[TENNYSON, LORD ALFRED; KNOWLES, REGINALD L. (artist)]. Lancelot & Elaine. London: S.T. Freemantle/ Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, n.d. [ca. 1890].
FIRST EDITION THUS. Limited edition no. 256 of 1000, hand-numbered and signed by the artist on the limitation page. Leather-bound; hardcover; duodecimo (15cm x 9cm x 1.5cm); pp. 129. English text with illustrations by Reginald L. Knowles. Bound in publisher's handsome original full leather gilt; t.e.g., other page edges uncut; decorative endpapers; title-page vignette; 4 full-page illustrations. Printed in Edinburgh by Morrison & Gibb. Condition: VERY GOOD. Binding tight and secure. Covers largely very well-preserved with slight wear to spine ends and points. Interior fresh and clean. Without previous ownership markings. Scarce.
Notes: This rare edition is limited to one thousand numbered copies for Great Britain and America, of which this is no. 256. This copy being signed by the artist Reginal L. Knowles on the limitation page.
