Item #016308 LE MORTE D'ARTHUR. THE STORY OF KING ARTHUR & OF HIS NOBLE KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE. Sir Thomas MALORY.

LE MORTE D'ARTHUR. THE STORY OF KING ARTHUR & OF HIS NOBLE KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1936. Robert Gibbings. Hardcover. 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. Item #016308

Price: $400.00