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The Arthurian Epic
by GURTEEN S Humphreys [Stephen Humphreys Villiers] 1840-1898
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Llandudno, Conwy, United Kingdom
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About This Item
New York & London: GP Putnam's Sons, 1895. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. VG, 1st ed, 1895. In the original purple cloth, gilt tooled. corners bumped. Spine, gilt tooling, edges and joints a little worn. Internally, [1], [2], (iii-viii), [2], 3-437 pp, [1], [1] adverts, hinges cracked, cream endpapers, ink owners stamp to fpd (Hilary G Richardson), ink name to fep (John E ? 1895), title page in red & black inks, t.e.g, remainder uncut, pencil notes to epd, occasional pencil marginalia, printed at the Knickerbocker Press, New York. (196*136 mm). Title continues: A Comparative Study of the Cambrian, Breton and Anglo-Norman Versions of the Story and Tennyson's Idylls of the King.
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- Bookseller
- Madoc Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000175
- Title
- The Arthurian Epic
- Author
- GURTEEN S Humphreys [Stephen Humphreys Villiers] 1840-1898
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- GP Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York & London
- Date Published
- 1895
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
- Weight
- 1.54 lbs
- Keywords
- Wales King Arthur Arthurian Reference Humphreys Gurteen
- Bookseller catalogs
- Celtic Druids;
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- Edges
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- G
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- Title Page
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