Le Morte Darthur

Overview:

  • Title: Le Morte Darthur
  • Author: Sir Thomas Malory
  • Year: 1927
  • Publisher: E. P. Dutton
  • Pages: 538
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Type: Novel
  • Title Reference: Le Morte Darthur
  • Notes:
    • US release of the J. M. Dent 3rd Beardsley edition.
    • Limited edition of 1600 copies.
    • Illustrated with 20 full page plates, including 2 from etchings and 18 from woodcuts (five double-page) by Beardsley with tissue-guards, plus approx. 280 woodcut chapter headers, initials, borders and ornaments throughout the text. Third Beardsley edition, and the first to include all 11 designs omitted from the first edition.
    • Data from PBA Galleries here and here.