Click for full-size.
King Arthur and His Knights (Based on Morte d' Arthur of Sir Thomas Malory)
by Merchant, Elizabeth Lodor
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Greensboro, North Carolina, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Philadephia, Chicago, Toronto : The John C. Winston Company, 1927. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Godwin, Frank. 8vo. 256 pages. Hardcover bound in red cloth with a pictorial pastedown on the front cover. There is moderate wear to the binding, which is lightly bumped at the edges and slightly beginning to fray. The spine is toned and the gilt on the spine is splotchy. Outer edges of the text block heavily toned. Previous owner's mass-market bookplate on front pastedown. Collates complete with all illustrations, including several in color. The text is tone but clean and sound.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Pages Past Used and Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 050252
- Title
- King Arthur and His Knights (Based on Morte d' Arthur of Sir Thomas Malory)
- Author
- Merchant, Elizabeth Lodor
- Illustrator
- Godwin, Frank
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The John C. Winston Company
- Place of Publication
- Philadephia, Chicago, Toronto
- Date Published
- 1927
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 2.10 lbs
- Keywords
- 1927; Elizabeth Lodor Merchant; Frank Godwin; King Arthur; Le Morte d'Arthur; Sir Thomas Malory; Literature; Children's Literature; Color Plates; Lady in the Lake.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's Books; Literature & Fiction;
Terms of Sale
Pages Past Used and Rare Books
14 day return guarantee, with full refund if an item arrives mis-described or damaged. Buyer pays return shipping.
About the Seller
Pages Past Used and Rare Books
Biblio member since 2017
Greensboro, North Carolina
About Pages Past Used and Rare Books
Pages Past is a small used & rare bookshop located a few blocks from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Since 1996 we have been serving the Triad community as well as customers from around the world. We have around 15-20,000 volumes in our shop. We specialize in North Carolina, Virginia, Civil War, Old Leather, Christianity, Eastern and Western Philosophies, and the simply unusual. We very likely have the oldest books in Greensboro; we keep a nice selection of antiquarian volumes and scholarly books.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
This Book’s Categories
Cleaning and repairing leather books
Wondering how to take care of the leather books in your collection? Renowned book care expert Bern Marcowitz explains how and when to clean and repair leather books.
Collecting the 1939 New York World’s Fair
Born in the midst of the Great Depression, the theme of the 1939 World’s Fair was “The World of Tomorrow” - a theme that captured the hearts of a generation. Check out the maps, souvenirs, and other ephemera on Biblio!
