ASHENDENE PRESS.
MALORY, THOMAS. Le Morte Darthur. Chelsea: Printed by John Hornby at the Ashendene Press, May, 1913.
Folio. Printed in black, red and blue. Illustrated throughout without by W.H. Hooper and J.B. Swain after drawings of Charles M. Gere and Margaret Gere. Original brown morocco, spine gilt-lettered, turn-ins gilt-ruled, deckle edges preserved. Custom chemise and brown quarter morocco slipcase. Very few spots to endpapers and to deckle edges, light rubbing to extremities; about fine.
Provenance: Wyndham Ivor Radcliffe (bookplate); Hamill (bookplate).
ONE OF 145 COPIES. The text follows the edition of William Caxton. Hornby 26.
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