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Folio Society (1953). Edition: First thus. Hardback, 207 pages. Bound in silver cloth, with a red motif on the front board showing a crown and 3 crosses. In-text drawing by Lettice Sandford on first page of each chapter. Set in Plantin and Perpetua types.
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207 p.; 8.7 inches
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After the Grail Quest, Lancelot, who was never really known for his short-term memory, forgets the promise he made to live a good Christian life and becomes Guinevere's lover again.
The 1934 discovery at Winchester College Library of eight Arthurian manuscripts by Sir Thomas Malory of the fifteenth century (without William Caxton's alterations) led to Professor Vinaver's editing of them in 1947 as an exact transcription of the originals. This Folio edition is modernized in punctuation and spelling only.
Full silver cloth binding with red text. 12 in-text drawings by Lettice Sandford on first page of each chapter and red-tinted top page edges. The Presentation Volume for 1953 (issued without slipcase).
The 1934 discovery at Winchester College Library of eight Arthurian manuscripts by Sir Thomas Malory of the fifteenth century (without William Caxton's alterations) led to Professor Vinaver's editing of them in 1947 as an exact transcription of the originals. This Folio edition is modernized in punctuation and spelling only.
Full silver cloth binding with red text. 12 in-text drawings by Lettice Sandford on first page of each chapter and red-tinted top page edges. The Presentation Volume for 1953 (issued without slipcase).