs are followed by a reproduction of the Merlin illustration as well as a sketch for an unused cover design and the cover design used for the issued parts. Thus there are 14 designs in all. This is a near fine copy with only a trace of soil, a few tiny pinholes in the hinges, and some yawning of the boards. and free of the foxing that dogs this title. Scarce thus. The illustrations have offset to the facing pages as usual. Gaines, A14 c.1.b.

1927. Illustrazioni di Rainforth Armitage Walker. Prefazione di Aymer Vallance. No. 149 of 300 copies. This volume has been extra-illustrated with 17 full-page highly-erotic (explicit) pencil illustrations by J. Martin Pitts. The extra illustrations are lithographed on the versos of the Beardsley leaves. Bound with original brown cloth, spine lettered in gold, cream-colored vellum-backed front and back covers, front cover bearing gold Beardsley design. Vellum covers, overall very good condition. London, 1927; cartonato, pp. 45, tavv. b/n.

London: J. M. Dent & Sons Limited, 1927. Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine. Thin 4to. One of 300 copies on handmade paper, this is copy No, 230. 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 the designs by R. A. Walker, and note on Aubrey Beardsley by Aymer Vallance. The eleven omitted designs are followed by a reproduction of the Merlin illustration as well as a sketch for an unused cover design and the cover design used for the issued parts. Thus there are 14 designs in all. This is a near fine copy with only a trace of soil and some yawning of the boards; it is free of the foxing that dogs this title. Scarce thus. The illustrations have offset to the facing pages as usual. Gaines, A14 c.1.b.

[London]:: Dent, , 1893.. First edition; one of 1,500 copies. . publisher’s white gilt-decorated cloth, t.e.g. . Attractive old bookplate on the pastedown of Vol. I. Spines and cloth sides very slightly tanned; small black stain near the center of the spine of Volume I; contents clean and attractive. . 4to,. Embellished with many original designs by Aubrey Beardsley.. With an Introduction by Professor Rhys.