MALORY, Sir THOMAS. The Romance of King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table. Abridged...by Alfred W. Pollard. New York, 1917. 16 mounted color plates and numerous text illustrations by Rackham. Large 4to, original white kid, gilt-lettered and with pictorial stamping in gilt on upper cover and spine, t.e.g.; owner's gift inscription on front free endpaper, original glassine dust wrapper (several large chips repaired); original publisher's board box; half morocco folding case (does not accomodate original box). LIMITED EDITION, one of 250 copies (unsigned) of the American limited issue; this copy with mounted clipped signature of Rackham on the half-title (dated "22/6/18"). See Latimore & Haskell, p. 47. An unusually fine copy.
MALORY, Sir THOMAS. The Romance of King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table. Abridged...by Alfred W. Pollard. New York, 1917. 16 mounted color plates and numerous text illustrations by Rackham. Large 4to, original white kid, gilt-lettered and with pictorial stamping in gilt on upper cover and spine, t.e.g.; owner's gift inscription on front free endpaper, original glassine dust wrapper (several large chips repaired); original publisher's board box; half morocco folding case (does not accomodate original box). LIMITED EDITION, one of 250 copies (unsigned) of the American limited issue; this copy with mounted clipped signature of Rackham on the half-title (dated "22/6/18"). See Latimore & Haskell, p. 47. An unusually fine copy.
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