Le Morte d'Arthur: The Story of King Arthur and of His Knights of the Round Table in Three Volumes [LEC]

by Sir Thomas Malory

Other authorsRobert Gibbings (Illustrator), A. W. Pollard (Translator)
Hardcover, 1936

Status

Available

Tags

@vintage, @signed, @limited, fiction, arthurian, limited editions club, myths and legends

Genres

Collection

Myths, Legends & Folklore

Publication

Limited Editions Club (1936). Modernised by A. W. Pollard. Ill. with wood engravings by Robert Gibbings. London: The Golden Cockerel Press (for the Limited Editions Club, New York), 1936. 3 vols (slipcase missing). Limited to 1500 copies, signed by the illustrator.

Language

English

Local notes

Quarter bound in publisher's navy blue cloth over printed boards, gilt lettering on spine. Generously illustrated with B&W woodcuts by Robert Gibbings. This edition was originally created for the members of the Limited Editions Club by the Golden Cockerel Press in London. Gibbings designed nearly one hundred wood blocks to create engravings on the title page, as head and tailpieces, and decoration on every page. The type used is Perpetua, designed by Eric Gill.

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