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The Romance of King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table
by Sir Thomas Malory
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0517231360
- ISBN 13
- 9780517231364
- Seller
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Newport, Washington, United States
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About This Item
New York: Weathervane Books, 1978. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7. Arthur Rackham. Type: Hardback First published by Macmillan in 1917; this Weathervane edition published 1978. Hardcover Book and Jacket in Very Good Condition. Abridged from Malory's Norte D'Arthur by Alfred Polard. Illustrated with sixteen black and white illustrations by Arthur Rackham. Dark green cloth with bold and bright gilt titles on backstrap; clean and unmarked with trace rubbing of some edges; upper rear edge cloth is wrinkled right along edge for about an inch; faint indentation to spine an inch down from the spine head; binding tight and square, corners sharp. Internals as new. Glossy illustrated jacket has light wrinkling to spine head and heel and a small nick to lower front corner. Sir Thomas Malory (1405 - 1471) collected all the ancient tales of the mythical Arthur and published them under the title Le Morte D'Arthur, becoming the definitive account of the Arthurian legends. The epic tale of valor is noted for having been written in the best English prose of the Fifteenth Century. 502 pages. Glossary. 9.5 x 6.25 inches. 1978. Weathervane Books
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- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 027165
- Title
- The Romance of King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table
- Author
- Sir Thomas Malory
- Illustrator
- Arthur Rackham
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0517231360
- ISBN 13
- 9780517231364
- Publisher
- Weathervane Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1978
- Size
- 8vo - over 7
- Keywords
- BRITISH HISTORY HISTORY, ENGLAND EPIC LITERSATURE ENGLISH LITERATURE
- Bookseller catalogs
- History. Great Britain;
- X weight
- 0 oz
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- Jacket
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- Gilt
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- Rubbing
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- Spine
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