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Price: US$89.54 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 515 pp., original green cloth (hardcover), wear to spine and covers else text clean & binding tight. Includes 16 color plates. . - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.
Seller: Zubal-Books, Since 1961, Cleveland, OH, U.S.A.
Alfred W. Pollard. The Romance of King Arthur. Macmillan Company, 1917.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: "The Romance of King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table," Abridged from Malory's Morte d'Arthur by Alfred W. Pollard. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. Published by The Macmillan Company, 1917. Green cloth boards are a bit soiled, with gilt cover titling and illustration a bit rubbed but still bright and lovely. Gilt titling at spine is dulled and spine darkened. Corners bumped, extremities rubbed, rough shelf wear to head and tail of spine with bottom 1" worn away at tail and head rather chipped. Hinges rubbed. Nearly fully detached at front joint and about halfway detached at rear joint. Interior binding fairly secure. Interior is age-toned. Fun find: rare bookseller's label at rear pastedown from The Sunrise Turn, with pre-1919 address of 2 E. 31st St.
Seller: Owl Pen Books, Greenwich, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First edition. Hardcover. Good condition (no dust jacket). Three of four corners chewed. Gilt spine and cover lettering and decoration quite bright. Front inner hinge starting. Internally clean and tight, with all illustrations present.
Seller: Waverly & Rugby Books, Pinehurst, NC, U.S.A.
Price: US$135.00 + shipping
Description: 1920 printing, Macmillan. Small quarto, blue cloth. 16 color plates, 7 black & white. A half inch tear on the half title page, the home-made bookplate of former Colorado poet laureate Nellie Burget Miller, beautiful gilt decor and title on blue cloth cover. THis copy about NEAR FINE, in protective clear acetate. jcLO 6-5-00
Seller: Aamstar Bookshop / Hooked On Books, Colorado Springs, CO, U.S.A.
Price: US$145.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: ] Hadback, octavo, gilt on dark green cloth, Good+/ no dj (stiff clear acetate dustwrapper provided to preserve condition). Exterior's overall wear not too severe by any means & interior quite nice. Wear at the spine ends including about 3/16ths inch missing at head of spine (separated in a neat straight line) while heel of spine a little fraying & a tiny horizontal split starting. Decent corners but a little rubbing is just barely through on all. Gilt titling and decorative graphic all visibly strong & clean-looking. Exterior joints no problems. Front cover 2cm spot as from moisture droplet. Back cover a few short light scratches, couple of areas of smudging/surface disturbance + one bump noticeable adjacent to heel of spine. Interior generally crisp and very clean throughout including endpapers, no names, no writing, no bookplates. RWR5 Children's Juvenile Illustrated
Seller: Reiner Books, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
Pollard, Alfred W.. The Romance of King Arthur. The MacMillan Company, New York, NY, 1917.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Abridged from Malory's Morte D'Arthur. First few pages lightly worn. Front cover has some discoloration. Otherwise an unmarked copy. Recased first US edition.
Seller: Yes Books, portland, ME, U.S.A.
Price: US$162.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: In publisher's original green cloth with lettering on spine and front cover, and cover illustration stamped in gilt. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. Light edge wear, light rubbing and fraying to head and heel of spine. Non-circulating library bookplate, numbers on spine, embossment on title spine and pocket on back endpapers. Front and rear inner hinges nearly separated, otherwise good condition.
Seller: James & Mary Laurie, Booksellers A.B.A.A, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$180.00 + shipping
Description: Very good in gilt green cloth. Front hinge crack'd
Seller: The Book Den, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$199.99 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: New York: The Macmillan Company, 1917. First American edition, title page dated 1917. With sixteen stunning color plates with captioned protective tissue, seven illustrations in black and white. Dark green cloth lettered and decorated in gilt, top edge tinted dark green, 517 pages plus 3 page of publisher's ads. Some modest shelfwear, mainly wear to spine ends and corners, hinges internally reglued and secure, text block sound, scratch to outer edge of text block that results in a very very tiny chip to the far outer margins of most pages, pages clean, no names or other markings. First US Edition. Hard Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Seller: Resource Books, LLC, East Granby, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Green cloth with gilt lettering and decorations to front cover and spine. 16 color illustrations with tissue guards, 7 full page black and white illustrations plus many part page illustrations. VERY GOOD illustration oppostite page 281 has a 2 1/2" closed tear, a clean copy with the gilt lettering and decorations lightly rubbed at rear edge of spine.
Seller: Barrister, Inc., Davie, FL, U.S.A.
Price: US$225.45 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: xxiv, 517 pp. Publisher's dark green cloth with gilt decoration & lettering to front board & spine. Rubbing and slight wear to spine ends and corners, and a few scratches to boards. Spotting to prelims, cellotape stains to rear ednpapers and fore-edge, otherwise internally clean. Complete with sixteen tissue-guarded colour plates by Arthur Rackham. Large 8vo. Illustrated
Seller: Foster Books - Stephen Foster - ABA, ILAB, & PBFA, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Slight wear to the spine ends and edges (blue cloth dye is worn through to show lighter color). Tiny bit of fraying at spine top. Minor rippling of the spine cloth. ; Internally VG+. 16 color plates with tissues guards plus 7 black and white illustrations. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 509 pages
Seller: Novel Ideas Books & Gifts, Decatur, IL, U.S.A.
Price: US$295.27 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: With frontispiece and 15 further colour illustrations, and 7 black and white illustrations, by Arthur Rackham. No dust jacket. Pages unmarked and uncreased. Front hinge split but holding. Otherwise, a good used copy. Size: 22 x 18 x 4 cm. xxiv, 509 pp. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Fiction; Arthurian romances; Arthur, King; Kings and rulers; Knights and knighthood; Voyages and travels; Young men--Conduct of life; Lancelot, Sir; Adventure and adventurers; Add. Inventory No: 20221026QNSX074057.
Seller: Barnaby, Oxford, United Kingdom
Price: US$380.04 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A very good copy of the 1st UK edition in the original decorative cloth binding with new matching leather spine and red title label. With 16 colour plates (including the frontispiece), 7 full page black and white plates and numerous designs by Arthur Rackham. The front board is very clean with bright gilt titles and design. Back board clean with small bump to top corner. Remaining corners with light wear. New endpapers. Contents are complete and very clean with light toning to text paper towards the edges. There are a few small edge tears which have been professionally repaired and a small mark on the tissue guard to the plate at p 144. A nice clean and tight copy. Book size: 21.4 cm x 16.9 cm.
Seller: ecbooks, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom
RACKHAM,ARTHUR [ALFRED W.POLLARD]. THE ROMANCE OF KING ARTHUR. MACMILLAN, 1917.
Price: US$425.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: HARDBACK BOOK IN NEAR FINE CONDITION,SET UP AND ELECTROTYPED, PUBLISHED OCTOBER,1917,GREAT ILLUSTRATIONS OF ARTHUR RACKHAM
Seller: Bingo Books 2, Vancouver, WA, U.S.A.
Price: US$450.89 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: The Romance of King Arthur. Limited edition No. 112/250 copies. Large paper edition. Front and back boards are lightly soiled, spine is frayed and has some loss but in terms of structure, sound. All plates intact, internally clean bright and square. Seems to be a good copy to bind. Please ask if more information or pictures are needed.
Seller: William Collins Rare and Collectable Books, Grimsby, United Kingdom
Price: US$451.90 + shipping
Description: 8°, 16 Farbtaf. inkl. Front.taf. u. viele Textabb. von Arthur Rackham, XXIV, 509 S., Olwd., goldgepr. Titel/Deckelill., Rvg. Rücken am Fuss min. beschäd., Einband stellenw. min. berieb., Buchblock teils etwas braunfl./leicht angeplatzt. + + + Achtung: Für unsere Kunden in Deutschland erfolgt der Versand in der Regel verzollt vierzehntäglich ab Deutschland. + Bankverbindung in Deutschland vorhanden. + Bitte fragen Sie uns an. Danke + + +
Seller: Antiquariat Viarius, Frauenfeld, Switzerland
Price: US$483.10 + shipping
Description: [Legends] FIRST RACKHAM ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Square octavo (22 x 18cm), pp.xxiv; 509; [1]. With sixteen colour plates and numerous black and white illustrations by Rackham. Publisher's gilt-decorated blue cloth. Contents clean. Armorial bookplate of [Major] Rupert Trevor Wallace Glynn, MC. Some light flecking to cloth, joints lightly rubbed; near fine. Riall p.130. Book Collector No.271, 'The Great Illustrators'.
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
Price: US$530.00 + shipping
Description: NF/VG+. First trade edition, first printing (1917 bottom ot title page). Green cloth with gilt stamped lettering and design on front cover and spine, TE dark green. Contains color frontispiece plus 15 other full page color illustrations on white paper with lettered tissue guards, 7 full page B&W drawings, plus numerous other smaller B&W drawings, all by Rackham. This copy also has the extremely scarce dust jacket that is 98% complete except for a few small chips at the spine ends (1/4" x 1/2" or less), some overall greying and some small added amount of spine sunning, edge wear and a few closed tears, with some old tape repairs to the backside principally to the folds. The book itself is very tight and solid, absolutely clean inside and very clean with bright gilt on the outside. A very scarce book in such nice condition and with the rare original dust jacket. TO SEE MORE PICTURES AND ADDITIONAL SPECIAL ITEMS, VISIT OUR BOOKSELLER's HOMEPAGE.
Seller: Illustrators Bookcase, Kenilworth, IL, U.S.A.
Price: US$554.60 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Please email for Photographs or further information. Very Good - In the publisher's original blue cloth binding. Some shelf wear to the boards and bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Gift inscription pasted down on FEP and previous owner name inscribed (1963). All 16 colour plates complete and numerous black and white plates. Please see photos as part of condition report 1917 1st Edition , THE ROMANCE OF KING ARTHUR AND HIS KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE Abridged from Malory's Morte d'Arthur By Alfred W. Pollard Alfred William Pollard, FBA (14 August 1859 – 8 March 1944) was an English bibliographer, widely credited for bringing a higher level of scholarly rigor to the study of Shakespearean texts. Pollard wrote widely on a range of subjects in English literature throughout his career, and collaborated with various scholars in specialized studies; he edited Sir Philip Sidney's Astrophel in 1888, Chaucer's Canterbury Tales (Globe edition, 1898), a collection of Fifteenth Century Poetry and Prose (1903) and Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur (1910–11, in four volumes). His Shakespeare Folios and Quartos: a Study in the Bibliography of Shakespeare's Plays, 1594–1685, published in 1909, remains an important milestone in Shakespearian criticism. Illustrated By: Arthur Rackham Arthur Rackham RWS (19 September 1867 – 6 September 1939) was an English book illustrator. He is recognised as one of the leading figures during the Golden Age of British book illustration. His work is noted for its robust pen and ink drawings, which were combined with the use of watercolour, a technique he developed due to his background as a journalistic illustrator. Rackham's 51 colour pieces for the early American tale Rip Van Winkle became a turning point in the production of books since – through colour-separated printing – it featured the accurate reproduction of colour artwork. His best-known works also include the illustrations for Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm. Format: Hardcover, Language: English Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket Published By: Macmillan and Co., Limited, London octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229),Pages 507 ISBN: Originally written by Sir Thomas Malory in the late fifteenth century, and adapted here by Alfred W. Pollard. The first edition thus of this work. Containing sixteen full page illustrated plates in colour, seven full page illustrations in black-and-white, and numerous in-text illustrations, all by noted English book illustrator Arthur Rackham. SKU: BTETM0002213 Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 2Kg
Seller: Books That Expand The Mind, Margate, KENT, United Kingdom
Price: US$599.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 1917 King Arthur 1ed Lancelot Knights Round Table Rackham ART Morte Mallory We shall now seek that which we shall not find Thomas Malory In 1485, Le Morte Darther or, The Death of Arthur was first published the first time the traditional tales of King Arthur, Guinevere, Lancelot, Merlin, and the Knights of the Round Table finally was available to be read, instead of just told as a mythical story. It is, without equal, the best-known work of Arthurian literature and is a principal source for many plays, operas, and modern stories. This fine 1917 printing by Alfred Pollard is filled with the art of the famous Arthur Rackham. An extremely desirable example of famous English folklore! Item number: #24987 Price: $599 MALORY, Sir Thomas The Romance of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table. Abridged from Malory's Morte d'Arthur by Alfred W. Pollard. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. L.P. New York: Macmillan & Co., 1917. First edition. Details: Collation: Complete with all pages o xxiv, [2], 517, [7] o 23 illustrations 16 color plates by Arthur Rackham 7 black & white plates Provenance: Handwritten Blanche Ada Garber, 1918 Language: English Binding: Hardcover; secure o Green cloth Size: ~8.75in X 6.75in (22cm x 17cm) Our Guarantee: Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide. Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving, and we will offer a full refund without reservation! 24987 Photos available upon request.
Seller: Schilb Antiquarian, Columbia, MO, U.S.A.
Price: US$650.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Stated: Copyright, 1917, by The Macmillan Company. Published October, 1917. Fine dark green cloth boards, gilt embossed cover and spine titles, light shelf wear. 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". Deckled pages near fine. Attactive antiquarian inscription at front endpaper: "J. Randolph Coolidge, Dec. 24th 1917, from Julia." Feature sixteen color plates in brilliant subdued hues and seven in black & white by Arthur Rackham. Each color plate features fine tissue guard w/red captions. Additional partial-page imagery, headers, tailpieces, symbology and decoration throughout. Attractive, near fine 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. Includes 5-page detailed glossary. Printed in the United States of America at the Norword Press, Norwood, Mass, USA. 517 pages with three pages of adverts for illustrated volumes from Macmillan. Insured post. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall
Seller: The BiblioFile, Rapid River, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$650.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1917 date at title page. Rare first edition printed by MacMillan & Company of London. Fine navy cloth boards, gilt embossed cover and spine titles, moderate shelf wear, discoloration. 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 very good, clean; moderate toning at endpapers. Bind good, square; hinges intact. 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 seven b&w full-page designs, partial-page imagery, headers, tailpieces, symbology and decoration throughout. Attractive, near very 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: King Arthur and the Round Table, Lancelot and Guinevere, 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. Includes 5-page detailed glossary. Printed by R. & R. Clarke, Limited, Edinburgh. 509 pages. Insured post. The Romance of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table hails from Malory's classic text, Morte D'Arthur; neatly told here by Alfred W. Pollard. Le Morte d'Arthur by Sir Thomas Malory compiled mythical tales of the legendary King Arthur, Guinevere, Lancelot, and the Knights. First published in 1485 and now one of the best-known works of Arthurian literature; masterfully edited by Alfred Pollard (1859 - 1944). In his own words, he "tried to clear away some of the underwoods that the great trees may be better seen, and though I know that I have cleared away some small timber that is fine stuff in itself, if the great trees stand out the better, the experiment may be forgiven." This edition contains a series of dazzling color plates and b&w illustrations - by a master of the craft; Arthur Rackham (1867-1939). One of the most celebrated painters of the British Golden Age of Illustration (from 1850 until the First World War), Rackham's artistry is simply unparalleled. Rackham developed a unique style, combining haunting humor with dream-like romance. Presented alongside the text, his illustrations further elucidate the wonderful ballads of yesteryear. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall
Seller: The BiblioFile, Rapid River, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$950.00 + shipping
Description: Abridged from Malory's Morte d'Arthur by Alfred W. Pollard. xxiv, 517 pp. plus ads. Illustrated in color and black and white by Arthur Rackham. 8vo, publisher's green gilt cloth in dust jacket and publisher's two-part box with printed paper labels. A very fine copy in a jacket with a very slightly tanned spine, two tiny chips, and a lightly dust-soiled rear panel. There is some wear along the joints of the top of the box and some light tanning to the printed labels. A very attractive example.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$985.52 + shipping
Description: Lg.4to. Full vellum gt; Sm.ill.in gold on fr.cover & spine. In generally good condition. Some rubbing to edges, vellum darkened with some marks. Inside front inner hinge a little cracked. Some foxing on early and fore edges. Else generally clean & tight. Size 11.5 x 9 inches 16 col.& mounted col.plates. 7 full-pg.b/w ills.& many smaller ones. 509pp.;Uncut.
Seller: PROCTOR / THE ANTIQUE MAP & BOOKSHOP, DORCHESTER, United Kingdom
Price: US$1100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: FIRST RACKHAM TRADE EDITION. 1 vol., 8-3/8" x 6-7/8", illustrated with full page color plates and several B&W illustrations in text by Arthur Rackham, bound in full blue morocco, ribbed gilt decorated spine, covers ruled in gilt, gilt corner pieces, top edge gilt, marbled pastedowns and endpapers, original cloth cover and spine bound in rear, by Atkinson, hinges fine head and foot of spine fine, a VERY GOOD+ copy.
Seller: D&D Galleries - ABAA, Somerville, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Description: First Rackham Edition. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. 16 full-page colour, 5 b/w and many in-text illustrations. 1 vols. 4to. Finely bound by Asprey. Full red morocco with gilt borders, raised bands and gilt motifs of a knight on spine, dentelles, aeg, by Aprey; fine Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. 16 full-page colour, 5 b/w and many in-text illustrations. 1 vols. 4to
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Stated: Copyright 1917 by The Macmillan Company. Published October, 1917. Rare in original wrapper. Fine green cloth boards, crisp gilt embossed cover and spine titles, light shelf wear, spine heel edge bend. Bright gilt cover design features finely detailed bugler knight on regaled horseback; gilt spine design features stylized royal lion w/gilt bands. Deep dark green top-stain. Frontispiece color plate with tissue guard by Rackham: "How Arthur drew his sword Excalibur for the first time". Pages near fine, bright, clean, and without fox; no writing. Bind fine, square; hinges intact. Features sixteen color plates in brilliant subdued hues and seven in black & white by Arthur Rackham. Each color plate features fine tissue guard with red captions. Additional partial-page imagery, headers, tailpieces, symbology and decoration throughout. Tan wrapper with Rackham color design in subdued colors, cover and spine titles, moderate edge wear, rub, toning; 2.50 at spine, protected in new clear sleeve. Front panel illustration depicts the iconic sword in stone: "How Galahad drew out the sword from the floating stone at Camelot." Front flap contains titles, publisher's details, and summary lore of this volume. Rare near fine first edition in good original wrapper. 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. Includes five-page detailed glossary. Printed in the United States of America at the Norword Press, Norwood, Mass, USA. 517 pages with three pages of adverts for illustrated volumes from Macmillan. Insured post. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall
Seller: The BiblioFile, Rapid River, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$1655.42 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Large 8vo. Pp xxiv, 509. Frontis and 15 further mounted colour plates each with titled tissue guard; 7 black & white plates. Original full vellum, stamped gilt. Top edge gilt. Uniform staining/marking to boards and spine with more serious staining to the fore-edge of the front board. Cracking to inner front hinge. Scattered foxing including to some of the plate margins. No.15/500 copies signed by the artist.
Seller: Leakey's Bookshop Ltd., Inverness, United Kingdom
Price: US$1739.16 + shipping
Description: First trade edition, first impression, attractively bound. Rackham was commissioned to produce this wartime publication to inspire the British public with the heroic deeds and battles of their forebears. A contemporary review in The Bookman stated that "the beauty and bizarre loveliness of the tales seem to have passed by some subtle alchemy into Mr Arthur Rackham's fanciful, whimsical, imaginative drawings in colour and black-and-white. This is an ideal edition of a very characteristic old English classic" (December 1917). Latimore & Haskell, pp. 47-8; Riall, p. 130. Quarto (202 x 162 mm). Near-contemporary red calf by Bayntun (Rivière), Bath, spine with raised bands, flower, knight and shield gilt tools in compartments, covers bordered with a double gilt fillet, intricate gilt decoration to board edges and turn-ins, marbled endpapers, edges gilt. Colour frontispiece and 15 similar plates with captioned tissue-guards, black and white illustrations in text, head- and tailpieces, all by Rackham. Colour expertly retouched at spine ends and corners, occasional spot of foxing to contents, else clean. An excellent copy.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
Price: US$1950.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Quarto; xxiv, 509 pages, full vellum, untrimmed, t.e.g., a trifle rubbed Copy 194 of only 500 numbered and signed by the illustrator, ARTHUR RACKHAM. With 16 tipped-in color plates, and 7 cuts in black-and-white.
Seller: Thomas J. Joyce And Company, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Price: US$1950.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Stated at limitation page: "This Edition Consists of Five Hundred Copies Signed by the Artist: 'No. 123, Arthur Rackham'". Rare signed, limited edition printed by MacMillan & Company of London. 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, first 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. 509 pages. Insured post. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Seller: The BiblioFile, Rapid River, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$2300.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Stated and hand-numbered in red at limitation page: "Of this large paper edition two hundred and fifty copies have been printed of which this is number: "109". Rare larger limited edition printed by MacMillan & Company of London. Oversize gift book design at apprx. 9" x 11 1/2" x 2" weighing nearly 4 1/2 lbs. Very stylish fountain pen signature inside cover at front pastedown: "John Jacob Astor, Christmas 1920." Intriguing association example acquired by prior collector from an estate descendent of the Astor family. Set in cover is a small printed Christmas card with classic carolling motif from New York business magnate Bradish Gaillard Johnson. Likely Gaillard gifted this volume to a young fatherless "Jakey." Prior collector also associates Gaillard Johnson with the Astors as family friends. The Astors were the or near the wealthiest American family in the ninetheenth century from the fur trade, railroad and ship construction, opium trade, real estate, etc. John Jacob Astor VI, or young "Jakey," was known as the Titanic baby as his father, the Colonel JJA IV (who opposed the institution of the Federal Reserve central bank in America), perished on the mythic unsinkable. John Pierpont Morgan infamously missed scheduled boarding in England. JJA VI's mother, Madeleine Astor, survived while five months pregnant with him and is portrayed in the 1997 film. Men and most onboard may have also been rescued, but for an insufficient number of life boats, etc. Publisher's morocco boards in white, gilt embossed cover and spine titles, moderate shelf, spine wear ripple, rub, nicking, small area of scrape. Bright gilt cover design features finely detailed bugler knight on regaled horseback; gilt spine design features titles with stylized royal lion vignette. Bright gilded smooth exterior top edge. Frontispiece color plate by Rackham: "How Arthur drew his sword Excalibur for the first time". Thick deckled leaves, near fine, bright. Bind fine, square; front hinge reinforced. Sharp near very good larger edition of this classic volume from the library of John Jacob Astor VI. Features sixteen tipped-in color plates in brilliant, subdued hues and seven in black & white by Arthur Rackham. Each color plate with fine tissue guards captioned in red. Additional partial-page imagery, headers, tailpieces, symbology and decoration throughout. 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. Includes 5-page detailed glossary. Printed by R. & R. Clarke, Limited, Edinburgh. 509 pages. Insured post. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Seller: The BiblioFile, Rapid River, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$2860.00 + shipping
Description: 292 x 222 mm. (11 1/2 x 8 3/4"). xxiv, [iv], 517, [1] pp.Text abridged from Malory's "Morte d'Arthur" by Alfred Pollard. Original white kid stamped in gilt, top edge gilt, others trimmed on the rough (upper hinge expertly strengthened). In a new felt-lined slipcase. WITH 16 MOUNTED COLOR PLATES with lettered tissue guards and 70 drawings in black & white BY ARTHUR RACKHAM. Latimore & Haskell, p. 47. âLeather with a hint of soiling and very minor wear (corners slightly rubbed, a couple--perhaps naturally occurring--abrasions on the back cover), otherwise an especially fine copy. This is a lovely copy of the deluxe American edition on Large Paper of Arthur Rackham's take on the Arthurian legends. While Rackham did illustrations for a great many books, Houfe observes that he concentrated "particularly [on] those of a mystical, magic, or legendary background," like the present work. Rackham (1867-1939) studied art at Lambeth School, where the work of his fellow student Charles Ricketts influenced his development. Houfe tells us that soon after Rackham joined the staff of "The Westminster Budget" in 1892, he "established himself as one of the foremost Edwardian illustrators and was triumphant in the early 1900s when color printing first enabled him to use subtle tints and muted tones to represent age and timelessness." Being bound in white leather, the present item is very difficult to find as clean as it appears here. No. 180 OF 250 COPIES OF THE AMERICAN LARGE PAPER EDITION.
Seller: Phillip J. Pirages Rare Books (ABAA), McMinnville, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$2898.59 + shipping
Description: Signed limited edition, number 370 of 500 copies signed by the artist. The Romance of King Arthur was a wartime book, commissioned to reflect the nation's mood of patriotism and military endeavour. In preparing for the commission, Rackham turned to his own copy of Beardsley's Morte D'Arthur. Like Beardsley's illustrations, Rackham's designs have a stark black and white appearance, though Rackham "cannot resist the occasional wryly humorous touch such as a barking dog or a jester's head" (Hamilton pp. 111-112). A review of this edition in The Bookman (December 1917) stated that "the beauty and bizarre loveliness of the tales seem to have passed by some subtle alchemy into Mr Arthur Rackham's fanciful, whimsical, imaginative drawings in colour and black-and-white." and, in conclusion, "this is an ideal edition of a very characteristic old English classic". Latimore & Haskell, pp. 47-48; Riall, p. 130. James Hamilton, Arthur Rackham: A Life with Illustration, 1995. Quarto. Original parchment, spine and upper cover lettered and with pictorial decorations in gilt, top edge gilt. Colour frontispiece and 15 colour plates mounted on heavy white paper, with captioned tissue-guards, black and white illustrations in the text, all by Rackham. Some uniform soiling to binding, head and foot of spine a little bumped, occasional foxing and browning, short tear to front free endpaper: a very good copy.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
Price: US$4500.00 + shipping
Description: Abridged from Malory's Morte d'Arthur by Alfred W. Pollard. xxiv, 509 pp. Illustrated in color and black and white by Arthur Rackham. Folio, publisher's full gilt-decorated vellum, t.e.g. First edition; No. 33 of 500 copies signed by Arthur Rackham. The vellum binding is dust-soiled and there is a five-inch crack to the rear inner hinge; contents fine. Rackham has added a small original pen drawing of a prancing jester(about 4-1/2 x 3 inches) to the colophon page, initialled A.R. and dated 9.12.17
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.