The Sword in the Stone
by WHITE, T.H
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +/Fine (Facsimile DW)
- Seller
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
NY: Putnam, 1939. Bound in dark blue cloth, stamped in gold with an illustration of a sword on the front panel. The book is tight and clean, but show some spotting to top edge. The first U.S. edition of the first book in the author's "The Once and Future King" series. Basis for the Disney film. Fitted with a facsimile dust jacket that fits the book perfectly. Illustrated endsheets by Robert Lawson. 312 pp. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good +/Fine (Facsimile DW).
Synopsis
The Sword in the Stone is a novel by T. H. White, published in 1938, initially a stand-alone work but now the first part of a tetralogy The Once and Future King. Walt Disney Productions adapted the story to an animated film, and the BBC adapted it to radio.
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Details
- Bookseller
- abookshop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7001245
- Title
- The Sword in the Stone
- Author
- WHITE, T.H
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Fine (Facsimile DW)
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Putnam
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1939
- Keywords
- Fiction; King Arthur; Knights; Disney
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books Into Movies; Children's;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
abookshop
Biblio member since 2004
Springtown, Pennsylvania
About abookshop
We have been selling books of note (especially literary first editions, poetry and drama) for over 20 years.
Glossary
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.