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Lot 264
Sale 1336 - Fine Books and Manuscripts, including Worlds of Tomorrow, and Americana
Jun 7, 2024
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MALORY, Thomas, Sir (d. 1471). Le Morte Darthur by Sir Thomas Malory. The Original Edition of William Caxton now Reprinted and Edited with an Introduction and Glossary by H. Oskar Sommer. With an Essay on Malory's Prose Style by Andrew Lang. London: David Nutt, 1889-1891.
3 volumes bound in 4, folio. Titles and initials printed in red and black. Contemporary morocco gilt, gilt top edges, others uncut, gilt-stamped morocco label by Leest Rochester.
LIMITED EDITION, number 70 of 108 copies signed by the publisher. "The Morte d'Arthur is the most famous version and the first in English prose of all the legends which have collected about King Arthur. It is the only true English epic" (PMM 29).
Property from the Collection of Dr. K. William Harter, Alexandria, Virginia