[Rarebooks] FS: THE STORY OF KING ARTHUR Illustrated with wood engravings and SIGNED by Robet Gibbings

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MALORY, Sir Thomas. LE MORTE D'ARTHUR. THE STORY OF KING ARTHUR & OF HIS 
NOBLE KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE. New York: Limited Editions Club, 1936. 
Three tall quarto (7-3/4" x 12-3/4") volumes bound in half blue linen 
and armorial-decorated boards. Illustrated with handsome wood engravings 
by master engraver Robert Gibbings who also designed the book. Preface 
of William Caxton. Edited, with spelling and punctuation modernised, by 
A. W. Pollard. Printed at the Golden Cockerel Press. Of a total edition 
of 1500 copies SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page, this is one of 
only 15 Presentation Copies with the publisher's blindstamp attesting to 
such on the colophon page where the printed number "15" is struck 
through and the initials "G.M." are handwritten. Acquired directly from 
the publisher's files, and most likely the publisher George Macy's very 
own copy. One of the finest productions of the press. Very mild sunning 
to the spines. About Fine in a Near Fine slipcase. (#016334)        $600.00

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