Sidney Lanier, The Boy's King Arthur, Illustrated by NC Wyeth, 1939. HC. NICE!

Description: Thomas Malory, The Boy's King Arthur. Edited by Sidney Lanier. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1939, Illustrated by N. C. Wyeth. Hardcover. Good condition book with no jacket. Black cloth over boards with a full color pastedown of two knights fighting on the front cover and faded gilt lettering to spine. Spine straight and sound. Front cover clean and bright. Two dents across the bottom of the boards at bottom. Slight bend at head and foot of spine. Inside pastedowns illustrated with knights and a lady (perhaps Guinevere) crossing a marsh with swans gliding by with Camelot in the distance. Some age spotting to back pastedown and to the three sides of the text block. Previous owner's bookplate with fountain pen ink signature "David Weintraub" behind interior pastedown, else no markings or writings. Lists the Scribner Illustrated Classics for Younger Readers on the last page. Pictures included are of the actual book being offered for sale. The Boy's King Arthur is an abridged version of Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur, carefully edited by the American poet Sidney Lanier, who cleaned up of some violence and sexual references to make a book suitable for younger readers, while still sustaining all the chivalry, courage, and honor of the Knights of the Round Table legends. Published by Charles Scribner's Sons in 1939 with illustrations by Newell Convers Wyeth, the book remains a classic for young and old and is a wonderful introduction to the Arthurian Legends.

Price: 40 USD

Location: Aberdeen, Mississippi

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