King Horn
by Crossley-Holland, Kevin
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- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Middlebury, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
NY: E.P. Dutton, 1966. 1st US. Hardcover. Good/Very Good. Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 214 pages, illustrated in b&w by Charles Keeping. Ex-lib with stamping and residue to endpapers. An adventure story from a 13th c folk-poem with elements from invasions of the 9th and 10th century, redone by a well known modern writer and illustrator. Prince Horn, driven from his father's kingdom at 15 by Turkish invaders, flees to Westernesse and becomes a page at the royal court. Then his love for the Princess is treacherously revealed and he is exiled to Ireland, from which he battles to free his kingdom and win his princess. Published when the author was 24, and the second of his many vivid translations and retellings of traditional narratives. Record # 381202
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- Seller
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- Seller's Inventory #
- 381202
- Title
- King Horn
- Author
- Crossley-Holland, Kevin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st US
- Publisher
- E.P. Dutton
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1966
- Keywords
- Children's Fiction, Novels, , .
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