Lot 9
 

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Beardsley (Aubrey, illustrator). 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. The Text as written by Sir Thomas Malory and imprinted by William Caxton at Westminster the Year MCCCCLXXXV and now spelled in modern style. With an Introduction by Professor Rhys, London: Dent, 1893-4. 3 volumes, 4to, bound in 1895 by R. Riviere and Son in blue crushed morocco, elaborate Art Nouveau floral decoration gilt to spines and front covers, publisher’s device gilt to rear covers, top edges gilt, others untrimmed, xc 290, [4] 291-664, [5] 665-990 [2] pp., photogravure frontispieces to volumes 1 and 3, 18 line-block plates (including frontispiece to volume 2; 4 double-page), line-block text-illustrations, decorative borders, chapter-headings and tailpieces throughout, colophon leaf, original wrappers bound in at rear, offsetting from plates, volume 3 partly unopened (qty: 3)

First Beardsley edition, superior issue printed on Dutch handmade paper, number 30 of 300 copies thus.

Sold for £11,000
Estimated at £2,000 - £3,000


 

Morocco on spines very slightly faded; a few trivial scuffs to volume 1 front board; volume 3 front board lower fore corner very slightly bumped. Bindings signed.

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Auction: Townhouse: Property From the London Residence of a Lady of Title, 14th Jan, 2022

Townhouse: Property From the London Residence of a Lady of Title

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