[EVANS, SEBASTIAN]. In Quest of the Holy Graal: An Introduction to the Study of the Legends. London: J. M. Dent and Co., 1898.
FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING; inscribed by the author on the first blank, "BEAUCAIRE, with the Author's best wishes for the New Year, 1906, Sebastian Evans". Cloth bound, hardcover, octavo (18.5 x 12 x 2 cm), pp. [8], 199. English text. Bound in publisher's original green cloth, gilt spine titles, t.e.g., other edges rough-cut, initial and terminal blanks, half-title, title-page printed in red and black, rear index in double columns. Printed by T. and A. Constable. Condition: VERY GOOD. Binding tight and secure. Trivial marks to covers and bumping to spine ends. Interior well-preserved with some browning to endpapers. Nicely signed and inscribed by the author on the front endpaper. Scarce thus.
Notes: Rare author inscribed first edition. In this volume Sebastian Evans presents a key to grail mythology by reading the legend as a political and religious allegory referring to the Albigensian Crusade and the interdict placed on England during the Reign of King John in the early 13th century. With chapters on:- I. Perceval, II. Gawain, III. King Fisherman, IV. Elucidation, V. The Curse of Logres, VI. Arthur, VII. Dates, Index.
