Book of the Three Dragons by Morris, Kenneth - 1930

New York and Toronto: Longmans, Green and Co, 1930 . First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 10.5" by 8.5". Ferdinand Huszti Horvath . The first edition, first printing of Kenneth Morris's reworking of a classic Welsh legend, illustrated throughout by Ferdinand Huszti Horvath. The first edition, first printing. The scarce trade issue with "Longmans, Green" imprint on title page, and "first edition" to colophon, rather than the later and more common "Junior Literary Guild" issue. Illustrated with a frontispiece and seven plates by Hungarian illustrator and sketch artist Ferdinand Huszti Horvath. Collated, complete.In this work, Morris relays the early welsh legend of 'Mabinogion', tales compiled in Middle Welsh in the 12th and13th centuries, from earlier oral traditions. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Bump to back strip tail. Fading to back strip and board perimeters. Internally, firmly bound. Pages exceptionally clean and bright. Very Good

New York, Toronto: Longmans, Green & Co, 1930. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. HORVATH Ferdinand Huszti. 8 Full page black & white plates by Ferdinand Horvarth + chapter headers. In yellow cloth, a little light edge wear, titles to spine in green, 3 green dragons to upper board. With its VG green printed DW, price clipped. Internally, half title, frontis, [4], (v-xii), [2], 3-206 pp, green illustrated endpapers, small paper repair at fep edge, evidence of bookplate removal to half title. (260*197 mm). The story of Taliesin's journey to Mon or Anglesea to study from the Druids about the birth of a Welsh Hero. Great work written by a Welsh mystic and published in the US where he came to live. Great illustrations of battling Dragons and Welsh heroes!. A wondrous retelling of the Mabinogion.

New York: Longman's, Green & Co, 1930. 4to. Publisher's yellow cloth with three green dragons on upper board, Illustrated endpapers. Full page black and white illustrations by Ferdinand Hustzi Hovrath, Stated first edition, but this is, in fact, the Junior Literary Guild edition, and so should be considered a second printing. The dustwrapper is present. Cloth lightly soiled else this is a very good example; the dustwrapper is rough along the edges with some rubbing and soil, but gives a very good impression. The flaps are clipped. A scarce edition and the more so in the dustwrapper which is nearly always absent. The second of Morris' fantasies based on the Mabinogion, after 'The Fates of the Princes of Dyfed' (1914). .

New York: Longman's, Green & Co, 1930. First edition. 4to. Publisher's dark green cloth with three gilt dragons on upper board, Illustrated endpapers. Full page black and white illustrations by Ferdinand Hustzi Hovrath, Stated first edition.A near fine copy with only light wear and a small spot on the foredge. The dustwrapper is present. It is a little rough along the edges and folds, but gives a near fine appearance. The price of $5.00 is present on the front flap. Scarce. especially in the dustwrapper which is nearly always absent. The second of Morris' fantasies based on the Mabinogion, after 'The Fates of the Princes of Dyfed' (1914). A classic of Celtic fantasy. .