1917 1st Edtn THE ROMANCE OF KING ARTHUR AND HIS KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE By Alfred W. Pollard Illus. Arthur Rackham Very Good

1917 1st Edition , 
THE ROMANCE OF KING ARTHUR AND HIS KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE
Abridged from Malory's Morte d'Arthur
By Alfred W. Pollard
Alfred William Pollard, FBA (14 August 1859 – 8 March 1944) was an English bibliographer, widely credited for bringing a higher level of scholarly rigor to the study of Shakespearean texts. Pollard wrote widely on a range of subjects in English literature throughout his career, and collaborated with various scholars in specialized studies; he edited Sir Philip Sidney's Astrophel in 1888, Chaucer's Canterbury Tales (Globe edition, 1898), a collection of Fifteenth Century Poetry and Prose (1903) and Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur (1910–11, in four volumes). His Shakespeare Folios and Quartos: a Study in the Bibliography of Shakespeare's Plays, 1594–1685, published in 1909, remains an important milestone in Shakespearian criticism.

Illustrated By: Arthur Rackham
Arthur Rackham RWS (19 September 1867 – 6 September 1939) was an English book illustrator. He is recognised as one of the leading figures during the Golden Age of British book illustration. His work is noted for its robust pen and ink drawings, which were combined with the use of watercolour, a technique he developed due to his background as a journalistic illustrator. Rackham's 51 colour pieces for the early American tale Rip Van Winkle became a turning point in the production of books since – through colour-separated printing – it featured the accurate reproduction of colour artwork. His best-known works also include the illustrations for Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm.

Format: Hardcover,
Language: English
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Published By: Macmillan and Co., Limited, London

octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229),Pages 507

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Originally written by Sir Thomas Malory in the late fifteenth century, and adapted here by Alfred W. Pollard. The first edition thus of this work. Containing sixteen full page illustrated plates in colour, seven full page illustrations in black-and-white, and numerous in-text illustrations, all by noted English book illustrator Arthur Rackham.



SKU: BTETM0002213
Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 2Kg