Le Morte D'arthur. The Birth Life & Acts of King Arthur His Noble Knights of the Round Table Their Marvellous Enquests & Adventures Achieving of the San Greal & in the End Le Morte Darthur with the Dolourous Death & Departing Out of This World of Them All
by MALORY, SIR THOMAS
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
J.M. Dent, 1927. Hardcover. Very Good. Aubrey Beardsley. Quarto. Third edition, limited to 1600 copies. Black cloth with gilt front board and spine decorations by Aubrey Beardsley. Spine re-backed with the original spine laid down and touched up in a couple of spots. Front board touched up in a couple of places as well and the upper corners repaired. Top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed. Board edges bevelled. Bookplate removal stain to the paste-down endpaper. Contents clean and the binding tight and square. Illustrated by Aubrey Beardsley. Although re-backed, still a nice copy, nice re-backing and well-done touch-ups, expertly done.
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- Bookseller
- Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 41090
- Title
- Le Morte D'arthur. The Birth Life & Acts of King Arthur His Noble Knights of the Round Table Their Marvellous Enquests & Adventures Achieving of the San Greal & in the End Le Morte Darthur with the Dolourous Death & Departing Out of This World of Them All
- Author
- MALORY, SIR THOMAS
- Illustrator
- Aubrey Beardsley
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- J.M. Dent
- Date Published
- 1927
Terms of Sale
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Biblio member since 2012
Toronto, Ontario
About Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Interesting and unusual books and printed matter. Visual items, illustrated books, private press, mythology/folklore, modern first editions. Member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of Canada (ABAC) and theIndependent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA)
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- Cloth
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- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Paste-down
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Re-backed
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- Edges
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- Bookplate
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
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