Morte d'Arthur Portfolio. Reproductions of Eleven Designs Omitted from the First Edition of Le Morte Darthur; Illustrated by Aubrey Beardsley and published in MDCCCXCIII, Also Those Made for the Covers of the Issue in Parts and a Facsimile Print of the Merlin Drawings

Beardsley, Aubrey

Published by Turnbull and Spears / J. M. Dent & Sons, Edinburgh / London, 1927

About this Item

25 x 20 cm. 41, [4] pp. No. 197 of 300 copies. This volume has been extra-illustrated with 17 full-page highly-erotic (explicit) pencil illustrations by J. Martin Pitts. The extra illustrations are lithographed on the versos of the Beardsley leaves. Bound with original brown cloth, spine lettered in gold, cream-colored vellum-backed front and back covers, front cover bearing gold Beardsley design. Vellum covers, upper and lower covers bowed outwards, overall very good condition. (43401). Foreward by Aymer Vallance and a Note on the Omitted Designs by Rainforth Armitage Walker. There is no mention in the text of the addition or the authorship of the extra illustrations.

Seller Inventory # 14733

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Morte d'Arthur Portfolio. Reproductions of Eleven Designs Omitted from the First Edition of Le Morte Darthur; Illustrated by Aubrey Beardsley and published in MDCCCXCIII, Also Those Made for the Covers of the Issue in Parts and a Facsimile Print of the Merlin Drawings
• Publisher: Turnbull and Spears / J. M. Dent & Sons, Edinburgh / London
• Publication Date: 1927
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First edition.
• Seller catalogs:
  • Beardsley, Aubrey