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THE BOY'S KING ARTHUR. Sir Thomas Malory's History of King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table. Edited for Boys by Sidney Lanier. Illustrated by N.C. Wyeth.
by (Wyeth, N.C.; Malory, Thomas). Lanier, Sidney (editor)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very good
- Seller
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Cadyville, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, circa [1950's]., [1950's].. Very good. - Small quarto, 9-3/8 inches high by 7-1/8 inches wide. Hardcover, bound in black cloth titled in gilt on the spine with a color illustration mounted on the front cover. The book is laid into its original color pictorial dust wrapper. The price-clipped dust jacket is rubbed & slightly chipped with a few short tears along the edges. [x], 321 & [1] pages, illustrated with pictorial endpapers, a color pictorial title page and 9 full-page color plates by N.C. Wyeth. Near fine in a very good dust wrapper.
A reissue of the 1922 edition, published in the 1950's.
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- Bookseller
- Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 98001
- Title
- THE BOY'S KING ARTHUR. Sir Thomas Malory's History of King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table. Edited for Boys by Sidney Lanier. Illustrated by N.C. Wyeth.
- Author
- (Wyeth, N.C.; Malory, Thomas). Lanier, Sidney (editor)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, circa [1950's].
- Date Published
- [1950's].
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- ILLUSTRATED; JUVENILE LITERATURE; THE BOY'S KING ARTHUR; ARTHURIAN LEGENDS; SIR THOMAS MALORY'S HISTORY OF KING ARTHUR AND HIS KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE; SIDNEY LANIER; N/C. WYETH; ILLUSTRATIONS; COLOR PLATES.
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- Children's & Illustrated;
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About the Seller
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Biblio member since 2003
Cadyville, New York
About Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (incorporated 1989) is a general antiquarian book store which buys and sells collections and individual items of significance. Booksellers Ric Zank and Daniel Meunier each bring to the business over 18 years of experience in seeking out and offering for sale unusual, uncommon and rare books, autographs, and ephemera in all fields. Our office is open 7 days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and frequently later. An answering machine will take your message after hours and when we are out of the office.
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