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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.

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.

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.

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 .

New York, NY: E.P. Dutton and Company, 1927. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Third Edition.. 4to. No DJ. Very Scarce. Third Edition of Le Mort Darthur with Aubrey Beardsley's designs, limited to 1600 copies, after printing which the type has been distributed. Includes 4 double page and 17 full page illustrations, 43 ornamental borders, 300 ornamental initials, headpieces, and other decorations in the text. Cover design by Aubrey Beardsley. Black cloth boards with gilt lettering and floral design along spine, gilt floral design on front cover. Gilt top page edges. Shelfwear: cuffing along edges and cover boards, moderate fraying at cover corners and spine edges, 3/4-inch tear along top edge of spine, a few superficial scratches on back cover, some light tanning and foxing along page edges, two light creases at top right corner of front endpaper, binding is a little shaken. No marks. Volume is in Very Good condition..

E. P. Dutton (Dent), 1909. hardback. near very good condition in somewat rubbed green cloth with gold decoration (browning to the end pages).

[New York]: E. P. Dutton, [1909].. liv,624pp. Thick quarto. Green cloth, spine and upper board elaborately gilt extra. Plates, illustrations, ornaments and pictorial boards. Neat 1909 ownership inscription on free endsheet, trace of tanning to endsheets, a couple small rubs at tips, but a near fine, bright copy, and unusual thus. Folding cloth case, Second edition, US issue, of the work that constituted Beardsley's first great illustrative commission, originally issued in 12 parts 1893-4, and then in two volumes. In addition to sixteen full-page plates, four double-page plates and numerous other illustrations, this first edition in one volume includes ten additional chapter headings inadvertently omitted from the first edition. One of 500 copies for the US, from a total printing of 1500 copies. LASNER 22b.

J.M. Dent, London., 1927. Third edition. Quarto. pp lvi, 538. Decorated cloth gilt. Top edge gilt. One of 1600 copies. Six page Foreword on Aubrey Beardsley by Aylmer Vallance. Fifteen page Introduction by John Rhys. One page note by R.A. Walker, ''A Note on the designs omitted from the First Edition''. Includes ten chapter headings omitted from the first edition, included in the second edition by mistake and included in this edition for the first time on purpose. Includes for the first time and totally by design Beardsley's original drawing for the cover. Copiously illustrated by Aubrey Beardsley, with numerous full-page black and white drawings, some tissue-guarded, as well as numerous black and white drawings in the text.Near fine in sadly defective, worn, torn and chipped dustwrapper with extensive repairs on the reverse.

[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.

London: Printed by Turnbull & Spears for J. M. Dent at Aldine House, 1894. First Thus. Hardcover. First Beardsley edition. Complete in two volumes each measuring 9.25" x 7.5". Finely bound by Birdsall in gilt-ruled and elaborately ornamented midnight blue levant with arts & crafts gilt-tooled faery vignettes on green, red, and orange morocco onlays, spine with elaborate lady in the lake vignettes over onlays, raised bands, morocco lettering pieces, gilt-rolled dentelles, filleted edges, top edges gilt, marbled endpapers, original pictorial cloth panels bound in. One of 1,500 copies of the regular issue, from a total run of 1,800. Near Fine with light rubbing along bottom edge; endpaper cracked at front hinge of Vol. 1; leaves mildly toned as usual. Bookseller label of Harry F. Marks to rear pastedown of Vol. 1. From the collection of actor and comedian Robin Williams and his wife.An exquisite fine binding with arts & crafts tooling perfectly attuned to the illustrations of Aubrey Beardsley within.… Read More

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