GOOD to VERY GOOD
CONDITION
This sale is for a
vintage hardback FIRST EDITION entitled “King Arthur of Britain,” subtitled
“From Sir Thomas Malory’s Morte D’Arthur,” arranged by Brian Kennedy
Cooke and a frontispiece and another plate illuminated in COLOUR in the
style of early English miniatures – intricate colour plates by Anthony Rado.
It was published
by Edmund Ward, of Leicester, and is the 1946 FIRST EDITION (stated) in this
form.
This was the first of a series of four
volumes of selections from Malory by Cooke.
The contents
include:
·
The
Birth of Arthur
·
The
Crowning of Arthur
·
King
Ban and King Bors
·
Excalibur
·
The
Sword of Balin, and the Death of King Lot
·
Arthur
and Guinevere
·
The
Round Table
·
King
Pellinore and Nimue
·
The
Last Invasion
·
Morgan
Le Fay Plans Arthur’s Death
·
Morgan
Le Fay Steals the Scabbard
·
Nimue
Saves Arthur from the Poisoned Cloak
·
The
Conquest of Rome, and the Coming of Lancelot
·
Morgan
Le Fay Entraps Lancelot
·
The
Tournament of Carlion, and the Murder of King Pellinore
·
The
Murder of Sir Lamorak
·
The
Coming of Sir Galahad
·
The Quest
of the Holy Grail
·
Sir
Galahad Wins a Shield
·
The
Adventures and Death of Sir Galahad
·
The
Affair of the Poisoned Apple
·
The
Acquittal of Guinevere
·
The
Treachery and Death of Sir Meliagrance
·
The
Indictment of Lancelot and Guinevere
·
Lancelot
Saves Guinevere
·
The
War of Arthur with Lancelot, and the Rebellion of Sir Mordred
·
The Last
·
The
Deaths of Guinevere and Lancelot
The book measures 7.5
inches x 5 inches and has 140 pages.
The book is in
good, neat condition for its age, with minor wear/bumps and is a little grubby
to the original cloth hardback cover, with a little foxing to the blank
endpapers. There are NO inscriptions/book-plates and NO other ink or pencil
markings in the book. The binding is good with no loose or missing pages. There is no dust-jacket.
A wonderful
vintage FIRST EDITION.
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