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San Marino, California / Tokyo, Japan: The Huntington Library / The Yushodo Company, Ltd, 1997. Special Limited Edition. Hardcover. As New. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Massively heavy, oversized volume, bound handsomely and in condition nearly as issued. Folio-sized hardcover format, in publisher's blue buckram cloth over boards, gilt lettering to front cover and spine. Sumptuous reproduction in full color at frontis of a page from the original Ellesmere Canterbury Tales (the first page of "The Knight's Tale"), allegedly the most complete, authentic version of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales as there is and one of the most famous literary treasures kept in the Huntington Library's collections in San Marino, California, obtained by Mr. Huntington in 1917. The manuscript was allegedly produced in 1400 shortly after Chaucer's death. This Special Limited Edition of 1000 copies only features floriated borders, illuminated and historiated initials and other decorations… Read More

New York: Henry ZX. Walck, Incorporated, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Victor G. Ambrus. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound in hardcover format, generally clean, lightly toned at worst, minimal rubbing to extremities. Green cloth over boards, sharp and distinct lettering to spine in gilt. Moderate toning to endpapers, else clean and bright throughout. Plentiful illustrations by Victor G. Ambrus including in full color including at frontis. 55 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

San Marino, California: The Huntington Library, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound in hardcover format, generally clean, lightly toned at worst, minimal rubbing to extremities. Bound handsomely in teal linen cloth, with black lettering to front cover and spine. Printed, illustrated dust wrapper, black lettering to front cover, tape-repaired interior along top edge. First Edition, printed for the Huntington Library by the Ward Ritchie Press, and designed by him. xi [2], 2-165 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

New York: Dorset Press, 1990. Facsimile reprint. Hardcover. As New/Fine. 4to 11" - 13" tall. Aubrey Beardsley. A just and due classic homage to chivalry and romance, drawing on the French tradition of rendering King Arthurian legends. The title page continues: "The birth life and acts of King Arthur of his noble knights of the round table their marvellous enquests and adventures the achieving of the san greal and in the end le morte darthur with the dolourous death and departing out of this world of them all." Sumptuous facsimile reprint of the reprinting by J.M. Dent in 1909 of the original Caxton Edition of 1485, but containing the entire text and over 1000 of Aubrey Beardsley's illustrations (ten from the First Edition being omitted), he having been barely 20 years ago at the time. Bound most handsomely in black cloth over boards, with bright and distinct gilt lettering to spine, gilt illustrations to spine and front and rear covers. Bright and shiny dust jacket,… Read More

New York: Dorset Press, 1990. Facsimile reprint. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to 11" - 13" tall. Aubrey Beardsley. A just and due classic homage to chivalry and romance, drawing on the French tradition of rendering King Arthurian legends. The title page continues: "The birth life and acts of King Arthur of his noble knights of the round table their marvellous enquests and adventures the achieving of the san greal and in the end le morte darthur with the dolourous death and departing out of this world of them all." Sumptuous facsimile reprint of the reprinting by J.M. Dent in 1909 of the original Caxton Edition of 1485, but containing the entire text and over 1000 of Aubrey Beardsley's illustrations (ten from the First Edition being omitted), he having been barely 20 years ago at the time. Bound most handsomely in black cloth over boards, with bright and distinct gilt lettering to spine, gilt illustrations to spine and front and rear covers. Bright and shiny dust jacket,… Read More

Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1932. Facsimile Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. This prose romance, originally printed about 1518-19, and reproduced here from the unique copy in the Huntington Library, is the only version in English, and t he only extant version in prose, of a well-known legend, a sort of female Faustus who sells her soul for the freedom to indulge the lusts of the flesh. Introduction by Harry Morgan Ayres and Adriaan Jacob Barnouw. Particularly handsomely bound volume in brown, with blind-stamped to front and rear panels, sharp and distinct gilt lettering to spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn, protected by a plastic coat, machine- but not price-clipped. 5 pp. then several score unpaginated pages of duotone reproduction, in facsimile format, of the entirety of the original edition.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize… Read More

New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts, Inc, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Large 8vo 9" - 10. Two books-in-one, an apparent First Edition, with title page, Preface, Table of Contents, List of Abbreviations. Scuffing to blue cloth at spine, top edge, else an internally clean, tightly bound, unmarked exemplar of Volume I of this series. Rough-cut fore-edge, perfect-bound top and bottom edges. From the personal library of Mr. Robert Allen as conveyed to me by his widow, Ms Priscilla (Brownie) Allen, he having been a noted bookseller and appraiser and also editor of a number of volumes of the The Eighteenth Century: a current bibliography series in a project headed at the University of Southern California. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. 312, x pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

London, England / New York, New York: J.M. Dent / E.P. Dutton, 1962. Hardcover. Good/Good. 24mo 5" - 6" tall. Another fine contribution to the Everyman's Library, being #346 in the series, a perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy. Bound in raspberry-colored cloth, a bit splotchy and discolored, but signs of neither odor nor moisture. Top-stained in red, with decorative endpapers. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn, protected by a plastic coat. xxv, 150 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Toronto, Canada: University of Toronto Press, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Another fine contribution to the Erasmus Studies series. Bound handsomely in brown cloth over boards, brown lettering and illustrations to front cover and spine. From the personal library of Mr. Robert Allen as conveyed to me by his widow, Ms Priscilla (Brownie) Allen, he having been a noted bookseller and appraiser and also editor of a number of volumes of the The Eighteenth Century: a current bibliography series in a project headed at the University of Southern California. Moderate pencil notations by him throughout, unobtrusive. xiii [2], 4-211 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

New York: Weathervane Books, 1978. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Large 8vo 9" - 10. Arthur Rackham. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound in hardcover format, generally clean, lightly toned at worst, minimal rubbing to extremities. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn, protected by a plastic coat. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham, augmenting this First Edition Thus exemplar of Malory's masterpiece, abridged nice by Alfred W. Pollard from an earlier edition, and printed on high-gloss paper. Bound in printed dark green cloth binding, sharp and distinct lettering to spine. Big, tall Imperial octavo hardcover format. xxiv, 1-531 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

London: Published for The Early English Text Society by the Oxford University Press, 1966. reprint edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound in hardcover format, generally clean, lightly toned at worst, minimal rubbing to extremities. Bound handsomely in brown cloth over boards, sharp and distinctly stamped lettering and illustration in gilt, also to spine. Volume #210 in the Early English Text Society series. Previous owner's inscription inside front flap. lxxii, 1-186 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Portland, Maine: Thomas B. Mosher, for the author, 1899. Special Limited Edition. Softcover. Fine. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. The front cover and first and second half-title pages punctuate the book's title differently than does the title page, which differently mispunctuates, but this Special Limited Edition of only 725 copies was hand-printed on Van Gelder paper and still stands most proudly alone on a bookshelf. Two quite faint brown stains to front cover else about Fine. Bound in stiff card stock wraps in gate-fold, leading to half-toning opposite folds both front and rear, else is clean, tightly bound and quite bright of interior. Translated into English verse from the original Latin by Symonds. Dedicated to Robert Louis Stevenson. Frontis matter + 190 pp. + colophon, noting October 1899 printing.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University , 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 4to 11" - 13" tall. From the personal library of Mr. Robert Allen, the author, being his Master's Thesis, as conveyed to me by his widow, Ms Priscilla (Brownie) Allen, he having been a noted bookseller and appraiser and also editor of a number of volumes of the The Eighteenth Century: a current bibliography series in a project headed at the University of Southern California. Typed on onion-skin, with notes of errata at end. Bound in a kind of burgundy cloth over boards, and covered in a plastic jacket. cxxiv, 2-135 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.