Malory, Thomas.. Le Morte D'Arthur. The Birth Life and Acts of King Arthur of His Noble Knights of the Round Table their Marvellous Enquests and Adventures the Achieving of the San Greal and in the end Le Morte Darthur with the Dolourous Death and Departing Out of this World of Them All.. New York: E.P. Dutton., 1927.

Price: US$300.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Gilt-decorated black cloth. Thick folio. lv, 538pp. Illustrated by Aubrey Beardsley. The Third edition, limited to 1600 copies. With 20 full-page plates (5 of them double-page) and numerous other smaller engravings in the text by Beardsley. A good copy with some scuffing and edgewear to the covers. The front cover is quite worn at the bottom edge. The spine has been reinforced with clear tape at the sides but is in good condition with some wear to the tips. The text is good with some scattered light foxing and wear. The frontispiece has some foxing in the margins and on the reverse side. Foreign postage will be extra on this thick and heavy book.

Seller: Centerbridge Books, Old Saybrook, CT, U.S.A.

Malory, Sir Thomas ( Beardsley, Aubrey ). Le Morte D'Arthur - Third Edition. E. P. Dutton, 1927.

Price: US$800.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Not until this, the third edition, was an effort made to collect the fullest body of those illustrations which Beardsley had originally intended to accompany the seminal text of Malory. Published in America by E. P. Dutton in 1927 in an edition limited to 1600 copies. Introduction by Professor John Rhys and a note on Beardsley by Aymer Vallance. Beardsley devoted no small degree of himself - and his extraordinary talent - to the illustration of Le Morte D'Arthur. Lacking the original dust jacket, this is a very good copy marred only by abrasion to the cloth at the top and bottom foredges of the front board and just a slight bit of rubbing to the lower corner of the front board decoration. Bound in cloth with beveled edges, spine and front panel decorated and lettered in gold - a beautiful and visually appealing example of what happens when the proper literary work is illustrated by the proper artist - and then presented with appropriate care by the right publisher. The book bears the original woodcuts of J.J. Lankes on bookplates of the owners ( husband and wife ) Harry O'Neil and Margaret MvcPherson. A very attractive copy.

Seller: The Reluctant Bookseller, Albany, NY, U.S.A.

Malory, Sir Thomas; Aubrey Beardsley. LE MORTE D'ARTHUR.Introduction by Prof. Rhys and a note on Aubrey Beardsley by Aymer Vallance. E. P. Dutton & Co [issued from Sheets Printed by London J. M. Dent and Sons in London], New York, 1927.

Price: US$895.00 + shipping

Condition: Fair

Description: The COMPLETE third edition. One of 1600 copies. Large (12") thick book. This third edition contains TWELVE illustrations not found in the first edition and TWO illustrations not found in the second edition. One of 1600 copies. This was issued by E.P. Dutton using the sheets sent by J. M. Dent and Sons in London. This is the American binding of the same 1600 set with a new title page and Dutton on the spine. Full black cloth. Split at front board and spine with cloth-tape repair to inside hinges. Call letters on spine. Gilding to cover is bright but the spine gilding shows some wear. Lovely Beardley gilt design binding. Top edge gilt other edges untrimmed. Lenox Library bookplate behind front cover. frontispiece tissuepaper has an inch closed tear at bottom. Embossed design of Lenox library on title page. Library pocket on rear board with the remains of a return date slip on rear free endpage. Internally in VERY GOOD condition but with problems to the binding that will need to be repaired. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

Seller: Ziern-Hanon Galleries, Frontenac, MO, U.S.A.

Malory, Thomas (Aubrey Beardsley illustration). The Birth, Life, and Acts of King Arthur, of His Noble Knights of the Round Table; Their Marvellous Enquests and Adventures; the Achieving of the San Greal and in the End Le Morte DArthur with the Dolourous Death. (LE MORTE DARTHUR / D'ARTHUR). E. P. Dutton / Dent, 1927.

Price: US$1250.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 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

Seller: Novel Ideas Books & Gifts, Decatur, IL, U.S.A.