Verlag: Penguin Publishing Group, 2011
ISBN 10: 0670023078 ISBN 13: 9780670023073
Anbieter: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, USA
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Zustand: Good. First Edition. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
Verlag: Penguin Publishing Group, 1996
ISBN 10: 0146001427 ISBN 13: 9780146001420
Anbieter: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, USA
Zustand: Very Good. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.
Verlag: Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1955
Anbieter: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, Vereinigtes Königreich
Zustand: Good. 1955. 146 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Blue cloth. Ex-Library copy, with expected inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges. Boards are bowed. Book has a forward lean.
Verlag: Macmillan & Co., 1928
Anbieter: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, Vereinigtes Königreich
Zustand: Good. 1928. Limited Edition. 51 pages. Beige dust jacket over blue and white paper covered boards. Rough cut textblock edges. Limited 525 copies. Ex-libris plate stuck to front pastedown. Contains black and white illustrations and plates throughout. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Thumb-marking present. Light creasing to gutter. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Light tanning to spine and edges. Minor marks to boards. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears and creasing. Noticeable tanning to spine. Visible rubbing to surfaces. Scuffing to edges.
Verlag: Oxford University Press, 1967
Anbieter: Eastleach Books, Newbury, BER, Vereinigtes Königreich
Zustand: Poor. 3rd impression. Cloth, dj, P/G. xxviii+146pp, Ex Library copy with ink stamps & marks where Library cardholders etc have been removed from the endpapers, occasional ink stamp to the text, dustjacket rubbed & bumped at the edges, a reading copy. Transliterated edition of Malory's greatest work, with a long introduction & commentary. The text is based upon Caxton's edition & Malory's manuscript to bring the work as close as possible to the way which Malory left it. 350 grams.
Verlag: Penguin Publishing Group Okt 2012, 2012
ISBN 10: 0143106953 ISBN 13: 9780143106951
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Kolakovic, Stuart (illustrator). Neuware - In this abridged retelling, the inimitable Ackroyd transforms Malory's 15th-century work into a dramatic modern story, vividly bringing to life a world of courage and chivalry, magic, and majesty.
Verlag: hansebooks, 2019
ISBN 10: 3337732755 ISBN 13: 9783337732752
Anbieter: Buchpark, Trebbin, Deutschland
Zustand: Sehr gut. Zustand: Sehr gut - Gepflegter, sauberer Zustand. Außen: Knick. | Seiten: 604 | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher.
Verlag: The Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1955
Anbieter: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, Vereinigtes Königreich
Verbandsmitglied: PBFA
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Cloth. Zustand: Very Good Indeed. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). First edition. A first edition copy of Eugène Vinaver's edited edition of Thomas Malory's Le Morte D'Arthur. The first edition thus of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original price-clipped dust wrapper. Ink inscription to the front free end paper. The literary scholar Eugène Vinaver (1899-1979) was renowned for his edition of Thomas Malory's Le Morte D'Arthur. This work is a revised portion from his 1947 volume The Works of Sir Thomas Malory. It contains an introduction, a commentary and explanatory notes, with a re-examination of Caxton's edition of the text as well as the manuscript held in the Fellows' Library of Winchester. In publisher's original cloth binding, with original price-clipped dust wrapper. Externally very smart. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Dust wrapper is sunned to the spine with spotting to the front and rear of the wrap. Chipping to the head and tail of the spine and to the upper extremities. Tape repairs to the verso of the wrap, to the head and tail of the spine, and some spotting. Very Good Indeed. book.
Verlag: London, Dent., 1909
Anbieter: Manfred Nosbuesch, Kuchenheim, Deutschland
(Second edition). 4to. LIV, 624pp. With etched frontispiece and 18 (of 19) full-page (some double-page) illustrations by Aubrey Beardsley. Orig. green gilt-stamped cloth, t.e.g. One of 1500 copies. - Lacking plate opposite page 290. - Edges rubbed. Endpapers and uncut edges browned otherwise a very good copy.
Verlag: William Caxton, Westminster, 1909
Anbieter: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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Leather bound. Zustand: Near fine. Limited edition of The Birth, life, and Acts of King Arthur by Thomas Malory. (illustrator). Limited Edition. 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.
Verlag: J.M. Dent 1893-1894, London, 1893
Anbieter: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, USA
Hardcover. Limited edition, 1500 copies. Octavo, Two volumes (continuous pagination: lxiv, 990 pages). In Fair condition. Spines are tan with gold print. Boards in tan cloth with gilt illustration, mitred edges. Fraying to spine caps and corners, hinge tears to second volume, toning to spine, peripheral toning, rubbing/shelfwear. Text blocks have deckle edges. Cracked hinges, light age-toning to paper, illustration on verso of contents page is tinted red. Illustrated: b&w text drawings and plates. "The text as written by Sir Thomas Malory and imprinted by William Caxton at Westminster the year MCCCCLXXXV and now spelled in modern style ; with an introduction by Professor Rhys and embellished with many original designs by Aubrey Breadsley"- title page. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, ND-HV Section. 1385182. FP New Rockville Stock.
Verlag: E. P. Dutton, New York, 1927
Anbieter: Blind-Horse-Books (ABAA-FABA-IOBA), DeLand, FL, USA
Hardcover in Custom Slipcase. Zustand: Very Good. Beardsley, Aubrey, illustrator (illustrator). Third Beardsley Edition. One of 1600 copies. The Third Beardsley Edition. Original gilt decorated and stamped black cloth, rebacked with original spine and front cover laid down, beveled edges, untrimmed, top edge gilt, custom later blue quarter leather slipcase. 11.25 by 8.75 inches; lv, [1], 538 pp. 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. Without dust jacket. Contains an Introduction by John Rhys. Note on Aubrey Beardsley by Aymer Vallance. Note on the designs which were omitted from the first edition by R. A. Walker. Caxton's Preface from the 1485 edition and a Glossary. The bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear. Light binding wear, frontispiece offsetting through tissue guard, a couple minor paper repairs; still near fine. Aubrey Beardsley's first major work. An elaborately illustrated edition of Sir Thomas Malory's masterpiece, from Caxton's 1485 typographic classic. Beardsley's illustrations to Le Morte d'Arthur are a mix of knights and fauns, swans, fantasy figures, all in his "fin-de-siècle" style. This edition is the first to include all of the eleven designs that were omitted from the first edition. Seeking to emulate the books of the Kelmscott Press John Dent commissioned Beardsley for 20 full-page drawings and about 100 smaller in-text designs as well as nearly 350 initial letters for Le Morte Darthur. Beasley's chief model was his friend Burne-Jones. As he progressed his designs became almost a parody of the Gothic style. Upon learning that William Morris had :sorn a terrible oath against me for daring to bring out a book in this manner," Beasley replied, "while his work is a mere imitation of the old stud, mime is fresh and original." [Ray] The Morte d'Arthur is the most famous version and the first in English prose of all the legends which have been collected . The matchless style, the humor, the magic that takes away the breath . Each century has produced it's own version . but Malory's will never be forgotten. [PMM] Ref Ahearn, 452; Ray, 194; PMM, 29.
Verlag: London, Dent 1893-1894., 1894
Anbieter: Aegis Buch- und Kunstantiquariat, Laichingen, Deutschland
2 Vol. 4°. About 340 (from 360) full page and double page illustrations, rubricated initials, drawings, borders, chapter headings, and ornaments of detailed illustration by Aubrey Beardsley in his first major commission. Goldgepr. Original-Leineneinbände (Bd. II mit Goldschnitt); embossed cloth (Vol. II gilt edge). (Vol. 1 flying endpaper missed, POI on half-title page crossed-out; binding rubbed and bumped, double page illustrations browned, Vol. II not all leaves cut out; Vol. I fl. Vorsatz fehlt, Besitzereintrag auf Schmutztitel ausgestrichen; Einbände berieben u. bestoßen, Doppelseiten-Tafeln gebräunt, Vol II, tlw. nicht beschnitten). Vol I: LXIV, 455 P. 1 of 1.500 ordinary copies. Incl. Book I - Book IX. (from 12 Books), 1 frontisp-plate, 11 plates; Vol. II: P. 291 - 664. 1 of 300 copies on Dutch hand made paper. Incl. Book VIII - Book XI., without frontisp.-plate, 5 plates, 2 double-page plates. 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 certainly one of the most controversial of the nineteenth-century artistic reinterpretations of Malory" which "established Beardsley as the voice of the 1890s" (Tepa Lupack, Chapter 4). "Often shockingly overt in their sexuality and eroticism, the illustrations rejected the aesthetic of the Pre-Raphaelites who were Beardsley's original mentors and offered a revisionist and parodic treatment of their medievalism. Ultimately, Beardsley went far beyond his original intention to 'flabbergast the bourgeois' of his day; he also challenged generations of readers and artists to view Arthurian society through his own modernist lens" (ibid.). Das Buch wurde in 12 einzelnen Teilen in Heftform herausgegeben, wobei der Käufer die Wahl hatte, es an den Verlag zurückzuschicken, der es in Pergament oder Leinen binden liess. Im Jahr 1892 beauftrgte John M. Dent den 20-jährigen Beardsley mit der Produktion dieser Ausgabe, für deren Fertigstellung der junge Künstler 18 Monate benötigte. "In Le Morte d'Arthur lernte Beardsley sein Handwerk, [.]. Wenn er nie ein anderes Buch illustriert hätte, könnte diese Ausgabe von Morte d'Arthur als Denkmal dekorativer Buchillustration gelten" (Lewis , S. 148-9). Das Werk wurde erstmals zwischen Juni 1893 und Mitte 1894 in zwölf monatlichen Zeitschriften veröffentlicht. "Aubrey Beardsleys Morte Darthur war eine der originellsten und sicherlich umstrittensten künstlerischen Neuinterpretationen von Malory im 19. Jahrhundert", die "Beardsley als Stimme der 1890er Jahre etablierte" (Tepa Lupack, Kapitel 4). "Die Illustrationen waren in ihrer Sexualität und Erotik oft erschreckend offenherzig [.], und boten eine revisionistische und parodistische Behandlung des Mittelalters. Letztendlich ging Beardsley weit über seine ursprüngliche Absicht hinaus, "die Bourgeoisie zu verblüffen". Er forderte auch Generationen von Lesern und Künstlern dazu auf, die Artus-Tafelrunde durch seine eigene modernistische Linse zu betrachten" (ebd.). "La Morte D'Arthur" war sofort nach der Veröffentlichung eine Sensation.
Verlag: Dent, London, 1894
Anbieter: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, USA
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First edition, number 279 of 300 of the superior issue on Dutch hand-made paper. 4 double page plates and 16 full-page wood engravings plus numerous textual drawings by Aubrey Beardsley. 3 vols. 4to (10 x 8 inches). Lasner 22; Ray, England 314; . Houghton Library, The Art Nouveau Book pp. 94-96; Houfe, Fin de Siècle, the Illustrators of the Nineties, pp. 66-69 Bound in three quarters green morocco, spines gilt and marbled boards. Bookplate of Charles J. Groves 4 double page plates and 16 full-page wood engravings plus numerous textual drawings by Aubrey Beardsley. 3 vols. 4to (10 x 8 inches) First edition, number 279 of 300 of the superior issue on Dutch hand-made paper.
Verlag: Dutton, New York, 1927
Anbieter: Libreria Ex Libris ALAI-ILAB/LILA member, Roma, Italien
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Legatura editoriale in piena tela verde con elegante disegno dorato al piatto anteriore e fregi e titolo in oro al ds. Taglio superiore dorato. Esemplare in eccellente stato di conservazione, in barbe e con numerosissime pagine intonse. Tiratura limitata di 1600 copie. Terza edizione (e ultima) del capolavoro illustrato da Beardsley, dopo quelle del 1893 e del 1909, che si presenta ampliata rispetto alle due precedenti, sia nella dimensione (questa ed. risulta più marginosa di alcuni centimetri) che nel numero delle tavole (12 in più in confronto alla prima ed. e 2 in più rispetto alla seconda). Viene invece rigorosamente mantenuta l elevata qualità di stampa dell ed. originale: la carta e gli stampi sono quelli dell editore londinese Dent. Folio (cm. 29,2), LV(I)-538 pp. Con 22 tavv. a piena e doppia pagina e centinaia di disegni n.t. di Aubrey Beardsley.
Verlag: The Boydell Press (printed by The Moxon Press, Leeds, on antique laid paper made by William Somerville and bound by Alderman Bookbinding, Ipswich), London, 1985
Anbieter: Libreria Ex Libris ALAI-ILAB/LILA member, Roma, Italien
Legature editoriali in piena tela beige con titoli e ricche impressioni in oro al ds. e ai piatti. Entro cofanetto rigido. Esemplare in perfetto stato di conservazione. Edizione a tiratura limitata di 500 copie che riproduce in facsimile la prima edizione dell opera, con l aggiunta di una introduzione di Derek Brewer. 8vo (cm. 24), 2 Voll., 12 cc.nn., LXIV pp., 455(1) pp.; 5 cc.nn., da p. LXV a p. XC, da p. 457 a p. 990, 3 cc.nn., 15(1) pp. Con fregi, decorazioni, num.me ill.ni n.t. e tavv. (anche a doppia pagina) f.t., il tutto opera di Aubrey Beardsley.
Verlag: J. M. Dent, London, 1893
Anbieter: Thorn Books, ABAA, Tucson, AZ, USA
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Wraps. Zustand: Near fine. Aubrey Beardelsy (illustrator). First edition. 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. .
Verlag: J. M. Dent, London, 1927
Anbieter: Thorn Books, ABAA, Tucson, AZ, USA
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Hardcover. Zustand: Near fine. Illustrated by Aubrey Beardelsy (illustrator). Limited edition. 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. .
Verlag: J. M. Dent, New York, 1927
Anbieter: Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio, ABAA, Tuxedo, NY, USA
Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. Third edition. 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.
Verlag: J. M. Dent, London, 1893
Anbieter: Thorn Books, ABAA, Tucson, AZ, USA
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Wraps. Zustand: Very good. Aubrey Beardelsy (illustrator). First edition. 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.
Anbieter: Antiquariaat Wim de Goeij, Kalmthout, ANTW, Belgien
Verbandsmitglied: ILAB
Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1955, in-8°, 146 pp, with index . Publisher's cloth with dustjacket, with a long holograph dedication by the author to Professor René Guiette (of Ghendt University). Very nice copy.
Verlag: Boydell Press, Woodbridge, Suffolk & Dover, New Hampshire, 1985
Anbieter: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, USA
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.
Verlag: London: J. M. Dent, 1893-94, 1893
Anbieter: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, Vereinigtes Königreich
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First Beardsley edition, one of 1,500 ordinary paper copies, from a total edition of 1,800. This, Beardsley's first major project, made his name and contains almost half his total artistic output. This copy includes the original 12 light blue wrappers bound at the rear of each volume. "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). As well as the 20 full- and double-page plates, Beardsley contributed to virtually all the textual decorations, designing the chapter headings, borders, initials, and ornaments. Even so, he refused to fulfil the original commission of 500 drawings: the 351 that appeared in the first edition took 18 months to complete. Beardsley introduced several incongruous elements into the later drawings, including the satyrs of classical mythology (see, for instance, Volume II, p. 731). "Often shockingly overt in their sexuality and eroticism, the illustrations rejected the aesthetic of the Pre-Raphaelites who were Beardsley's original mentors and offered a revisionist and parodic treatment of their medievalism. Ultimately, Beardsley went far beyond his original intention to 'flabbergast the bourgeois' of his day; he also challenged generations of readers and artists to view Arthurian society through his own modernist lens" (Lupack, pp. 75-91). Beardsley's edition was issued in 12 monthly parts, with the ordinary and special issue published simultaneously from June 1893 to mid-1894. The purchaser was given the option of sending the complete run back to the publisher, who bound them in vellum or in cream cloth case-binding. Malory's work, first published in 1485 by William Caxton, compiled the legends of Arthur, Merlin, Lancelot, Guinevere, Gawain, and the Knights of the Round Table. "It is the only true English epic; its matter is 'the Matter of England'. The matchless style, the humour, the magnificence, the magic that takes away the breath, combine in a masterpiece of legendary narrative. Each century has produced its own version of the Arthurian tapestry, but Malory's will never be forgotten" (PMM). Lasner 22; Printing and the Mind of Man 29 (first edition). Edmund Vincent Gillon, Illustrations for Le Morte D'Arthur, 1972; John Noel Claude Lewis, The 20th Century Book: Its Illustration and Design, 1967; Barbara Tepa Lupack, Illustrating Camelot, 2008. Two vols, quarto (238 x 191 mm). Contemporary red half morocco, spines lettered and decorated in blind and gilt, raised bands, mottled paper sides, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, others uncut, original light blue paper wrappers bound in at rear of each vol. Engraved frontispiece to each vol., 18 wood-engraved plates (5 double-page), numerous text illustrations, and approximately 350 repeated designs for chapter headings and borders, all by Aubrey Beardsley. Light bumping and wear, minor browning and infrequent offsetting to contents, a couple of leaves unopened, closed tears to leaf 2T7 (Vol. II): a very good copy.
Verlag: Westminster: J. M. Dent, 1893-94, 1893
Anbieter: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, Vereinigtes Königreich
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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 certainly one of the most controversial of the nineteenth-century artistic reinterpretations of Malory" which "established Beardsley as the voice of the 1890s" (Tepa Lupack, Chapter 4). "Often shockingly overt in their sexuality and eroticism, the illustrations rejected the aesthetic of the Pre-Raphaelites who were Beardsley's original mentors and offered a revisionist and parodic treatment of their medievalism. Ultimately, Beardsley went far beyond his original intention to 'flabbergast the bourgeois' of his day; he also challenged generations of readers and artists to view Arthurian society through his own modernist lens" (ibid.). La Morte Darthur was an immediate sensation upon publication. Lasner 22. Lewis, John, The Twentieth Century Book, Herbert Press Ltd, 1984, pp. 148-9; Ray, The Illustrator and the Book in England from 1790 to 1914, Oxford University Press, 1976, p. 314; Tepa Lupack, Barbara Illustrating Camelot, D. S. Brewer, 2008. Three vols (243 x 188 mm). Contemporary half vellum, titles in gilt to red calf labels to spines, foliate gilt rulings to spine ends, brown morocco grain cloth sides, marbled edges and endpapers. With photogravure frontispieces on India paper to vols I and III, 18 full-page wood engravings with tissue guards (5 double-page), numerous text illustrations and approximately 350 designs for chapter headings and borders (foliate and historiated) all by Aubrey Beardsley printed in red and black. Light soiling to vellum, slight bumps to tips, top edge of book block dust toned, sporadic faint foxing occasional and offsetting from full-page engravings and toning to their edges, a very good set.