The Sword and the Circle [with] The Light Beyond the Forest [with] The Road to Camlann. Decorations by Shirley Felts. NEAR FINE SET OF THE ARTHURIAN TRILOGY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS
by SUTCLIFF Rosemary
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- Hardcover
- first
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- Seller
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Thakeham, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Bodley Head,, 1979[-1981]. 3 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with illustrations in the text; cloth (maroon/orange/maroon respectively), gilt backs, a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. With striking wrap-around dustwrapper artwork by Felts. The trilogy comprises (in reading order): The Sword and the Circle. King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table (1981), The Light Beyond the Forest. The Quest for the Holy Grail (1979), The Road to Camlann. The Death of King Arthur (1981).
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- Bookseller
- Island Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 49274
- Title
- The Sword and the Circle [with] The Light Beyond the Forest [with] The Road to Camlann. Decorations by Shirley Felts. NEAR FINE SET OF THE ARTHURIAN TRILOGY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS
- Author
- SUTCLIFF Rosemary
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Bodley Head,
- Date Published
- 1979[-1981]
- Keywords
- modern first editions, modern firsts, sutcliff, rosemary sutcliff, shirley felts, arthur, arthurian literature, arthurian trilogy
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