Description: THE ROMANCE OF KING ARTHUR AND HIS KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE FROM SIR THOMAS MALORY'S MORTE D'ARTHUR BY ALFRED POLLARD ILLUSTRATED BY ARTHUR RACKHAM MACMILLAN & CO., LIMITED ST. MARTIN'S STREET, LONDON 1917 Rare signed, limited edition by Macmillan & Company of London. Stated at limitation page: "This Edition Consists of Five Hundred Copies Signed by the Artist: 'No. 123, Arthur Rackham'". 1917 date at title page. Large 9" x 11 1/2 x 2 1/2" design weighing over 5 lbs. Cream vellum (leather) boards, gilt embossed cover and spine titles, moderate shelf wear generally, some discoloration, wear to bottom area apprx. 1" high x 3" long. Bright gilt cover design features finely detailed bugler knight on regaled horseback; gilt spine design features stylized royal lion w/gilt bands. Frontispiece color plate by Rackham: "How Arthur drew his sword Excalibur for the first time". Pages generally very good; some discoloration, wear to bottom edge of first fifty, front few w/some missing material to same lower area, and moderately throughout, slightly increasing at back few pages. Couple leaves remain uncut. Bind good. Feature sixteen color plates in brilliant subdued hues and seven in black & white by Arthur Rackham. Each color plate features fine tissue guard w/caption. Additional partial-page imagery, headers, tailpieces, symbology and decoration throughout. Attractive, near good first edition. Sir Thomas Malory (1405 - 1471) collected all the ancient tales of the mythical Arthur and published them under the title Le Morte D'Arthur. The characters are familiar: Lancelot and Guinevere, and Tristan and Isolde, here in the definitive account of the Arthurian legends. The vigorous, eloquent epic tale of valor is noted for having been written in the best English prose of the Fifteenth Century. Include 5-page detailed glossary. Printed by R. & R. Clarke, Limited, Edinburgh. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 509 pages. Insured post.
Price: 1450 USD
Location: Rapid River, Michigan
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Restocking Fee: 10%
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Binding: Leather
Subject: Literature & Fiction
Topic: Classics
Special Attributes: Signed, 1st Edition, Illustrated, Limited Edition
Origin: English
Printing Year: 1917
Language: English
Illustrator: Arthur Rackham
