Verlag: Jonathan Cape and the Medici Society Ltd, London, 1923
Anbieter: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, Vereinigtes Königreich
Verbandsmitglied: PBFA
Cloth. Zustand: Good. W. Russell Flint (illustrator). The complete two-volume set of Pollard's edition of Thomas Malory's Le Morte D'Arthur, with colour illustrations by W. Russell Flint. A two-volume set, the third reprint of this edition printed in the Riccardi Press Books, in the publisher's original cloth bindings, with gilt detailing to the front boards. Top edges gilt. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and 17 further colour plates to each volume by the Scottish artist Sir William Russell Flint (1880-1969), who worked for The Illustrated London News as well as illustrating several books. Collated, complete. Thomas Malory's tale of adventure and conquest, describing the life of King Arthur, Guinevere, Lancelot, Merlin, and the Knights of the Round Table. Since the 19th century, many authors have used Malory's text for inspiration. This text went on to inspire T. H. White's Sword In the Stone. This work was edited with an introduction by Alfred William Pollard (1859-1944), an English bibliographer, well-known for his scholarly Shakespeare criticism. In the publisher's original cloth bindings. Externally sound though faded with shelfwear, particularly to the spines. Gilt remains bright to the front boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright with spotting to the first and last few pages, and to the fore edge, affecting the occasional page. Good. book.
Verlag: London Philip Lee Warner publisher to the Medici Society, 1921
Anbieter: Shapero Rare Books, London, Vereinigtes Königreich
Edition limited to 500 numbered copies on handmade Riccardi paper, 4to, title-page illustration and 48 tipped-in colour plates by Sir William Russell Flint, occasional minor spotting; bound by Bayntun-Riviere in crimson morocco gilt, covers with triple gilt fillet, gilt panelled spine in six compartments, gilt lettered direct in second and third, raised bands, top edge gilt, others uncut, a fine set. A finely bound set of The Morte D'Arthur, one of of the finest illustrated works of Sir William Russell Flint (1880-1969), the celebrated Scottish watercolour artist.
Verlag: Riccardi Press, 1910
Anbieter: Besleys Books PBFA, Diss, Vereinigtes Königreich
Verbandsmitglied: PBFA
Erstausgabe
Hard Cover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Flint, William Russell (illustrator). Limited Edition. Original limp vellum, with gilt titles to spines and front covers. Green silk ties and dust-wrappers. Top edges gilt. 4 volume set in original slipcases. 27.5cm x 21cm. Pp. xx, 168; xvi, 179; xvi, 208; xvi, 212. Complete with 48 mounted colour plates by W. Russell Flint, with captioned tissue guards. No. 391 of a limited edition of only 500 copies. Fore and bottom edges untrimmed. D/w spines faded to brown with '391' lightly stamped on them. Slipcase and d/w's a little faded and worn. A little light spotting to first and last few blank pages, very occasionally to contents. Vellum on one volume darkened in places. A heavy set, additional postage will be required for orders outside the UK.