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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

The Easton Press, 2000T. hardcover. Like New. 2.9000 11.6000 9.2000.

The Easton Press, 2000-01-01. Hardcover. New. 11x9x2.

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.

The Easton Press, January 2000. Leather. VG-. bound in bonded leather with raised bands, gilt titles and decorations. all edges gilt. silk moire endsheets. ribbon bookmark bound in. no previous owner signatures or marks. pages and binding are clean, straight and tight. the outer edge may have been slightly bumped, there are a few pages that are just barely not straight, still a handsome copy. there are no marks to the text or other serious flaws.

Norwalk, Connecticut: Easton Press, 2000. Full Leather. Fine. 27.5 x 21 cm. Quarto. lv 538pp. Bound into full black leather with gilt design, lettering, and foredges. 4 raised bands to spine, moire endpaeprs, silk ribbon. Part of "The Collector's Library of Famous Editions" with "Notes from the Archvies" laid-in. This is the one volume edition with illustrations by Aubrey Beardsley. Introduction by John Rhys.

The Easton Press, 2000. Hardcover. As new, clean, tight & bright condition. 538pp., Bound in full black leather, all edges gilt.

London: J. M. Dent & Company, 1988. Book measures 28x22.5.cm. Collation, lv,538pp, 22 full page plates, text illustrations. Bound in original publishers black ornate gilt cloth, top gilt edge. Binding in very good clean firm condition. Dust jacket rubbed, a few short tears/nicks. Jacket in good clean condition. Internally, pages clean. Housed in the original publishers slipcase. Slipcase showing some wear. Generally a nice clean copy.. Fifth Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/Good Plus. Quarto.

Woodbridge: Boydell Press, 1985. First printing of this edition. Hardcover. Near fine. A 2-volume facsimile limited edition reprint of the original edition illustrated by Aubrey Beardsley and published in 1893. Set number 68 of an edition limited to 500 copies. Brown buckram boards stamped in gilt with a floral art nouveau design. Volume I contains a frontispiece and eleven full-page plates by Beardsley and Volume II a frontispiece and seven full-page plates. There are also innumerable decorations by Beardsley throughout the two volumes. Volume I, pp lxiv + 455, contains a new Preface by Derek Brewer, a List of Illustrations, a Note on the Text used, a Preface, Caxton's Preface (to the edition of 1485), Caxtons Table or Rubrysshe of Contents and Books I to IX. Volume II, pp lxv-xc + 458-990, contains a List of Illustrations, a Table or Rubrysshe and Books X to XXI plus a Glossary. The gilt stamping to the spines is just a touch rubbed otherwise these are Fine volumes in an original black… Read More

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

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.

Folio Society,, 2003. 2 vols., roy. 8vo. and 8vo., First Edition thus, on laid paper, with frontispiece, plates and illustrations in the text; elegantly bound in full brown goatskin, upper board framed and blocked in gilt, gilt back, bevelled boards, gilt edges, hand-made textured endpapers, ribbon marker, separate Essay booklet (sewed as issued) in inside pocket, the whole contained in publisher's board solander case blocked in gilt, a fine copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 1000 NUMBERED COPIES (THIS COPY NO. 461).

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. .

London: Dent. 1893-1894. Limited edition, one of 1,500 ordinary copies, complete in two volumes, quarto, original cream cloth boards with gilt decoration. Complete with all wood-engraved plates (20 plates, including 4 double page) by Aubrey Beardsley with his decorative designs throughout. Limited to 1,800 copies printed. Rubbed to edges, a little darkening to cloth as usual with some markings, previous owner's bookplate front endpaper of both vols with his ink signature front free endpaper vol.I, light foxing to endpapers but otherwise clean, uncut, top-edge gilt. Restored with original spines laid onto new boards with some loss of original to top and bottom edges. Contents clean and unmarked, plates bright. Very good condition. A landmark work in decorative books. The text is that printed by Caxton in 1485, in Southey's edition of 1817, and revised for this edition. Published in parts 1893-1894. Renowned for Beardsley's Art Nouveau illustrations. Limited Ed.. Decorated Cloth.

London: J. M. Dent, 1893. First edition, limited to 1,500 copies. Volume One only (Includes Books 1-9 as published), in extremely rare dust jacket. Published London: J. M. Dent, 1893. 4to., 8 1/2" x 10", lxiv + 455 pages, illustrated with full page plates, vignettes, borders, in-text decorations and cover design by Aubrey Beardsley. Beardsley's first major commission and a landmark of great illustrated books. Beardsley juxtaposed various traditional and contemporary styles with his own, and laid them down, side-by-side throughout the book. From elaborate and formal William Morris design elements to shocking eroticism and striking decadence - as in the case of the frontispiece plate of Arthur. Cream linen cloth with elaborate gilt design and fancy titles. Top edge gilting, 3-color ribbon marker bound in. Slight foxing to the cloth, endpapers toned along the perimeters, some wrinkling to the tissue guard at frontis, else very good, attractive; binding square and tight in a rare dust… Read More

[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.

Westminster: J. M. Dent,, 1893-94. One of 300 deluxe copies on Dutch handmade paper First Beardsley edition, an out of series unnumbered copy of one of 300 deluxe copies on Dutch handmade paper, from a total edition of 1,800. The book was issued in 12 parts in wrappers, with the purchaser given the choice of sending it back to the publisher, who bound them in vellum or cloth, or to a binder of their own. In 1892, seeking to emulate the books of the Kelmscott Press, John M. Dent commissioned the 20-year-old Beardsley to produce this edition, work that took the young artist 18 months to complete. "In Le Morte d'Arthur Beardsley learnt his job, but the result is no bungling student's work... If he had never illustrated another book, this edition of Morte d'Arthur could stand as a monument of decorative book illustration" (Lewis, pp. 148-9). The work was first published in 12 monthly magazine instalments between June 1893, and mid-1894. "Aubrey Beardsley's Morte Darthur was one of the most original and… Read More

London: J. M. Dent, 1893. First edition. Wraps. Near fine. Aubrey Beardelsy. Twelve original parts in green wrappers. Regular issue: one of 1500 copies. Full page and double page illustrations, rubricated initials, borders and in-text decorations by Aubrey Beardsley in his first major commission. The wrappers are generally lightly soiled and chipped at the edges. Spines are worn at tips, and the spine of Part One is split but firmly held by the sewing. A very good set of this masterpiece with the textblocks in near fine condition and free of the foxing that dogs the issue on handmade paper. Housed in two volumes of slipcases and cloth chemises, with the title on the slipcases on leather labels, gilt. Gaines, A14, a.1. .

London: J. M. Dent, 1893. First edition. Wraps. Very good. Aubrey Beardelsy. Twelve original parts in green wrappers. Parts 1-8 and 10-12 are the "Superior Issue" of 300 copies on Dutch handmade paper (this set unnumbered). Part 9 is from the "regular issue" and is slightly smaller in size. Full page and double page illustrations, rubricated initials, borders and in-text decorations by Aubrey Beardsley in his first major commission. This set is uncut and largely unopened. There is some offsetting from the illustrations to the facing pages, as usual. Part 9 lacks a tiny piece form the spine and has had a nearly invisible repair to the upper wrapper; the wrappers show light soil, rubbing and aging else this is a very good set.

London: Dent,, 1893. Vellucent binding by Cedric Chivers First Beardsley edition, one of 1,500 copies on ordinary paper; another 300 were printed on Dutch handmade paper. This copy in a bright and spectacular example of a "vellucent" binding, by Cedric Chivers of Bath, unsigned but a characteristic example of this style. Chivers invented a way to treat vellum so that it became translucent ("vellucent"): the cover design would be painted on a separate sheet and then a thin sheet of this translucent vellum would be laid over it; gilt tooling would then be applied over the top of this. In his catalogue of Books in Beautiful Bindings (c. 1905), Chivers describes the Beardsley Morte D'Arthur as "bound in whole vellucent from a design by the illustrator of the book. A figure panel enclosed in a floral border". The hand-painted cover illustrations for this set reproduce two of Beardsley's designs, volume one depicting "How Four Queens Found Launcelot Sleeping" (p. 184) and volume two "The Achieving of the… Read More