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Synopsis
The greatest English version of the stories of King Arthur, Le Morte D'Arthur was completed in 1469-70 by Sir Thomas Malory, "knight prisoner." This edition is the first designed for the general reader to be based on the "Winchester manuscript" which represents what Malory wrote more closely than the version printed by William Caxton. Extensively annotated, this edition is highly user-friendly.
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From the Author
There has been humour, heartbreak, and breathtaking visions, and the continuous excitement of trying to capture the beauty of Malory's scenes in watercolour. In the quietest moments, I liked to imagine ghosts roosting in my studio - from distant figures who may have existed and inspired the legend, to the storytellers, artists, and their creations that have served it. There are rewards in such good company and I feel most privileged to have contributed to a tradition so close to my heart, and served a world of such beauty.....beauty with a serrated edge. Anna Marie Ferguson
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The legends of King Arthur and his knights of the Round Table have inspired some of the greatest works of literature--from Cervantes's Don Quixote to Tennyson's Idylls of the King. Although many versions exist, Malory's stands as the classic rendition. Malory wrote the book while in Newgate Prison during the last three years of his life; it was published some fourteen years later, in 1485, by William Caxton. The tales, steeped in the magic of Merlin, the powerful cords of the chivalric code, and the age-old dramas of love and death, resound across the centuries.
The stories of King Arthur, Lancelot, Queen Guenever, and Tristram and Isolde seem astonishingly moving and modern. Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur endures and inspires because it embodies mankind's deepest yearnings for brotherhood and community, a love worth dying for, and valor, honor, and chivalry.
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Le Morte Darthur
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 2nd Edition. Dust jacket is in Near Fine condition being lightly bumped at the top and bottom of the spine. Top page edged are gilt. Pages are clean with no marks. Large book is a slip case that may require additional postage due to weight.Slip case is chipped around the edges. Seller Inventory # 016553
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Le Morte Darthur. The Birth and Life and Acts of King Arthur of his noble knights of the round table
Seller: Walden Antiquarian Books, Signal Mtn, TN, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Facsimile 2nd Edition. Black cloth with gilt embossing in good DJ. Over 1000 reproduced drawings within. Slight wear to edges of book/DJ. Large heavy book. International shipping will require extra charges. 13" x 11.5". Seller Inventory # 110625001
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Le Morte Darthur: The Birth Life and Acts of King Arthur.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Beardsley, Aubrey (illustrator). First Thus. Book is square and solidm w2ith illustrated boards. Slight wear at head and foot of spine and at corner tips of boards. .Previous ownewr's bookplate affixed to front endpaper. Facsmilie ediition of JM Dent 1909 with Beardsley illos. DJ is very clean with only minor creasing along upper panel egdes. There is evidence of a removed sticker at the top right corner of the front panel and a few scrtaches on the gilt design. Slipcase is solid, but has a few worn mark along opening edges and at corners of spine. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Facsimile. Seller Inventory # 125741
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