The Romance Of King Arthur by Alfred W. Pollard Vintage Book Illustrations by Arthur Rackham Published by Macmillan Hardback with dust jacket 1979 King Arthur and His Knights by Alfred W. Pollard abridged from Malory illustrated by Arthur Rackham being a facsimile edition published by GODFREY CAVE ASSOCIATES in association with Macmillan The Romance Of King Arthur and his Knights at the Round Table" abridged from "Malory's Morte d'Arthur" by Alfred W. Pollard. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham, Macmillan, 1979 facsimile edition, 509pp. Hardcover large octavo with mylar-protected dust jacket, with illustrated plates throughout and illustrated text blocks. THE ROMANCE OF KING ARTHUR The story of King Arthur and his knights is one of the world's most famous and enduring legends. Librarian, bibliographer and Shakespearean scholar, Alfred Pollard first published his abridgement of Sir Thomas Malory's haunting prose in 1917. This facsimile reprint of that edition is illustrated in both colour and black and white by Arthur Rackham, who has been called one of the greatest artists of fairyland, renowned for his illustrations for Grimm's Fairy Tales, Rip Van Winkle and many other classics. The condition is very good. Some tears on the dust jacket. The right corner of the first page is cut.