King Arthur and His Knights

One of a lovely collection of classic children's books issued by the John C. Winston Co. in the early-mid-20th century, each illustrated by a famous artist of the day. These hardcover books are cloth-bound, with a colored paper pastedown to the front board. This one has decorative endpapers, a full-color frontispiece, & 16 illustrations (4 in full-color) throughout the text (260 pages) by Frank Godwin. It contains 25 short tales, based on the original legends created by Sir Thomas Malory, about King Arthur, Lancelot, Guinevere, Merlin, th sword Excalibur, & the Knights of the Round Table. FIRST PRINTING in this edition (First, Thus). Condition on this copy (we have another listing, $014941, without DJ, that is VG), is Near Fine: as it has been covered in the protective DJ, the book's orange cloth-covered boards are remarkably clean, gilt lettering bright, & front paste-down is brilliant! Bright clear colors, NO wear or fading! Interior clean, NO writing/underlining/highlighting; NOT ex-lib. FLAWS: very slight rubbing to extremities, pages tanned around edges, fully commensurate with age. The unclipped DJ (with same design as front pastedown) is only Good, with chipping to both ends of spine & corners, light soil. Looks lovely in new archival mylar cover!Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.

Product Info

Publisher: John C. Winston Co.

Year: 1927

Type: Used

Binding: Hardcover

First Edition

Seller Info

GargoyleBooks

Address: 7525 Olive Place La Mesa, California

Website: https://www.gargoylebooks.net

Country: United States