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1. Apollinaire, Guillaume. L’Enchanteur Pourrissant. Illus. after wood engravings by André Derain. [Paris: Genèse, n.d.] "Les Peintres du Livre." No. 934 of 3050 copies. Facs. of the 1909 ed. Loose sheets in brown cloth portfolio, spine and front cover lettered in gilt with blind-stamped design, in slipcase covered in tan suede-like material. Slipcase lightly rubbed, fine. $90.00.
2. SOLD.
3. Arnold, Matthew. Tristram and Iseult. Frontis. drawing by Victor Hammer. Mt. Vernon: Golden Eagle, [1946]. Slipcase. Beautifully printed in black (the narrator), red (Tristram), green (Iseult of Ireland), dark blue (Iseult of Brittany), with devices for each printed in the matching color. Salmon paper over boards, printed spine label, frontispiece printed in gold on gray paper and mounted on front cover; slipcase covered in gold paper. Spine very lightly sunned with a small stain at foot, else fine in very good slipcase. $30.00.
4. The Arthurian Tradition: Essays in Convergence. Ed. by Mary Flowers Braswell and John Bugge. Tuscaloosa: Alabama, [1988]. Fine in fine dust jacket. $15.00.
5. Ashe, Geoffrey. King Arthur: The Dream of a Golden Age. [London]: Thames & Hudson, [1990]. Softcover. Remainder mark and a couple of spots on bottom edge, else fine. $10.00.
6. Ashe, Geoffrey, et al. The Quest for Arthur’s Britain. London: Pall Mall, [1969]. 3rd impression. Very light shelfwear, small puncture at edge of front cover, else fine in near fine unclipped dust jacket. $20.00.
7. Avalon to Camelot. Chicago, 1983—1987. Vol. I, No. 1 through Vol. II, No. 4. Fine run of this periodical devoted to matters Arthurian. $100.00.
8. SOLD.
9. Baines, Keith. Sir Thomas Malory’s Le Morte d’Arthur: King Arthur and the Legends of the Round Table. Intro. by Robert Graves. Illus. by Enrico Arno. NY: Bramhall House, [1962]. Pictorial dust jacket. Page edges lightly spotted, else fine in near fine, clipped dust jacket. $12.00.
10. Barber, Richard. The Arthurian Legends: An Illustrated Anthology. [Totowa]: Littlefield Adams, [1979]. Printed in red and black. Owner’s blind stamp on bastard title, else fine in fine dust jacket. $15.00
11. Barber, Richard. The Figure of Arthur. [London]: Longman, [1972]. Fine in fine, price-clipped dust jacket. $12.00.
12. Barber, Richard. King Arthur: Hero and Legend. NY: Dorset, [1990]. Fine in fine unclipped dust jacket. $10.00.
13. Barthelme, Donald. The King. Illus. by Barry Moser. NY: Harper & Row, [1990]. Fine in fine unclipped dust jacket. $15.00.
14. Berthelot, Anne. King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. Profusely illus. NY: Abrams, [1997]. Softcover. Corner of rear cover creased, else fine. $8.00.
15. The Bibelot: A Reprint of Poetry and Prose for Book Lovers, chosen in part from scarce editions and sources not generally known. Volume XX. Testimonial Ed. Ed. and orig. pub. by Thomas B. Mosher, Portland, Maine, 1914. NY: Wise, n.d. Contains "Prelude to Tristram and Iseult," by Swinburne, and "Sir Peter Harpdon’s End," by Morris. 6 x 4 3/4. Spine slightly darkened; place finder detached but present; previous owner’s ink stamp in a few places; slightly shaken, pages bright and clean otherwise. $8.00.
16. Blunt, Wilfrid Scawen. "The Wisdom of Merlyn." In Poems. NY: Knopf, 1923. Printed paper over boards, dark blue cloth spine strip, paper spine label. Largely unopened; fine. $20.00.
17. Bradley, Marion Zimmer. The Mists of Avalon. NY: Knopf, 1983. 4th prtg. Small split in lower front hinge, else fine in fine dust jacket. $12.00.
18. SOLD.
19. SOLD.
20. SOLD.
21. Briggs, Phyllis. King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. London: Dean & Son, n.d. Pictorial dust jacket. Jacket edgeworn with 2 or 3 ring stains on front; pages browning at edges, a few small tears; otherwise very good. $6.00.
22. Cabell, James Branch. Jurgen, A Comedy of Justice. Wood engravings by John Buckland Wright. [London]: Golden Cockerel, [1949]. No. 416 of 500 copies. Half dark green and half crimson cloth, title and device in gilt on spine, illus. stamped in gilt on front. Very light shelfwear, nice pictorial bookplate on front pastedown, light stain at lower corner throughout, near fine. $200.00.
23. SOLD.
24. SOLD.
25. Cawein, Madison J. Accolon of Gaul, with Other Poems. Louisville: Morton, 1889. Green cloth with gilt lettering on spine and front cover, t.e.g. Very light water stain down front cover and along bottom edge, affecting a small portion of the upper edge of the text pages, first 20 or so pages cracked at gutter, else near fine. $25.00.
26. Chant, Joy. The High Kings. Illus. by George Sharp. Toronto, etc.: Bantam, [1983]. 1st prtg. Small tear at head of spine, bookplate on front pastedown, else fine in lightly soiled and worn dust jacket. Beautifully illustrated. $20.00.
27. Chrétien de Troyes. Arthurian Romances. Trans. with an introduction by W. W. Comfort. London; NY: Dent; Dutton, [?1968]. No. 698 in Everyman’s Library. Very light wear to extremities, one corner bumped, small book seller’s label on ffep, internally fine. $5.00.
28. Chrétien de Troyes. Perceval, or, The Story of the Grail. Trans. by Ruth Harwood Cline. Athens: Georgia, [1985]. 5th prtg. Softcover. Corners lightly worn, light erasure on flyleaf, else fine. $10.00.
29. Chrétien de Troyes. Yvain: The Knight of the Lion. Trans. by Burton Raffel. New Haven & London: Yale, [1987]. Fine in fine dust jacket. $20.00.
30. SOLD.
31. SOLD.
32. Creswick, Paul. King Arthur: The Story of the Round Table. Illus. by D. Westmarott and L. D’Emo. NY, etc.: American Book Co., [1925]. Dark green cloth with title and illustration in gilt on front cover. Spine gilt vanished, spine faded and lightly worn at ends, corners bumped, an ink blot and a pair of number on rear cover, name and place on front pastedown, occasional very light soiling, a few corners folded or torn, otherwise very good. $15.00.
33. SOLD.
34. Davis, Glover. "Lancelot." In Poems. Middletown: Wesleyan, [1988]. 1st ed. From the jacket: " . . . [S]eeks to use past myths–especially the Arthurian stories–and traditional poetic forms to widen the range of meaning of the present, . . . ." Fine in fine unclipped dust jacket. $20.00.
35. de Angelo, Michael. Cyr Myrddin: The Coming of Age of Merlin. Seattle & Everett: Gododdin, [1979]. 1st prtg. One of 900 copies. Signed by author on ffep. Fine in lightly shelfworn dust jacket. $30.00.
36. SOLD.
37. Dickinson, Peter. Merlin Dreams. Illus. by Alan Lee. [NY]: Delacorte, [1988]. 1st prtg. Beautiful illustrations. Fine in lightly worn unclipped dust jacket. $60.00.
38. SOLD.
39. Dunning, R. W. Arthur, the King in the West. NY: St. Martin’s, [1988]. Fine in fine dust jacket. $15.00.
40. Eiseley, Loren. The Innocent Assassins. Drawings by Laszlo Kubinyi. NY: Scribner’s, [1973]. Contains "I, Merlin, Say It" and "New Men, New Armor." Softcover. Shelfworn; near fine. $5.00.
41. Removed.
42. Emerson, Ralph Waldo. Poems. Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1865. Contains "Merlin I" and "Merlin II." Dark blue cloth, elaborately stamped in blind, lettering and floral pattern in gilt on spine, a.e.g. Very light wear to corners and spine ends, small tears at top of spine, name on verso of flyleaf, a few spots of foxing to frontispiece, light offsetting of frontispiece to title page, else fine. $30.00.
43. SOLD.
44. Fielding, Henry. The Tragedy of Tragedies; or, The Life and Death of Tom Thumb the Great. With the Annotations of H. Scriblerus Secundus. Narberth: Robert L. Dothard, 1932. One of 60 copies. Red cloth, spine lettered in gold, image of the mighty Tom in full armor stamped in gold on front cover; patterned endpapers; t.e.g. Occasional light finger-stains, otherwise fine. $125.00.
45. Fielding, Henry. The Tragedy of Tragedies; or, The Life and Death of Tom Thumb the Great. With the Annotations of H. Scriblerus Secundus. Narberth: Robert L. Dothard, 1932. One of 60 copies. Red cloth, spine lettered in gold, image of the mighty Tom in full armor stamped in gold on front cover; patterned endpapers; t.e.g. Spine slightly faded, occasional light finger-stains, otherwise fine. $115.00.
46. SOLD.
47. Frith, Henry. King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table. Illus. by F. A. Fraser. Philadelphia: McKay, n.d. Gray-green cloth, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, vermilion, and black, large image of knight on charger in black and vermilion with gilt lettering on front cover. Spine slightly sunned, very light shelfwear, light soiling to rear cover, a few pages lightly soiled, near fine. $30.00.
48. Frith, Henry. King Arthur and His Knights. Illus. by Frank E. Schoonover. N.p.: Garden City, 1932. Black cloth, spine lettered in yellow, pictorial panel on front cover, pictorial endpapers. Corners lightly bumped, endpapers lightly foxed, occasional light foxing particularly on leaves surrounding the color plates, else fine in lightly worn dust jacket. $40.00.
49. From Camelot to Joyous Guard: The Old French ‘La Mort le Roi Artu’. Trans. by J. Neale Carman. Ed. with an introduction by Norris J. Lacy. Lawrence, etc.: Kansas, [1974]. Spine lightly rubbed, else fine. $25.00.
50. Frost, William Henry. The Court of King Arthur: Stories from the Land of the Round Table. Illus. by Sydney Richmond Burleigh. NY: Scribner’s, 1898. Dark red cloth, spine and front cover lettered in gilt, large dragon banner on front in gilt and white. Very light shelfwear, gift inscription on ffep dated 1898, fine. $50.00.
51. Frost, William Henry. The Court of King Arthur: Stories from the Land of the Round Table. Illus. by Sydney Richmond Burleigh. NY: Scribner’s, 1923. Red cloth lettered in black. Light wear at spine ends, name on ffep (twice, just to be sure), otherwise fine in worn dust jacket. $20.00.
52. SOLD.
53. SOLD.
54. Gilbert, Henry. King Arthur. Illus. by Frances Brundage. Chicago, etc.: Saalfield, n.d. Tan cloth with spine lettered in dark brown and pictorial panel on front; pictorial dust jacket. Fine in very good jacket, chipped at spine ends and missing a small piece at lower rear. $25.00.
55. Gilbert, Henry. King Arthur. Illus. by John Vernon Lord. NY: Holt, [1995]. Purple paper over boards, spine lettered in gilt, full color pictorial dust jacket and slipcase. Except for trim markings carelessly left on the fore-edges of 2 leaves, a fine, bright copy of a neat little book, with beautiful illustrations. $10.00.

Godwin Duet–Together, $35.00

56. Godwin, Parke. Beloved Exile. Toronto, etc.: Bantam, [1984]. 1st prtg. Fine in fine dust jacket. $20.00.
57. Godwin, Parke. Firelord. Garden City: Doubleday, 1980. 1st ed. Fine in price-clipped dust jacket. $20.00.
58. Removed.
59. Gohorry, John. Selections from ‘A Life of Merlin’. Illus. by John Gruenwald. San Francisco: Bullnettle, 1998. One of 10 sets, of which only 5 for sale. Portfolio of 7 broadsides, each with a poem from the forthcoming book by Gohorry and illustrated with a monoprint by Gruenwald created especially for this ed. Presented in a drop-spine case covered in dark green cloth with printed label on front. Approx. 19 x 13. Fine. $950.00.

Goodrich Threesome–As a Set, $75.00

60. Goodrich, Norma Lorre. Guinevere. NY: HarperCollins, [1991]. Remainder mark on bottom edge, else fine in near fine dust jacket. $30.00.
61. Goodrich, Norma Lorre. King Arthur. NY; Toronto: Franklin Watts, 1986. Fine in fine dust jacket. $30.00.
62. Goodrich, Norma Lorre. Merlin. NY; Toronto: Franklin Watts, 1987. Fine in fine dust jacket. $30.00.
63. SOLD.
64. Guest, Charlotte. The Mabinogion. Long Acre: Nutt, 1902. Frontis. by Norman Ault. Dark green cloth, spine and front cover lettered in gilt, dragon on front and phoenix on rear stamped cover in red, t.e.g., placefinder. Light shelf wear, gilt slightly darkened, short, narrow scrape at lower corner of front cover, endpapers spotted, name on ffep and bastard title, gift inscription on flyleaf, internally fine. $90.00.
65. Gunn, Thom. "Merlin in the Cave: He Speculates without a Book." In The Sense of Movement. Chicago: Chicago, [1957]. Pastedowns stained along joint, rfep lightly spotted, else fine in dust jacket missing a piece at upper front. $40.00.
66. Hadfield, Alice M. King Arthur and the Round Table. Illus. by Donald Seton Cammell. London; NY: Dent; Dutton, [1953]. English ed. Pictorial red and tan cloth with lettering in blue on spine and front cover; pictorial dust jacket. Fine in very good to near fine unclipped jacket. $25.00.
67. Removed.
68. Hampton, Bo, and Dan Abnett. Uther, the Half Dead King. NY: Nantier, Beall, Minoustchine, n.d. An illustrated novel; one of 500 copies with an extra sheet signed by both authors and numbered. Fine in fine dust jacket. $25.00.
69. Hastings, Selina. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Illus. by Juan Wijngaard. NY: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, [1981]. 1st US ed. Wonderful full color illustrations. Fine in worn dust jacket with piece missing at upper spine. $15.00.
70. SOLD.
71. Removed.
72. Holland, Rupert S., ed. King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. Illus. by Lancelot Speed. Philadelphia: Jacobs, [1919]. Tan cloth, spine and front cover lettered in black, color pictorial panel in black frame on front, pictorial endpapers. Light wear and soiling, rear edge of spine splitting, short shallow gouge on rear cover with strip of cloth still attached, one plate detached but present, occasional light soiling, an extra copy of one of the plates is laid in. Overall very good. $20.00.
73. Hopkins, Andrea. Chronicles of King Arthur. [NY]: Viking, [1994]. 1st prtg. Fine in fine unclipped dust jacket. $15.00.
74. Hovey, Richard. The Birth of Galahad. Boston: Small, Maynard, 1900. Brown paper over boards with white spine strip elaborately lettered and decorated in gilt. Spine darkened, corners rounded, gift inscription on ffep, bastard title detached and tattered but present, title lightly soiled and spotted, otherwise internally near fine. $45.00.
75. SOLD.
76. Jackson, W. T. H. The Anatomy of Love: The ‘Tristan’ of Gottfried von Strassburg. NY & London: Columbia, 1971. Fine in near fine dust jacket. $20.00.
77. Jenkins, Elizabeth. The Mystery of King Arthur. NY: Portland House, [1987]. Reprint ed. Short tear at top of front hinge, else fine in fine unclipped dust jacket. $15.00.
78. SOLD.
79. Karr, Phyllis Ann. The Arthurian Companion: The Legendary World of Camelot and the Round Table. Oakland: Chaosium, 1997. Pre-publication review copy. Softcover. Near fine. $35.00.
80. SOLD.
81. King Arthur and His Knights. Illus. by Harry Theaker. NY: Gallery, [1990]. Reprint. Edges and corners lightly bumped, name on ffep, else fine. $10.00.
82. King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. Adapted by Estelle B. Schneider from Howard Pyle’s Story of King Arthur and His Knights. Illus. by Jay Hyde Barnum. NY: Random House, 1954. Hardback, pictorial boards. Very light spotting of the first and last couple of pages, else fine. $8.00.
83. Knowles, James. King Arthur and His Knights. Illus. by Louis Rhead. NY & London: Harper, [1923]. Black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, pictorial panel on front cover. Spine ends worn, spine gilt vanished, small hole in cloth at lower spine, panel on front bright, margins lightly toned, occasional light soiling, a small bit of browning at gutter between two pages from acidic paper now removed. $25.00.
84. Knowles, James. King Arthur and His Knights. Illus. by Louis Rhead, et al. Avenel: Children’s Classics, [1986]. Reprint. Fine. $15.00.
85. Knowles, James. The Legends of King Arthur and His Knights. London & NY: Warne, 1895. 8th ed. Green cloth, spine and front cover lettered in gilt, t.e.g. Soiled, spine faded to brown, gilt still bright, corners lightly bumped, spine ends very lightly worn, large pencil inscription spanning front pastedown and ffep mostly erased, front hinge starting, text block cracked at middle, scattered light soiling and spotting, a few small creases and marginal tears. $25.00.
86. Lacy, Norris J., et al. The Arthurian Encyclopedia. NY & London: Garland, [1986]. Book club ed. Corners lightly chomped (household pet? critic?), else fine in lightly worn & chomped dust jacket. $15.00.
87. Lanier, Sidney. The Boy’s King Arthur, Being Sir Thomas Malory’s History of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table. Illus. by Alfred Kappes. NY: Scribner’s, 1881. Dark olive cloth, spine and front cover very elaborately decorated in gilt and black. Light edgewear, spine ends worn, rear cover lightly soiled, otherwise cover very bright, text block cracked at center, near fine. $90.00.
88. Lanier, Sidney, ed. King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table. Illus. by Florian. NY: Grosset & Dunlap, [1950]. "Illustrated Junior Library." Pictorial boards, clear wrapper with lettering in white and black. Fine in lightly soiled wrapper with a couple of short tears. $20.00.
89. Letts, W. M. The Spires of Oxford, and Other Poems. NY: Dutton, 1918. 2nd prtg. Contains "In the Making" and "Elaine at Astolat." Red cloth, front cover lettered in gilt, spine lettered in black. Spine slightly darkened, light edgewear, hinges cracked, offsetting to front pastedown from small round leather ex libris on ffep, one poem underlined, else internally near fine. $8.00.
90. SOLD.
91. Lowell, James Russell. The Vision of Sir Launfal. Illus. by E. H. Garrett. Boston & NY: Houghton, Mifflin, 1891. Red cloth with white spine strip, spine and front cover lettered in gilt, floral patterns stamped in gilt on front and rear, t.e.g. Gilt bright, spine strip slightly darkened and soiled, boards lightly sunned and soiled, endpapers lightly spotted, gift inscription dated 1890 (!) on flyleaf, front hinge cracked, text fine. $25.00.
92. Lowell, James Russell. Vision of Sir Launfal. NY & Boston: Caldwell, [1900]. Dark green limp suede, yapp edges, front cover lettered in gilt, t.e.g., pastedowns covered with dark green moiré-patterned cloth. Each text page features a large Beardsleyesque pictorial border printed in a dark green; these images are signed "HBM". Lightly worn, fading to brown, front hinge cracked through, endpapers lightly soiled, occasional staining in gutter where sewing threads pass through, placefinder detached but present, otherwise internally fine. An unusual presentation of this poem. $25.00.
93. Lowell, James Russell. Vision of Sir Launfal. NY & Boston: Caldwell, [1900]. Red limp leather, spine lettered in gilt, gilt lettering and device on front cover, t.e.g., cloth placefinder, title page printed in vermilion and black. A touch of wear to head of spine, name and a couple of prices (?) in ink on ffep, light soiling and spotting to endpapers, else bright. $10.00.
94. Lowell, James Russell. The Vision of Sir Launfal. N.p.: Woolly Whale, 1928. One of 200 copies. A very elegant presentation of this classic poem. Marbled paper over boards, white paper spine strip, spine lettered in gilt, t.e.g., printed on handmade paper. Light wear to extremities, spine and upper portion of boards darkened, internally fine. $100.00.
95. SOLD.
96. SOLD.
97. SOLD.
98. MacKaye, Percy. The Canterbury Tales of Geoffrey Chaucer: A Modern Rendering into Prose of the Prologue and Ten Tales. Illus. by Walter Appleton Clark. NY: Fox, Duffield, 1904. Really exquisite color plates. Dark olive cloth, spine and front cover lettered in gilt, pictorial panel in gilt border on front, t.e.g. Gilt bright, light wear to cover, front hinge cracked, gift inscription dated 1904 on ffep, contemporary photograph of a man and woman laid in, occasional light soiling, internally near fine. $50.00.
99. SOLD.
100. Malory, Thomas. Le Morte Darthur: The History of King Arthur and of his Noble Knights of the Round Table. Illus. by W. Russell Flint. Boston: Medici Society, n.d. [?1923]. 2 vols. Dark blue cloth, spines and front covers lettered in gilt. Very light shelfwear, spines very slightly darkened, light toning, one plate soiled apparently in the prtg, short tear on one leaf intruding slightly into text, otherwise internally very clean. $125.00.
101. SOLD.
102. Mancoff, Debra N., editor. King Arthur’s Modern Return. NY & London: Garland, 1998. Fine. $40.00.
103. Marie de France. Guingamor, Lanval, Tyolet, Le Bisclaveret. Trans. by Jessie L. Weston, et al. London: Nutt, 1910. No. III, Arthurian Romances Unrepresented in Malory’s "Morte d’Arthur." Tan cloth, spine and front cover lettered in black, design of mounted knight stamped on front cover in gilt, black, blue, and 2 shades of green, t.e.g., title page printed in red and black. Small light bruise at lower spine, a few very light and small spots at upper right corner, endpapers browned, else fine. $35.00.
104. [Marie de France] Luquiens, Frederick Bliss. Three Lays of Marie de France, Retold in English Verse. NY: Holt, 1911. Includes "Sir Launfal." Black cloth, spine and front cover lettered in gilt. Bookplate on front pastedown, name stamped on ffep, a bit of light soiling to endpapers and very light toning at page edges, else fine. $15.00.
105. Masefield, John. Midsummer Night and Other Tales in Verse. NY: Macmillan, 1928. 1st prtg. Red cloth, lettering stamped in gold. Spine faded, light shelfwear; internally fine. $8.00.
106. Masefield, John. Minnie Maylow’s Story, and Other Tales and Scenes. NY: Macmillan, 1931. Dark blue cloth, gilt lettering on spine and front cover. Very light wear to extremities, a nice gift inscription referring to one of the poems on front pastedown, endpapers lightly toned, else fine. $15.00.
107. Masefield, John. Tristan and Isolt: A Play in Verse. NY: Macmillan, 1927. #223 of 350 copies; signed; slipcase. Largely unopened; spine label slightly browned; near fine in worn slipcase, with top panel detached but present. $45.00.
108. Masters, Edgar Lee. Songs and Satires. NY: Macmillan, 1916. 2nd prtg. Contains "Ballad of Launcelot and Elaine" and "The Death of Launcelot." Dark blue cloth with gilt lettering. Very light shelfwear; two pages browned from acidic paper laid in, otherwise internally fine. $15.00.
109. Matthews, John. An Arthurian Reader: Selections from Arthurian Legend, Scholarship and Story. [Wellingborough]: Aquarian, 1988. 2nd prtg. A bit of foxing at gutter of title page, else near fine in fine dust jacket. $15.00.
110. Merchant, Elizabeth Lodor. King Arthur and His Knights. Based on Morte d’Arthur of Sir Thomas Malory. Illus. by Frank Godwin. Philadelphia, etc.: Winston, [1927]. Dark red cloth, spine lettered in gilt, pictorial panel in gilt frame on front cover, pictorial endpapers. Light wear to spine ends, spine gilt slightly darkened, small scuff to pictorial panel, a few small chips to gilt frame, near fine. $25.00.
111. SOLD.
112. Mockler, Anthony. King Arthur and his Knights. Illus. by Nick Harris. Oxford, etc.: Oxford, 1984. Very light shelfwear, spine ends lightly bumped. Except for an ink stamp stating "Damaged" on verso of title page, with some setoff to following page, fine in a near fine, unclipped dust jacket. $15.00.
113. Moorcock, Michael. The War Hound and the World’s Pain: A Fable. NY: Timescape, [1981]. Book club ed. Fine in lightly worn and scuffed dust jacket. $5.00.
114. SOLD.
115. Moore, George. Peronnik the Fool. Chapelle-Réanville: Hours, 1928. Rev. ed. No. 34 of 200 copies, signed by Moore; hand-printed on handmade paper. The 3rd production and 1st book from Nancy Cunard’s famous Hours Press. Dark blue cloth, front cover lettered in gilt. Very light wear to extremities, lightly soiled, spine darkened, some spotting especially on rear cover, occasional light foxing, stain at bottom edge of 6 leaves, otherwise internally very good. $175.00.
116. SOLD.
117. SOLD.
118. Morris, William. Five Arthurian Poems: The Defence of Guenevere. King Arthur’s Tomb. Sir Galahad, A Christmas Mystery. The Chapel in Lyoness. A Good Knight in Prison. Designs by H. M. O’Kane. [New Rochelle: Elston, 1902.] One of 178 copies, printed in black and red on handmade paper. Dark blue cloth, title in gilt on spine, t.e.g. Very light shelfwear, label expertly removed from front cover, front endpapers lightly soiled, charming pictorial bookplate on front pastedown, bookplate of Kansas City (MO) Public Library with discard stamp on ffep, red library stamp on front pastedown and first page of text, no other library markings, pocket, etc. Everything after the first page of text is fine. $300.00.
119. Removed.
120. SOLD.
121. A New Sonnet of a Knight & a Faire Virgin. Wood engravings by George Walker. San Francisco: Bullnettle, 1998. Bullnettle Ballads 2. Broadside, approx. 20 x 12 in. Fine. $15.00.
122. Newell, William Wells. King Arthur and the Table Round: Tales chiefly after the Old French of Crestien of Troyes with an Account of Arthurian Romance, and Notes. Boston & NY: Houghton, Mifflin, 1898. 2 vols. 2nd impression. Gray paper over boards with white faux vellum spine strips, spines lettered in gilt, t.e.g. Spines lightly soiled, very nice, large pictorial bookplate of John Howard Whittemore on front pastedown on front pastedown of each volume, ffep and flyleaf of v. I lightly creased, else fine. $175.00.
123. Nichols, Beverley. A Book of Old Ballads. Illus. by H. M. Brock. London: Hutchinson, 1934. Contains "The Boy and the Mantle" and "Sir Lancelot du Lake." Beautiful color and black and white illustrations. Brown cloth, spine and front cover lettered and decorated in gilt, pictorial endpapers. Gilt bright, very light edgewear and soiling, remnant of paper label and a few pencil notes relating to the book on ffep, else fine. $50.00.
124. Paul, Evelyn. The Romance of Tristram of Lyones & La Beale Isoude. [London]: Harrap, n.d. Tan cloth, spine and front cover lettered in black, elaborate design stamped in black, brown and purple on front, decorative endpapers. Light wear to corners and spine ends, bookplate on front pastedown, browning to 2 pages from acidic paper laid in (no longer present), else fine. $60.00.
125. SOLD.
126. Percy, Thomas. Reliques of Ancient English Poetry. Ed. by Henry B. Wheatley. London: Allen & Unwin, [1927]. 3 vols. Dark blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Very light wear, name on front pastedown of each vol., some spotting to endpapers, internally fine. $75.00.
127. Pollard, Alfred W. The Romance of King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table. Illus. by Arthur Rackham. NY: Weathervane, [1977]. Fine in dust jacket with small chip at upper rear. $10.00.
128. Pyle, Howard. The Story of King Arthur and his Knights. NY: Scribner’s, 1904. Dark yellow cloth, spine and front cover lettered and decorated in gilt, red, and black. Light shelfwear, light soiling, small tear at head of spine, large pictorial bookplate of John Howard Whittemore on front pastedown, signature on ffep, shaken, hinges cracked, internally near fine. $30.00.
129. Pyle, Howard. The Story of King Arthur and his Knights. NY: Scribner’s, 1922. Dark yellow cloth, spine and front cover lettered and decorated in gilt, red, and black. Light soiling, edge-worn, spine very worn, shaken, hinges starting, gift inscription, name in pencil and ink stamp on ffep, frequent foxing and soiling. $15.00.
130. Pyle, Howard. The Story of King Arthur and his Knights. Brandywine Ed. [N.p.: Scribner’s, 1933.] Dark red cloth, lettered in gilt on spine and front cover, circular pictorial panel on front. Very light soiling and edgewear, spine sunned and gilt darkened, endpapers lightly toned, faint dampstain to fore-edge margins of several leaves, occasional light soiling, near fine. $50.00.
131. Pyle, Howard. The Story of Sir Launcelot and his Companions. NY: Scribner’s, 1907. Dark yellow cloth, spine and front cover lettered and decorated in gilt, red, and black. Light shelfwear, light soiling, small tear at head of spine, large pictorial bookplate of John Howard Whittemore on front pastedown, large portion of lower corner of ffep and flyleaf missing, signature on ffep, shaken, rear hinge cracked, internally near fine. $60.00.
132. Pyle, Howard. The Story of the Champions of the Round Table. NY: Scribner’s, 1926. Dark yellow cloth, spine and front cover lettered and decorated in gilt, red, and black. Light shelfwear, light soiling, large pictorial bookplate of John Howard Whittemore on front pastedown, near fine. $75.00.
133. Pyle, Howard. The Story of the Grail and the Passing of Arthur. NY: Scribner’s, 1910. Dark yellow cloth, spine and front cover lettered and decorated in gilt, red, and black. Light shelfwear, light soiling, large pictorial bookplate of John Howard Whittemore on front pastedown, name on flyleaf, shaken, hinges cracked, very good. $125.00.
134. Radford, Maude L. King Arthur and His Knights. Illus. by Walter J. Enright. Chicago, etc.: Rand, McNally, [1903]. Dark red cloth, spine lettered in gilt, lettering and large image of knight on front cover in gilt and black. Light wear to extremities, spine slightly faded, gilt bright, gift card tipped to ffep, occasional light soiling, a couple of pages creased in binding, near fine. $45.00.
135. Riordan, James. Tales of King Arthur. Illus. by Victor Ambrus. Chicago, etc.: Rand McNally, [1982]. Beautifully illustrated. Fine in lightly soiled unclipped dust jacket. $35.00.
136. Riordan, James. Tales of King Arthur. Illus. by Victor Ambrus. NY: Checkerboard, 1992. 5th prtg. Short wrinkle on front cover, else fine. $10.00.
137. Robinson, Edwin Arlington. Collected Poems: Merlin, Lancelot, Tristram. NY: Macmillan, 1927. Dark green cloth, spine and front cover stamped in gilt. Very light wear to extremities, else bright and fine. $15.00.
138. Robinson, Edwin Arlington. Tristram. NY: Literary Guild, 1927. 1st ed. [and] Van Doren, Mark. Edwin Arlington Robinson. NY: Literary Guild, 1927. Both volumes in light blue paper over boards with black cloth spine strip and corners, spines and front covers lettered in gilt. Light soiling and shelfwear, spines sunned with lettering faded, front cover gilt bright, small bookplate to ffeps, internally fine. For the pair, $30.00.
139. Robinson, Edwin Arlington. Tristram. NY: Macmillan, 1927. Later prtg. Red cloth. Spine faded, light wear, rear lower edge dented; internally fine. $5.00.
140. SOLD.
141. Scott, Walter. "The Bridal of Triermain." In The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott. Ed. by J. Logie Robertson. "Oxford Ed." London, etc.: Humphrey Milford, OUP, 1916. Brick cloth with titling in gold. Spine sunned and worn; internally very good. $5.00.
142. Scott, Walter. "The Bridal of Triermain." In The Romantic Poems. Illus. London, etc.: Nelson, 1905. Black leather, floral pattern and lettering in gilt on spine, a.e.g., marbled endpapers. Spine and edges worn, spine ends worn away, front hinge cracked, white endpapers lightly toned and spotted, placefinder detached but present, plates lightly spotted else internally fine. $10.00.
143. Seeger, Alan. Poems. NY: Scribner’s, 1925. Contains "Vivien," "Broceliande," and "Lyonesse." Dark brown cloth, spine and front cover lettered in gilt. Spine gilt vanished, light wear to extremities, hinges cracked, long tear in one page, rear pastedown roughened from something being removed internally very clean. $10.00.
144. Senior, Michael, ed. Tales of King Arthur. Illus. NY: Schocken, [1981]. 1st prtg. Fine in unclipped dust jacket with a couple of small chips. $20.00.

Stewart Tetralogy–As a Set, $80.00

145. Stewart, Mary. The Crystal Cave. NY: Morrow, 1970. 1st ed. Name on front pastedown; some discoloration to both pastedowns; slight spotting to page edges; dust jacket bubbled along edges. Near fine in very good unclipped dust jacket. $25.00.
146. Stewart, Mary. The Hollow Hills. NY: Morrow, 1973. 1st ed., 3rd prtg. Very light fading to extremities of covers; slight spotting to page edges. Near fine in near fine price-clipped dust jacket. $25.00.
147. Stewart, Mary. The Last Enchantment. NY: Morrow, 1979. 1st ed. Top edge dusty. Fine in fine unclipped dust jacket. $25.00.
148. Stewart, Mary. The Wicked Day. NY: Morrow, 1983. 1st ed. Fine in fine unclipped dust jacket. $25.00.
149. SOLD.
150. Swift, Jonathan. "A Famous Prediction of Merlin the British Wizard." In The Works of the Reverend Dr. Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick’s, Dublin. Containing Miscellanies in Prose. Dublin: Faulkner, 1772. Vol. 1 only of a multi-volume set. Contemporary calf with leather spine pieces. Worn, front board and first leaf detached but present, browning throughout, a nice reading copy. $10.00.
151. Swinburne, Algernon Charles. The Poems. NY & London: Harper, 1904. 6 vols. No. 115 of 149 sets, with name of person for whom this set was printed, signed "Harper Brothers" at colophon. Gray paper over boards, white cloth spine strips, printed label on spines. Soiled and worn, spines and labels browned, frequent soiling foxing and staining. $150.00.

A Shelf of Tennyson

152. Tennyson, Alfred. The Complete Works. Illus. NY: Worthington, 1880. Dark red cloth, spine and front cover elaborately stamped in gilt and black, front cover has a large vignette with white background, decorations in gilt and "Tennyson" in gilt on a green banner, back cover elaborately stamped in blind, a.e.g. Cover worn, rear cover stained, corners bumped, brown endpapers rubbed and worn, shaken, occasional light soiling. $10.00.
153. Tennyson. The Complete Works. Illus. NY: Worthington, 1882. Brown cloth with spine and front cover blind stamped with an elaborate floral pattern, gilt designs on spine and a large gilt panel on front, a.e.g. Light wear to corners and spine ends, endpapers lightly soiled, front hinge cracked through and frontispiece and tissue guard detached and torn but present, internally very clean. $10.00.
154. Tennyson. Enoch Arden. In Memoriam. Favorite Poems. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, [ca. 1876]. Contains several Arthurian poems. Numerous small illustrations throughout the text. Dark green cloth, gilt spine lettering, elaborately blind stamped front cover. Top edge dinged, ffep excised, former owner’s name and date (1876) in pencil on front flyleaf and rear pastedown. $10.00.
155. Tennyson. Gareth and Lynette. Illus. Boston: Osgood, 1872. Dark green pebbled cloth with lettering and designs in gilt on spine and front cover, vignette blind-stamped on rear cover. Slightly darkened and worn at edges, front hinge cracked, pencil scribble on ffep, name and address on flyleaf, foxing throughout. $20.00.
156. Tennyson. Gareth and Lynette. Illus. Boston: Osgood, 1872. Maroon pebbled cloth with lettering and designs in gilt on spine and front cover, vignette blind-stamped on rear cover. Extremities worn, spine slightly faded, endpapers soiled, name on flyleaf, occasional light foxing. $15.00.
157. Tennyson. Gems from Tennyson. Illus. by Hammat Billings. Philadelphia, etc.: Winston, [1888]. Contains excerpts from several of his Arthurian poems. White cloth with titling and holly design stamped in gilt, red and green on front cover, dark green spine strip. Covers very lightly soiled, corners and spine ends very lightly worn, else fine. $25.00.
158. Tennyson. Gems from Tennyson. Illus. NY: Cupples & Leon, n.d. White covers with chromolithograph of a castle in red and gold and title in gold on front cover. A thin volume of snippets from Tennyson’s poems, including a number of Arthurian verses, illustrated throughout with chromolithographs. Text pages have a floral border in pale gray-green. Very light scuffing and staining to cover (mostly on the rear), inscription on ffep partially erased, internally fine. $8.00.
159. Tennyson. The Holy Grail, and Other Poems. London: Strahan, 1870. Dark green cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Lightly soiled and worn, spine spotted and splitting along edges, name and address on flyleaf, a nice scene of knights being blessed and labeled, in red, "The Quest of the Holy Grail" clipped from some other source has been neatly laid down on the blank page opposite the opening of "The Holy Grail," else internally about fine. $25.00.
160. Tennyson. Idyls of the King. Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1859. Dark brown cloth with title in gilt on spine, covers blind-stamped with floral pattern. Extremities well worn, name in pencil on ffep, rubbings of 3 coins (?) on free endpapers, scattered foxing and spotting. $15.00.
161. Tennyson. Idylls of the King. Illus. NY & Boston: Crowell, 1885, 1892. Light blue cloth with white cloth spine; spine and front cover elaborately gilt; flower patterned endpapers; t.e.g. Corners bumped, covers slightly spotted, two small red streaks on front upper right; hinges weak, ffep and frontis. detached but present, internally near fine. [and] The Princess, Maud, and Other Poems. NY & Boston: Crowell, 1891. Light blue cloth with white cloth spine; spine and front cover elaborately gilt; flower patterned endpapers; t.e.g. Light soiling, binding tight, internally near fine. A matched pair from The Works. $20.00.
162. Tennyson. Idylls of the King. Illus. by Robert Ball. NY: Heritage, [1939]. Dark blue cloth with gilt titling and design on spine. Front pastedown wrinkled at corner, otherwise fine in lightly worn dust jacket. $15.00.
163. Tennyson. Idylls of the King. Illus. by Robert Ball. NY: Heritage, [1939]. Dark blue cloth with gilt titling and design on spine. Very light edgewear, spine slightly darkened, lacking dust jacket, internally fine. $10.00.
164. Tennyson. Idylls of the King. Illus. by Robert Ball. NY: Heritage, [1967]. Red cloth, gilt titling and design in black panel on spine, gilt design in black panel on front cover. Fine in near fine slipcase with newsletter laid in. $10.00.
165. Tennyson. The Last Tournament. Illus. Boston: Osgood, 1872. Maroon cloth, title and design in gilt on spine and front cover, front cover design repeated in blind on rear cover. Light wear to extremities, spine slightly faded, gilt bright, light foxing to first few leaves, slight offsetting from illustrations, otherwise near fine. $35.00.
166. SOLD.
167. Tennyson. The Last Tournament. Illus. Boston: Osgood, 1872. Brick cloth, title and design in gilt on spine and front cover. Light wear and soiling to cover, scattered foxing, one page detached but present, slightly shaken. $20.00.
168. Tennyson. The Poetical Works. NY: Manhattan Printing & Publishing, 1878. Complete Ed. Numerous illustrations by Doré, Hunt, Millais, et al. Brick cloth, spine and front cover blocked in black and gilt, a.e.g. Spine faded, worn at ends, and splitting along edges, corners rounded and bent, slightly shaken, internally near fine. $10.00.
169. Tennyson. The Poetical Works. NY & Boston: Crowell, [1897]. Frontis. of Tennyson opposite a nice arts & crafts style title page. Olive green cloth, spine and front cover elaborately stamped with a floral pattern in dark green and yellow and gilt lettering. Spine slightly darkened, very light soiling and wear at edges, stain to front pastedown and ffep from pressed flower no long present, hinges cracked, first few pages detaching, placefinder detached but present with darkening to paper at gutter where it’s been for lo! these many years, internally near fine. $10.00.
170. Tennyson. Poetical Works. London: Macmillan, 1899. Brick cloth with white cloth spine, t.e.g. The front cover has a very nice art nouveau floral design in gilt over a white panel with "Tennyson" in gilt; the spine is ruled and lettered in gilt. The endpapers are a nice blue floral pattern with a wild gold marbled pattern over that–very striking. Spine very lightly soiled with a small shallow dent, a couple of small stains at edges of front cover, endpapers lightly browned, Xmas inscription dated 1899 on ffep, internally fine. Really a very attractive book. $15.00.
171. Tennyson. The Princess, Maud, and Other Poems. NY: Crowell, n.d. Light green cloth with printed pattern of evergreen cones, spine and front cover lettered in brown. Very light edgewear, gift inscription on ffep, else fine. $15.00.
172. [Tennyson] Levi, Peter. Tennyson. NY: Scribner’s, [1993]. 1st prtg. Fine in fine dust jacket. $12.00.
173. [Tennyson] Nicolson, Harold. Tennyson: Aspects of His Life, Character and Poetry. Boston & NY: Houghton Mifflin, 1923. Dark green rough cloth with paper spine label, printed dust jacket. Just a smidgen of very light wear at corners and spine ends, page edges lightly spotted, else fine in worn dust jacket. $15.00.
174. [Tennyson] Pfordresher, John. A Variorum Edition of Tennyson’s ‘Idylls of the King’. NY & London: Columbia, 1973. Fine. $25.00.
175. [Tennyson] Thorn, Michael. Tennyson. NY: St. Martins, [1992]. 1st US prtg. Fine in fine dust jacket. $10.00.

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176. Turner, Nancy Byrd. "Not Avalon in April." In Star in a Well. NY: Dodd, Mead, 1935. Mustard cloth, black spine strip. Lettering faded from spine, cloth very lightly soiled, else fine. $5.00.
177. SOLD.
178. SOLD.
179. Webster, K. G. T., and W. A. Neilson. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight; Piers the Ploughman. Boston, etc.: Houghton Mifflin, [1916, 1917]. Riverside College Classics. Red cloth, lettering and floral design in gilt on spine, small vignette in blind on front cover. Very light edgewear and soiling, name and address on front pastedown, small erasure on ffep, internally fine. $10.00.
180. Wilson, T. Howard. The Quest Everlasting: Launcelot and Guinevere Cycle. Los Angeles: House-Warven, [1950]. Limited ed. (limitation not stated). White cloth, front cover lettered in gilt. Lightly soiled, a touch of wear at spine ends, gilt bright, slight toning to page edges, else fine. $20.00.
181. SOLD.
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185. SOLD.
186. SOLD.
187. Young, Waldemar. Birds of Rhiannon, a Grove Play. San Francisco: Bohemian Club, 1930. Limited to 1500 copies. Characters include Dagonet and Taliessin. Previous owner’s name on ffep; top edge a little dusty; small discoloration at upper corner of rear cover, else fine. $20.00.

Related Books

188. The Age of Chivalry [and] The Renaissance, Maker of Modern Man. N.p.: National Geographic, [1969, 1970]. Both volumes together in original slipcase. Name in ink on verso of each ffep, else fine in very lightly worn djs and lightly shelfworn slipcase. $30.00.
189. Balfour, Michael. Stonehenge and Its Mysteries. NY: Scribner’s, 1980. 1st US ed. Fine in slightly torn and chipped dust jacket. $15.00.
190. Barber, Richard, and Juliet Barker. Tournaments: Jousts, Chivalry and Pageants in the Middle Ages. NY: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, [1989]. 1st American ed. Fine in fine unclipped dust jacket. $20.00.
191. Beer, Rüdiger Robert. Unicorn: Myth and Reality. Trans. by Charles M. Stern. NY: Mason/Charter, 1977. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. $15.00.
192. The Book of the Order of the Fellowship of The Knights of the Round Table of King Arthur. Tintagel: n.p., [?ca.1938]. Red cloth, spine and front cover lettered in gilt, image of sword and grail stamped in gilt on front. Worn and soiled, spine darkened, gift inscription dated 1938 on ffep, first and last few leaves foxed, light toning throughout, occasional light soiling and foxing, text block cracked in a couple of places but binding still tight. $25.00.
193. A Book of Unicorns. La Jolla: Star & Elephant (Green Tiger), [1978]. Large softcover with beautiful full-color plates tipped-in. Very light edgewear, a few small spots to verso of front cover; near fine. $15.00.
194. Bradley, Josephine. In Pursuit of the Unicorn. [Corte Madera: Pomegranate, 1980]. Large softcover, profusely illustrated with images used on Pomegranate calendars. Very light sunning along spine, a few spots, else fine. $15.00.
195. SOLD.
196. SOLD.
197. Cavaliero, Glen. Charles Williams: Poet of Theology. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, [1983]. 1st American ed. Sticker removed from ffep, otherwise fine in near fine dust jacket. $15.00.
198. Cavendish, Richard. King Arthur & the Grail: The Arthurian Legends and their Meaning. NY: Taplinger, [1985]. 1st paperback ed. Covers lightly soiled, something on first leaf blotted out with felt marker, with bleed-through just touching title page, else internally fine. $5.00.
199. Chippindale, Christopher. Stonehenge Complete. [London]: Thames & Hudson, 1985. Softcover. Small waterstain on rear cover affecting only a couple of internal pages, near fine. $15.00.
200. Chronique: The Journal of Chivalry. No. 15, "Fighting Techniques." Mountain View: Brian R. Price, 1997. Fine. $5.00.
201. Currer-Briggs, Noel. The Shroud and the Grail: A Modern Quest for the True Grail. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1987. Comes with a holographic bookmark of the face of Jesus superimposed on the Shroud of Turin. The eyes follow you . . . . Slight browning around page edges, else fine in fine dust jacket. $15.00.
202. Field, P. J. C. The Life and Times of Sir Thomas Malory. Arthurian Studies XXIX. [Cambridge]: Brewer, [1993]. Fine in near fine dust jacket. $25.00.
203. Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles. A Complete Guide to Heraldry. Illus. by Graham Johnston. NY: Bonanza, [1978]. Reprint ed. Edges spotted, else fine in lightly soiled and worn dust jacket. $20.00.
204. Gardner, John. The Life and Times of Chaucer. NY: Knopf, 1977. 4th prtg. Fine in near fine dust jacket (piece of clear laminate missing at front top). $12.00.
205. Girouard, Mark. The Return to Camelot: Chivalry and the English Gentleman. New Haven & London: Yale, 1981. Fine in fine dust jacket. $25.00.
206. Godwin, Malcolm. The Holy Grail: Its Origins, Secrets, & Meaning Revealed. [NY]: Viking, [1994]. 1st American ed., 1st prtg. Remainder mark on bottom edge, else fine in fine unclipped dust jacket. $15.00.
207. Hathaway, Nancy. The Unicorn. NY: Viking, [1980]. Fine in fine unclipped dust jacket. $20.00.
208. SOLD.
209. Hiss, Hanson. "The Knights of the Lance in the South." From Outing Magazine, January, 1898. Comprising pages 338-341 (loose) from this magazine, with photographic images of a tourney. $5.00.
210. SOLD.
211. Lewis, C. S. The Allegory of Love: A Study in Medieval Tradition. London: Oxford, [1958]. Paperback reprint. Cover worn; student’s copy, some writing and underlining, otherwise good. $4.00.
212. Lull, Ramon. The Book of Knighthood and Chivalry (13th C.). Trans. from the French by William Caxton (1484); trans. from Old English [sic] by Brian Price (1994). A special ed. monograph by Chronique: The Journal of Chivalry. Mountain View: Brian R. Price, 1995. Fine. $15.00.
213. SOLD.
214. SOLD.
215. SOLD.
216. SOLD.
217. SOLD.
218. Martorell, Joanot, and Martí Joan de Galba. Tirant lo Blanc. Trans. and foreword by David H. Rosenthal. NY: Shocken, 1984. 1st prtg. Fine in fine dust jacket. $15.00.
219. Munn, H. Warner. The Book of Munn, or, "A Recipe for Roast Camel." [Sacramento]: Outré House, [1979]. 1st prtg. One of 500 copies. Fine in fine dust jacket. $40.00.
220. Owen, D. D. R. The Legend of Roland, a Pageant of the Middle Ages. [London]: Phaidon, 1973. Fine in near fine jacket. $25.00.
221. Phelan, Laurel. Guinevere: The True Story of One Woman’s Quest for Her Past Life Identity and the Healing of the Eternal Soul. NY, etc.: Pocket Books, [1996.] 1st paperback prtg. Fine, with press release laid in. $5.00.
222. SOLD.
223. Price, Brian R. The Book of the Tournament. [Mountain View: Chicago Spectrum, 1991]. Red leatherette with title stamped in gold on front and spine. Drawn from several 13th—15th century sources. Fine. $10.00.
224. Ravenscroft, Trevor. The Cup of Destiny: The Quest for the Grail. York Beach: Weiser, 1988. Softcover. Light shelfwear; sticker removed from title page; otherwise near fine. $5.00.
225. Shepard, Odell. The Lore of the Unicorn. Boston, etc.: Allen & Unwin, 1978. 3rd impression. Fine in fine dust jacket. $20.00.
226. Staring, Cordelia Stanchfield. The Mystic Meaning of the Grail Legend, as the Drama of the Soul. [Minneapolis: Colwell Press for the Author, ca.1923]. Photograph of author in photographer’s stiff paper wrapper laid in, as are 3 manuscript leaves apparently in the author’s hand, of notes relating to the book. Dark blue cloth, spine and front cover lettered in gilt, mystic design in gilt and red on front. Very light shelfwear, feps very lightly soiled with a few spots, long presentation from the author dated March 15, 1923 on fep, small spot at top edge of first 6 leaves, else fine and bright. $300.00.
227. SOLD.
228. Stewart, Bob. Where Is Saint George? Pagan Imagery in English Folksong. [Bradford-on-Avon]: Moonraker, 1977. Fine in fine dust jacket. $20.00.
229. Tremayne, Peter. My Lady of Hy Brasil. Illus. by Duncan Eagleson. West Kingston: Grant, [1987]. One of 800 copies, signed by author and illustrator. Fine in fine dust jacket. $30.00.
230. Vess, Charles. The Book of Ballads and Sagas. Nos. 1-3. Bristol: Green Man, n.d. Softcover. Ancient ballads and modern stories and essays, illustrated in the style of underground comix. Fine. $10.00.
231. Williamson, John. The Oak King, the Holly King, and the Unicorn: The Myths and Symbolism of the Unicorn Tapestries. NY: Harper & Row, [1986]. Softcover. Fine. $10.00.

Videos (all have at least some Arthurian content)

232. SOLD.
233. Camelot. 30th Anniversary Remastered Version. Warner Bros. 15029. 2 cassettes in box; 180 min. plus 47 min. Still in shrinkwrap. $25.00.
234. SOLD.
235. Dragonheart. MCA Universal 82826. 1 cassette in box; 1 hr. 43 min. Like new. $10.00.
236. SOLD.
237. SOLD.
238. SOLD.
239. SOLD.
240. A Kid in King Arthur’s Court. Disney 5938. 1 cassette in clamshell; 90 min. Like new. $10.00.
241. SOLD.
242. SOLD.
243. SOLD.
244. SOLD.
245. SOLD.
246. SOLD.
247. SOLD.
248. SOLD.
249. SOLD.
250. SOLD.
251. SOLD.
252. SOLD.
253. Sword of Lancelot. MCA Universal 80077. 1 cassette in box; 1 hr. 55 min. Like new. $10.00.
254. SOLD.
255. Tom Thumb. Retold and illustrated by Richard Jesse Watson. Narrated by Dom DeLuise. 1 cassette in clamshell; 30 min. 1991. Ex-video store, clamshell worn. $5.00.
256. Unidentified Flying Oddball. Disney. 1 cassette in box; 92 min. N.d. Ex-video store. $8.00.
257. SOLD.
258. A Young Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court. Cabin Fever CF-153. 1 cassette in box; approx. 95 min. Like new. $10.00.

Miscellaneous

259. Arthurian Legend: Royal Mail First Day Cover. 1985. Envelope with four stamps (Scott 1115-1118) depicting persons from the legend. Unopened, with information card inside envelope. Fine. $6.00.
260. Crawford, Michael. EFX Original Cast Album. Merlin cuts loose in Las Vegas. CD, Atlantic 82724-2. Like new in jewel case. $8.00.
261. King Arthur playing cards; for whist, bridge, rummy, canasta. Vienna: Piatnik, 1975, 1980. Fine in slightly scuffed box, with booklet. $25.00.
262. The Legends of King Arthur. 1985. Black leatherette portfolio with gilt design on front. 14 x 11. Contains the four Arthurian legend stamps, with a large color illustration of King Arthur dubbing a young knight, as well as a photograph of Anne Yvonne Gilbert, who designed the stamps, and brief explanatory text about the artist and the stamps. Fine. $25.00.
263. Lancelot and Guinevere. Dell comic no. 12-416-310, 1963. Based on the movie, but a lot shorter. Cover lightly rubbed with a few wrinkle lines, internally fine. $5.00.
264. McCain, Edwin. "Guinevere." In Honor Among Thieves. CD, Lava 92597-2. Like new in jewel case. $8.00.
265. Merlins Energysource 98. Carbonated soft drink. Los Angeles, House of Merlin, Inc. Unopened and untasted; nutrition facts available on request. $5.00.
266. Pyne, Francis Loring. "King Arthur and the Round Table." The Mentor, Vol. 6, no. 21, December 16, 1918. 6 photographic plates of various Arthurian subjects with accompanying text. The text block has been pulled loose from the cover, which is split along the spine crease. The last page of the text is torn and detached, but present. Otherwise surprisingly clean and bright. $8.00.
267. "Quondam et Futurus" men’s wristwatch, as seen in Arthuriana. Unworn, but needs new battery. $20.00.
268. Sir Lancelot. Dell comic no. 606, 1954. Slight edgewear, else near fine. $5.00.
269. T-shirt. The Many Realms of King Arthur: A Traveling Exhibition to America’s Libraries 1994-1996. Illustration after Aubrey Beardsley. ALA & The Newberry Library. White, XL, 100% cotton. Like new, freshly laundered. $10.00.

Bargain Basement

270. Allen, Philip Schuyler. King Arthur and His Knights: A Noble and Joyous History. Illus. by Mead Schaeffer and John R. Neill. Chicago & NY: Rand McNally, [1927]. Dark blue cloth with color plate on front cover, title in gilt on spine and front. Worn and scuffed, shaken, card pocket on front pastedown, gift inscription on flyleaf, light waterstain and wrinkling at bottom margin throughout, occasional marginal tears. $5.00.
271. Beowulf and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Poems of Two Great Eras with Certain Contemporary Pieces. Gordon Hall Gerould, trans. NY: Ronald, 1935. Annotations throughout text and on dust jacket. $5.00.
272. The Death of King Arthur. Trans. with an introduction by James Cable. N.p.: Penguin, [1986]. Paperback. Light shelfwear, else fine. $4.00.
273. Frith, Henry. King Arthur and His Knights. Illus. by Henry C. Pitz. Garden City: Junior Deluxe Editions, [1955]. White cover with images in blue and red spine strip. Cover lightly soiled and worn; internally very good. $4.00.
274. Gottfried von Strassburg. Tristan, with the surviving fragments of the Tristran of Thomas. Intro. by A. T. Hatto. Baltimore: Penguin, [1965]. Paperback. Cover worn, title page detaching, else internally fine. $3.00.
275. Green, Roger Lancelyn. King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table. Illus. by Lotte Reiniger. A Puffin Story Book. N.p.: Penguin, [1963]. Paperback. Light wear to covers, faint dampstain to lower front cover, inside rear cover spotted, browned throughout. Beautifully illustrated. $5.00.
276. Green, Roger Lancelyn. King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table. Illus. by Lotte Reiniger. Puffin Books. N.p.: Penguin, [1963]. 29th prtg. Paperback. Covers lightly soiled, else fine. Beautifully illustrated. $5.00.
277. SOLD.
278. King Arthur and His Knights. Chicago: Goldsmith, n.d. "Red Star Classics." Pictorial dust jacket signed "Gretta." Dust jacket in decent condition, but the book is printed on really bad acidic paper–browned throughout. $5.00.
279. Lowe, Samuel E. In the Court of King Arthur. Illus. by Neil O’Keeffe. Racine: Whitman, [1918]. Dark brown paper with "leather" pattern over boards, spine lettered in gilt, pictorial endpapers; pictorial dust jacket. Very light wear to extremities, browned throughout, 3 small, short wormholes to edges of a few leaves, rear hinge starting; jacket worn, soiled and chipped, with a few small pieces missing. $8.00.
280. Lowe, Samuel E. In the Court of King Arthur. Illus. by Neil O’Keeffe. Racine: Whitman, [1918].Purple cloth with gilt spine lettering. Faded, back cover stained and spotted, browned throughout. $5.00.
281. SOLD.
282. McLeod, Mary. King Arthur and his Knights. Illus. by Alexander Dobkin. NY: Parents’ Institute, [1950]. "Classics to Grow On." Brick cloth with black spine strip, gilt spine lettering, front cover lettered in black with nice vignette of two knights jousting stamped in black and gilt. Light edgewear, corners bumped, 3 white spots on front cover, small label on front pastedown with name inked through, ffep removed, browned throughout. $5.00.
283. Marquis, Don. Sonnets to a Red-Haired Lady (By a Gentleman with a Blue Beard) and Famous Love Affairs. Drawings by Stuart Hay. Garden City: Doubleday, Page, 1922. Contains "Tristram and Isolt" and "Lancelot and Guinevere." Cover detached but present; internally clean and tight. $3.00.
284. Nicolson, J. U. King of the Black Isles. Chicago: Covici-McGee, 1924. 5th prtg. Contains 6 poems with Arthurian references. Blue paper over boards, black cloth spine strip with paper label on spine and front cover. Sunned and edgeworn, gift inscription on ffep, light toning, occasional chips and tears at margins, else internally very good. $5.00.
285. Painter, Sidney. French Chivalry: Chivalric Ideas and Practices in Mediaeval France. Ithaca: Cornell, [1967]. Paperback. Covers worn, name on inside front cover, some underlining, else internally fine. $3.00.
286. Radford, Maude L. King Arthur and His Knights. Illus. by Walter J. Enright. Chicago, etc.: Rand, McNally, [1905]. Red cloth with lettering in gilt and designs stamped in black on spine and front cover. Worn, internally very good. $5.00.
287. The Song of Roland. Trans. by Dorothy L. Sayers. N.p.: Penguin, [1967]. Paperback. Worn. $1.00.
288. Swinburne, Algernon Charles. Tristram of Lyonesse and Other Poems. London: Chatto & Windus, 1892. 4th ed. Dark green cloth, lettering and floral design in gilt on spine. Covers bubbled, spine ends worn away, hinges cracked through, occasional soiling, stain in bottom margin affecting about a third of the pages. $3.00.
289. SOLD.
290. Tennyson, Alfred. Idylls of the King, in Twelve Books. Ed. by William J. Rolfe. Boston & NY: Houghton, Mifflin, 1896. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Ex-library, with stamps, etc. Cover detaching; internally very good. $5.00.
291. Tennyson. Idylls of the King. Illus. NY: Crowell, [1901]. Brown suede cover with titling and vignette in dark brown on front cover. Nice frontispiece illustration opposite an arts & crafts style title page. Binding poor and badly chipped at edges, detaching from text block, suffering from red rot, endpapers soiled, internally unopened and thus saved from the ravages of time, near fine. $7.00.
292. SOLD.

Addenda

293. Baigent, Michael, Richard Leigh, and Henry Lincoln. Holy Blood, Holy Grail. NY: Delacorte, [1982]. 3rd US printing. Fine in fine unclipped dust jacket. $10.00.
294. SOLD.
295. SOLD.
296. SOLD.
297. SOLD.
298. Hogarth, Burne. King Arthur Portfolio. Vol. 2. Carmel Valley: Richard Pryor, 1983. 6 prints in portfolio. Plate One numbered 762 of 1500 and signed by Hogarth. Fine. $30.00.
299. Hogarth, Burne. King Arthur Portfolio. Vol. 2. Carmel Valley: Richard Pryor, 1983. 6 prints in portfolio. Plate One numbered 1430 of 1500, but not signed. Fine. $20.00.
300. SOLD.
301. SOLD.
302. Mythlore: A Journal of J. R. R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, and Charles Williams Studies. No. 18, Autumn 1978 (Vol. 5, no. 2). Cover illus. by A. Harper. Contains "The Quest," with Arthurian references. Softcover. Light wear, covers lightly spotted, brown marginal stain on front, internally fine. $15.00.
303. [Tennyson] "Lancelot and Elaine." Full page print with printed tissue guard, removed from a book. Gutter edge ragged, else near fine. $5.00.
304. [Tennyson] "Tennyson in His Library." Woodcut print, removed from a book. Gutter edge ragged, very light foxing in margins, else near fine. $5.00.

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