Status
Available
Call number
Collections
Publication
The Folio Society (1982), Hardcover. 3 volumes, 8vos, bound in full red morocco (leather), oval illustration to upper cover, gilt on dark red, different on each volume. Gilt lettered spine, narrow gilt band at head and tail, gilt top edges, marbled red, black and cream endpapers. Pages: 292; 348; 262.
Language
ISBN
no ISBN
Local notes
Malory's compilation of romance tales about the legendary King Arthur, Guinevere, Lancelot, and the Knights of the Round Table. The book interprets existing French and English stories about these figures, with some of Malory's own original material (the Gareth story).
Three volumes comprising The Tale of King Arthur; Sir Tristam de Lyonesse; and The Morte D'Arthur. The text is based on the Winchester manuscript of Malory, edited by Eugene Vinaver in 1954 and revised in 1971. Illustrated by linocuts.
This is the scarcer red leather edition. First volume signed by Edward Bawden.
Three volumes comprising The Tale of King Arthur; Sir Tristam de Lyonesse; and The Morte D'Arthur. The text is based on the Winchester manuscript of Malory, edited by Eugene Vinaver in 1954 and revised in 1971. Illustrated by linocuts.
This is the scarcer red leather edition. First volume signed by Edward Bawden.