bound by Bayntun Riviere

A handsome copy of Sir Thomas Malory's classic Arthurian romance Le Morte d'Arthur, bound in half brown morocco by Bayntun Riviere.

2 vols; 8vo (22.5 x 14.5 cm); titles printed in red and black, bookplate to front pastedown of each vol.; half brown morocco by Bayntun Riviere, tan cloth covers, spine lettered in gilt, top-edge gilt, minor wear, occasional slight offsetting, very good or better;
school arms in gilt to covers, gilt spine in 6 compartments, contrasting red and brown morocco lettering-pieces, marbled edges, a few light surface marks, minor spotting to endpapers and occasionally thereafter, very good or better; xxviii, 439, [1], 2[ads]; xix, [1], 531, [1], 2[ads]pp.