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MALORY, Sir Thomas (fl. 1470). Le Morte Darthur: The Birth, Life and Acts of King Arthur. New York: Dutton, 1927.
4o (282 x 210 mm). Photogravure frontispiece, 21 illustrations including 4 double-page, 43 ornamental borders and 300 ornamental initials, headpieces and other decorations in text by AUBREY BEARDSLEY. Terra cotta niger gilt, covers with gilt- and blind-ruled borders surrounding central Arthurian motifs, edges gilt, with original cloth covers (designed by Beardsley) bound in, by Sangorski and Sutcliffe; morocco-edged slipcase. Provenance: Edward M. Crane (bookplate) -- purchased from Inman's Book Shop, New York, 14 March 1966.
Third edition, limited to 1600 copies, first totally complete Beardsley edition containing one further chapter heading and 11 of the suppressed plates omitted from his first illustrated edition. See Ray The Illustrator and the Book in England 314; Lasner 22c. FINE.
4o (282 x 210 mm). Photogravure frontispiece, 21 illustrations including 4 double-page, 43 ornamental borders and 300 ornamental initials, headpieces and other decorations in text by AUBREY BEARDSLEY. Terra cotta niger gilt, covers with gilt- and blind-ruled borders surrounding central Arthurian motifs, edges gilt, with original cloth covers (designed by Beardsley) bound in, by Sangorski and Sutcliffe; morocco-edged slipcase. Provenance: Edward M. Crane (bookplate) -- purchased from Inman's Book Shop, New York, 14 March 1966.
Third edition, limited to 1600 copies, first totally complete Beardsley edition containing one further chapter heading and 11 of the suppressed plates omitted from his first illustrated edition. See Ray The Illustrator and the Book in England 314; Lasner 22c. FINE.