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The Life of King Arthur: From Ancient Historians and Authentic Documents
by Ritson, Joseph
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very good
- Seller
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Tucson, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
London: Payne and Foss, 1825. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. 12mo. xliii, 172pp. Half title present. Contemporary half leather, spine tooled in gilt, marbled boards and endpapers. The upper board has been neatly but noticeably mended, the last three leaves are lightly foxed, and there is some underlining in test else this is a very good copy.
Scarce scholarly treatise on the life of King Arthur from early, and notably Welsh, sources. Lowndes, p. 2100. New Arthurian Encyclopedia, pp. 404 and 409.
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- Bookseller
- Thorn Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23441
- Title
- The Life of King Arthur: From Ancient Historians and Authentic Documents
- Author
- Ritson, Joseph
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Payne and Foss
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1825
- Bookseller catalogs
- Arthurian;
Terms of Sale
Thorn Books
All books returnable for any reason within seven days, providing only that they are received in the same condition as shipped. Shipments to an Arizona address must add appropriate sales tax. Libraries billed.
About the Seller
Thorn Books
Biblio member since 2003
Tucson, Arizona
About Thorn Books
Thorn Books offers antiquarian, rare and out-of-print books. Frequently updated catalogues are available online in our specialty areas: King Arthur; Early Britain; Western Americana; California; Literature; and Rare Books. We are open by appointment only. Thorn Books is a member of the Antiquarian Booksellers of American (ABAA), the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB), and the Independent League of Online Booksellers (IOBA).
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- New
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- Spine
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- First Edition
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- Half Title
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- Gilt
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- 12mo
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- Foxed
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- Leaves
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