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(BEARDSLEY, AUBREY) MALORY, SIR THOMAS The Birth, Life and Acts of King Arthur, of His Noble Knights of the Round Table, Their Marvellous Enquests and Adventures, the Achieving of the San Greal and in the End le Morte d'Arthur, with the Dolorous Death and Departing of this World of Them All. New York: E.P. Dutton, 1927. 4to, original gilt-decorated cloth, untrimmed, t.e.g. With 20 full page plates by Aubrey Beardsley, including two from etchings and 18 from woodcuts, with tissue guards, and numerous in-text woodcut chapter headings, initials, borders and ornaments. Third Beardsley edition, the first to include 11 designs omitted from the previous editions, one of 1600 copies. Wear to spine ends; hinges slightly tender; manuscript ex-libris to f.f.e.p. Estimate $ 400-600