The Boy's King Arthur / Sir Thomas Malory
Book
321 pages. 14 full color plates. Illustrations, title page, and pictorial endpapers designed by N.C. Wyeth.
Relates the chivalrous and romantic deeds of King Arthur, Launcelot, Gareth, Tristram, Galahad, and other knights of the Round Table.
Contents: Of King Arthur -- Of Sire Launcelot du Lake -- Of Sir Gareth of Orkney -- Of Sir Tristram -- Of Sir Galahad and Sir Percival, and the Quest of the Holy Grail -- Of the Fair Maid of Astolat -- Of the Death of Arthur --
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Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings
Arthurian romancesAdaptations1910s
9-1/2 in
7 in
Sir Thomas Malory
N.C. Wyeth
Scribner Illustrated Classics
New York
New York
United States
North America
1917
1958
Publishers' Binding- Onlay
In an unusual and scarce binding of royal blue cloth, rather than the customary black cloth of the original 1917 edition. A large pictorial onlay to the front board displaying knights astride in battle in full body armor. Pictorial endpapers designed by N.C. Wyeth. Top page edges with publisher's yellow top stain.
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