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King Arthur: Hero and Legend
by Barber, Richard W
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- As New/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0880293470
- ISBN 13
- 9780880293471
- Seller
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Newport, Washington, United States
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About This Item
USA: Dorset Press, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/Very Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback First Printing. Hardcover Book AS NEW with Very Good Dust Jacket. with Mylar Cover. Black full cloth with bright and sharp gilt lettering on backstrap; very clean and unmarked; tight and solid, square with sharp corners. Interior pristine. Sixteen plates on coated paper of full color medieval illustrations plus b/w illustrations throughout. Clean jacket with illustration: Arthur fights a Roman general. There is a small near closed tear on the rear upper spine edge tape reinforced; light wear along upper edge. Lightly sunned along upper edge of jacket. Richard Barber gives a clean and readable outline of the development of the medieval stories about Arthur and his court in French, German and English, and describes how the stories were received in the 19th century by the English poets and by Wagner. He pays equal attention to the works of art, both medieval and modern, inspired by Arthur. 209 pages. 9.75 x 7 inches. Dorset Press, New York, 1991.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013782
- Title
- King Arthur: Hero and Legend
- Author
- Barber, Richard W
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0880293470
- ISBN 13
- 9780880293471
- Publisher
- Dorset Press
- Place of Publication
- USA
- Date Published
- 1991
- Size
- 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" t
- Keywords
- ARTHURIAN LEGENDS; KNIGHTS;MEDIEVAL ENGLAND;
- Bookseller catalogs
- History. Great Britain;
- X weight
- 0 oz
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