THE BOY'S KING ARTHUR. Being Sir Thomas Malory's History of King Arthur and his knights of the round table. Edited and with an introduction by Sidney Lanier. Illustrated by Alfred Kappes
by MALORY. Sir THOMAS.; LANIER. SIDNEY. Edits and introduces
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About This Item
Bickers & Son. London.,1907. Reprint of edition that was originally published in 1880. 8vo. Illustrated with twelve full page mono plates. A very good copy in a lovely early fine leather binding by Bickers & Son. Full dark blue calf. Spine with raised bands, each with gilt piping. Compartments double ruled, decorated and letered in gilt. Double gilt ruled borders on boards. Marbled endpaper sand edges. Neat prize presentation on front blank endpaper. A lovely copy in a highly attractive early binding.:
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- Bookseller
- Paul Foster Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7762
- Title
- THE BOY'S KING ARTHUR. Being Sir Thomas Malory's History of King Arthur and his knights of the round table. Edited and with an introduction by Sidney Lanier. Illustrated by Alfred Kappes
- Author
- MALORY. Sir THOMAS.; LANIER. SIDNEY. Edits and introduces
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Bickers & Son. London.,1907
- Date Published
- 1907
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's and Illustrated books;
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Fine
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
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