Sir Thomas Malory, Knt.. Le Morte Darthur the Book of King Arthur and of His Noble Knights of the Round Table Volume IV [Limited Edition]. Philip Lee Warner Publisher to the Medici Society Ltd., London, 1911.

Price: US$395.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Volume IV only. "The Text of William Caxton in Modernized Spelling". Limited Edition of 500 numbered copies on handmade Riccardi Paper. Copy #488. Tan linen spine over light blue boards, as issued. Gilt top. Paper title tags on spine and front cover, as issued. xvi + 212 pages, with tipped in color illustrations by W. Russell Flint. Untrimmed edges, as issued. Rubbing to upper corner tips. Bump to upper corner of spine. Very Scarce.

Seller: A Book By Its Cover, Louisville, KY, U.S.A.

Malory, Sir Thomas (Knt.). Le Morte DArthur: The Book of King Arthur and of His Noble Knights of the Round Table, in Four Volumes. Philip Lee Warner for The Medici Society, Ltd, London, 1911.

Price: US$3000.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: First edition thus, four volume softcover set printed on handmade paper and bound in full vellum with hand-sewn head bands, green ribbon closures, cream placeholder ribbons, and gilt top edge treatment. Published between 1910-1911, marked limited no. 135/500 paper copies, and one of ten vellum copies for sale. The first volume is SIGNED by the illustrator (Flint) at the limitation statement. All four volumes have waving to their text blocks with some bubbling and warping to the vellum covers and to the paste downs. The set also has rubbing with some areas of discoloration to the covers, light bumps to the spine ends and cover corners, mild sunning to the spine, a touch of bowing to the head bands, and varying degrees of wear to their placeholder ribbons. Additionally, Volume I has some shallow creasing to the vellum at the head of the spine, and lacks the placeholder ribbon, while Volume IV has significant damage to its upper rear closure ribbon with only about half of it remaining. Otherwise this is a solid, tight Good+ four volume set. Additional images are available upon request.

Seller: Fahrenheit's Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.

Malory, Thomas. Le Morte Darthur by Sir Thomas Malory Kt. Philip Lee Warner, The Medici Society, London, 1911.

Price: US$4600.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: 4 volumes. 4to. The Text of William Caxton in modernized spelling. 46 colored plates by William Russell Flint. Tissue guards printed in red. Full limp vellum; gilt titles; top edges gilt. Green silk ties; white ribbon markers. Printed on Riccardi handmade paper. One of 500 numbered copies, this being number 156. In the scarce green dustwrappers printed in black. The dustwrappers have some minor sunning, some neat repairs to the folds from within. The dustwrapper to volume 2 has a small chip at the tip of the spine and the wrapper to volume 4 lacks a small piece in the same place (neatly restored). Overall the dustwrappers are in very good condition. Volumes 2, 3 and 4 have an small residue where a bookplate has been removed or fallen off, but the plate of the former owner is still present in Volume 1: author Mark Holstein. Printed in black and green on fine paper, it depicts the authors name and a Holstein, designed by Arthur Allen Lewis. The set is protected in two custom clamshell cases, each containing two volumes. Gaines A19.

Seller: Thorn Books, ABAA, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.