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INLAID BINDING] MALORY, THOMAS, Sir. Morte D'Arthur. London: Philip Lee Warner 1920. First trade edition of the Medici Society illustrated edition. Two volumes, full red morocco by Bayntun-Rivière with onlaid pictorial designs in multicolor leathers on the upper covers, the first volume decorated with the huntress who wounded Launcelot, the second with Excalibur returning to the lake, both framed by a design of rules and gouges and onlay work (with small shields in onlay in the corners), the border repeated on the rear covers, gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. 8 5/8 x 6 inches (22 x 15 cm); xxx, 439 pp.; xxii, 530 pp., color plates after William Russell Flint A fresh set. C From the Collection of Walter Ward Jr.