HARDCOVER - 1916 -FIRST EDITION - Brown cloth on board - gilt embossed title and author FC w/BW illustrated front plate w black embossed border. gold embossed author/title on spine w BW knight on horseback. Spine ends and corners frayed - minor edgewear, scrapes, inkmarks. DJ not issued. Text block complete but cocked -F&B covers cracked from TB but attached. Pages deckled with some chips - minor staining/foxing - pictoral endpapers of jousting knights - fabulous two color bookplate illustrations and additional BW line drawings throughout.

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Bookseller: plainontablets LLC (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: biblio130
Title: King Arthur and the Knight of the Round Table
Author: Sir Thomas Malory
Illustrator: Rodney Thomson
Book Condition: Used - Good
Jacket Condition: NA
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Macmillan
Place of Publication: NY
Date Published: 1916

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