Mallory, Sir Thomas - Aubrey Beardsley

The Birth, Life and Acts of King Arthur, of His Noble Knights of the Round table... London, J.M. Dent, 1893-1894

3 volumes bound in two, 4to (9 1/4 x 7 1/2 in.; 240 x 190 mm); publisher's device designed by Beardsley, 2 etched frontispieces, 18 plates including 5 double-page, 3 headpieces, 22 borders, numerous initials printed in black ink, numerous vignettes and infill ornaments, colophon; complete with the 12 front wrappers for each part, bound at the end of the volumes; usual offsetting from plates, borders, and occasionally vignettes, occasional tears; Contemporary purple half-morocco, gilt and blind tooled on the back. Good condition.

The Artist and the Book, 16; G, Ray, The illustrator and the book in England from 1790 to 1914, 314

usual offsetting from plates, borders, and occasionally vignettes, occasional tears; Contemporary purple half-morocco, gilt and blind tooled on the back. Good condition.
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First edition, ordinary issue. Published when Beardsley was only 21 years old, "the Morte d'Arthur brought him instant recognition ant the artistic leadership of a decade often known as the 'Beardsley period.'"