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
Edinburgh / London: Turnbull and Spears / J. M. Dent & Sons, 1927. First edition. 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). Item #14733
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.
Price: $2,000.00