The first title in the 'Arthurian Romances - Unrepresented in Malory's 'Morte D'Arthur' ' series. A very handsome production

Weston, Jessie L. (Intro) ~ Sir Gawain & the Green Knight : With Designs by M. M. Crawford

David Nutt, London : 1898 : First UK Printing

The First UK printing published by David Nutt, London in 1898. This is the true 1898 first edition with the preface dated June 1898. The BOOK is in Very Good++ or better condition. Original cloth cover with striking arts and crafts gilt covers of a knight on horseback accompanied by a hunting hound. The gilt decoration remains very bright. Light offsetting and a hint of toning to the page edges. The book is protected in a removable Mylar archival cover. A rare and collectible early Arthurian prose rendering which entered its fourth printing by 1907. The first title in the 'Arthurian Romances - Unrepresented in Malory's 'Morte D'Arthur' ' series. A very handsome production. Jessie Laidlay Weston was an acclaimed English independent scholar, medievalist and folklorist, working mainly on mediaeval Arthurian texts. M. M. Crawford provides the cover design and B/W header illustrations. Very scarce with such attributes.

BINDING: Hardcover
CONDITION: Very Good++