Le Morte Darthur: The History of King Arthur and of His Noble Knights of the Round Table. In Two Volumes (Volumes I & II)
by Malory, Sir Thomas, and Flint, Russell (illustrator)
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Poor
- Seller
-
Wilmington, New York, United States
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About This Item
Boston: The Medici Society Ltd, 1925. 1st US. Hard Cover. Good/Poor. Undated (circa 1910-1920). "With 36 Illustrations in Full Colour." Likely the first American edition thus. Text, pages and blue cloth covers clean and intact. Name to front endpapers. Top edge gilt. Page edges worn and soiled. Dust jackets present but very worn with significant cracking, heavy chipping to edges and with missing section to lower spine of volume one jacket. Front panels of both DJ's also separated via cracking from rest of DJ at hinge area. Jacket front covers present with color illustrations intact. Scarce to find this edition with both volumes together and with jacket in any condition. Please see image. Two volumes. 439 and 531 pages.
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- Bookseller
- Zephyrus Books, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- AM0600038
- Title
- Le Morte Darthur: The History of King Arthur and of His Noble Knights of the Round Table. In Two Volumes (Volumes I & II)
- Author
- Malory, Sir Thomas, and Flint, Russell (illustrator)
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Poor
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st US
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Medici Society Ltd
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1925
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature & Other Fiction;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Zephyrus Books, IOBA
Biblio member since 2004
Wilmington, New York
About Zephyrus Books, IOBA
Zephyrus Books is an online only bookstore. A specialty is regional books and maps of the Adirondacks and Northern New York. We stock a wide variety of books, maps and prints.
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