LE MORTE DARTHUR BEARDSLEY MALORY 1893-4 VELLUM V.RARE Start Price GBP 3,850.00 Current Price GBP 3,850.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Thursday, September 04, 2008 End Time Sunday, September 14, 2008 Location United Kingdom See more about 'LE MORTE DARTHUR BEARDSLEY MALORY 1893-4 VELLUM V.RARE' Description Below is another superb find. Another version of Le Morte D'Arthur, you can see we have quite a few editions of this must-have classic. Le Morte D'Arthur is one of our very very best loved favourites  - I hope you enjoy it. Hence we have quite a few different editions of this work. This romance particularly stunning when illuminated by the unique vision of artists like Aubrey Beardsley, Arthur Rackham, William Russell Flint - this version, below, is by Beardsley. This set is very rare edition of Beardsley's Le Morte D'Arthur indeed. Well, enjoy! Book: Le Morte D'Arthur, Thomas Malory. This edition is fantastically illustrated by Aubrey Beardsley and beautifully published by Dent and Co., in London, 1893. This set is one the LIMITED FIRST EDITION of1500 copies and 300 on Dutch paper, issued as 2 volumes. Exceedingly rare in PUBLISHER'S ORIGINAL ELABORATELY GILT-STAMPED VELLUM, which was generally reserved for the special copies on Dutch Paper, but a few copies on hand-made paper were bound in vellum also by special request and arrangement with the publishers. ( This information from my research...). Text printed on thick hand-made Arches or Fabriano type paper. Absolutely profusely illustrated with drawings and vignettes, and decorations in the text. Beautiful photogravure frontis in each volume, pubilshers' original green wrappers bound in. Beardsley's supreme effort, an Opus Magnum!!! Truly a pleasure to behold - this exceedingly rare vellum bound set of Beardsley's Le Morte D'Arthur would make a fantastic, thrilling, treasured gift.  Book condition: Externally and internally VERY NR FINE. Volume I contains an elegant beautiful bookplate on front pastedown. Slight darkening and slight rubbing of gilt on vellum. Slight tarnishing of gilt. Slight darkening of free endpapers due to age of over 100 years. Slight aging of papers - all commensurate with age. Some transferring of deep black inks to adjacent pages, as is typical with books printed on handmade porous papers. No other issues. A most carefully kept heirloom set with minor shelf wear only. Binding sound and tight. Not shaken. Corners not bumped. No detracting issues of note whatsoever, no irregularities - as issued by publishers over a century ago excepting the addition of the beautiful and elegant bookplate, which is photographed. A beautiful set certain to please the generations to come. Good luck and enjoy your win! SHIPPING: We are happy to ship worldwide and to combine shipping on multiple purchases. All of our items are carefully packaged, insured and appropriately labelled. We ship worldwide at cost by Parcelforce  International, Recorded mail, DHL, FedEX . We use the method most appropriate for weight/value/date needed at destination by agreement with the high bidder. WITHIN UK (SPECIAL DELIVERY, online tracking and signature, well packed) : FREE.   United States, Europe, Canada, Japan, Hong Kong, China, Australia, other destinations, we will ship AT COST BY TRACKABLE RECORDED SIGNED-FOR COURIER, SUCH AS FEDEX, DHL, PARCELFORCE  or by RELIABLE AND TRACKABLE methods stated above as agreed with the high bidder. CONDITIONS OF SALE for this book: By bidding on this book, you are agreeing to the following terms and conditions: WE NORMALLY ACCEPT PAYPAL IN FULL AT ONCE, HOWEVER DUE TO PAYPAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS WE CAN ONLY ACCEPT £1000 BY PAYPAL ON ANY DAY AND HENCE WOULD REQUEST TO REMIT THE TOTAL IN PARTS OVER A FEW DAYS RATHER THAN ALL AT ONCE Alternatively, we are happy to accept a check in UK£ sterling or Euro checks to our address in England ( please note though Euro checks can take up to 28 days to clear depending on the bank drawn by our Natwest in UK), or the equivalent in sterling by CDN$ or US$ checks to our address in Canada, Chaps or direct bank-to-bank transfer. My apologies for the inconvenience, this is due to the terms of Paypal account, which is protected against online fraud to £1000 only. We will pay the postage by courier anywhere in the world, and insurance. We have endeavoured to describe and photograph the books to the best of our ability. The book is sold as-is and is a final sale. We do describe all our books carefully as our feedback shows, however, please review the photos and description and please contact us if any questions arise which are not covered by description and many images. Please do bear in mind, the book is 100 years old, and as such there may be small soiling, signs of wear and usage commensurate with age other than those stated, as with any antique object. I have tried to cover anything that I saw during my inspection in great detail, however, am more than happy to answer any questions and to provide any additional photos of any specific pages if you wish - or of any other part of the binding -  if you wish to draw something to my attention - prior to auction end. A remarkable and valuable Le Morte D'Arthur, carefully kept and certain to please, a heirloom set of volumes - good luck! Place a Bid!