Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Quarto. (12 1/2" x 8"). Half blue linen over paper patterned boards. Three volume set. Illustrations by Robert Gibbons. Limited to 1500 copies signed by artist of which this is copy #1089. Some light edge wear to cloth. Bookplates of former owner on front endpapers. Lacking slipcase.
Seller: Midway Book Store (ABAA), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$325.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition: Limited to 1500 signed and numbered copies of which this is No. 1398 and signed by the illustrator, Robert Gibbings, on the limitation page. 7.25 x 12in. xv. 221pp.; 268pp.; 272pp. Publisher's cloth spine over patterned paper-covered boards. VERY GOOD. The volumes show hints of toning with the front board of Vol. 3 somewhat more so, edges are shelf rubbed with marginal loss, otherwise the bindings are strong and tight, the text and illustrations are clean and completely unmarked, and the boards remain bright and distinct. As pictured.
Seller: North Books: Used & Rare, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Sir Thomas Malory. Le Morte D'Arthur, volumes I, II, III. Limited Editions, New York, 1936.
Price: US$325.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The spine strips have dark blue cloth. The boards have a repeating design of shields and ribbons. The pages' margins have decorations in black ink. Vol. I: 222 pages. Laid-in is the publisher's monthly letter, number 30, and a description of the set on a card. One page margin has a short crease line. The front endpaper's fold is split and tipped back together with glue. Vol. II: 269 pages. Four page corners each have a crease line. Vol. III: 273 pages. The last page states copy 1481/1500 and has the illustrator's signature. The pages have a mild musty odor. Slipcase: Two of the back panels' edges are partly split. The spine panel has a bumped spot. The front edge of the top panel is frayed. The top panel has darkened, but has two lighter spots. Scans e-mailed upon request. Extra shipping cost will be required.
Seller: Books from the Past, Memphis, TN, U.S.A.
Price: US$375.00 + shipping
Description: Three tall quarto (7-3/4" x 12-3/4") volumes bound in half blue linen and armorial-decorated boards. Illustrated with handsome wood engravings by master engraver Robert Gibbings who also designed the book. Preface of William Caxton. Edited, with spelling and punctuation modernised, by A. W. Pollard. Printed at the Golden Cockerel Press. Copy #323 of 1500 printed at the Golden Cockerel Press and SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page. One of the finest productions of the press. Foxing to first and last few pages, heaviest to pastedowns and endpapers, then very light. Very Good, lacking the slipcase
Seller: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Three volumes. Limited Edition (this is No. 1457 of only 1500 copies). Signed by Robert Gibbings. Quarter bound in Navy blue cloth over decorated boards. Illustrated with wood engravings by Robert Gibbings, who designed nearly one hundred wood blocks, to create engravings on the title page, as head and tail-pieces, and decoration on every page. . Boards lightly rubbed, all of the volumes are unmarked, tight and square. Sans slipcase. A large, heavy set - additional shipping charges may apply. NEAR FINE. B&W Illustrations. Folio 13" - 23" tall. xv, 221, (1); 268, (2); 372, (4) pp. Signed by Illustrator
Seller: Round Table Books, LLC, Palatine, IL, U.S.A.
Price: US$440.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Preface by William Caxton, printed at Golden Cockerel Press. Edited with updated spelling and punctuation by A. W. Pollard. Three volumes, signed by illustrator, number 822 of 1500 printed. Folio, 1/4 navy blue cloth over decorated boards, gilt lettered spines, illustrated with wood engravings on every page. Spines slightly sunned, boards lightly rubbed. Slipcase with label on spine, dusty, sunned, rubbed at opening.
Seller: Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints, ABAA, Garrison, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Published for the Limited Editions Club. Number 1280 of an edition of 1500 copies. "Modernised, as to spelling and punctuation by A. W. Pollard. " Illustrated with wood engravings by Robert Gibbins. . No remainder marks. Not an ex-library copy. Most books shipped within 24 hours. All orders mailed with Delivery Confirmation. Original slipcase is in very good condition. The volumes are lightly foxed and/or toned on the interior boards and first and last few blank pages. There is very light foxing on the boards. ; Limited Editions Club; B&W woodcut reproductions; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 222, 269, 273 pages; Signed by Illustrator. Illustrated by Robert Gibbings.
Seller: Black Swan Books, Inc., Lexington, KY, U.S.A.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Description: Three tall quarto (7-3/4" x 12-3/4") volumes bound in half blue linen and armorial-decorated boards. Illustrated with handsome wood engravings by master engraver Robert Gibbings who also designed the book. Preface of William Caxton. Edited, with spelling and punctuation modernised, by A. W. Pollard. Printed at the Golden Cockerel Press. Of a total of 1500 copies SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page, this copy has the number (1144) struck through and next to it written in ink "Office Copy." It also bears the Club's blindstamp stating it is one of 15 presentation copies. One of the finest productions of the press. Wear to the head of the spine of the second volume with slight loss of cloth. Still Near Fine in a Very Good slipcase
Seller: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$562.50 + shipping
Description: Three tall quarto (7-3/4" x 12-3/4") volumes bound in half blue linen and armorial-decorated boards. Illustrated with handsome wood engravings by master engraver Robert Gibbings who also designed the book. Preface of William Caxton. Edited, with spelling and punctuation modernised, by A. W. Pollard. Copy #1205 of 1500 printed at the Golden Cockerel Press and SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page. One of the finest productions of the press. Tasteful bookplates on each front pastedown. Splits to slipcase but complete and attractive. About Fine in a Good or better slipcase
Seller: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.
. Le Morte d'Arthur. Limited Editions Club, 1936.
Price: US$585.08 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The story of King Arthur and of his noble Knights of the Round Table. By Sir Thomas Malory. Illustrated with wood engravings by Robert Gibbings. Patterned paper boards, blue cloth spines. 3 vols. Corners slightly rubbed, front cover of vol 3 trifle browned. Printed by the Golden Cockerel Press for the Limited Editions Club.One of 1500 numbered copies signed by Gibbings.One of the Press's most ambitious achievements. Every page of text has a wood engraving made up from 63 blocks repeated in a variety of combinations.
Seller: Tindley and Everett, ABA, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$684.78 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 4to. 3 volumes housed in a light green slipcase. Quarter blue cloth and patterned paper over boards. Gilt lettered spines. Volume 3 front board with a few light scratches, otherwise books and slipcase very good. Illustrated with wood engravings by Robert Gibbings and printed at The Golden Cockerel Press, London. For the Limited Editions Club, New York, 1936. Edition is limited to 1500 copies, signed and numbered by Robert Gibbings. This is copy no. 1331. Includes the monthly letter and card.
Seller: Karol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA, Toronto, ON, Canada