The Boy's King Arthur / Sir Thomas Malory

Book

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American Bookbinders Museum

Name/Title

The Boy's King Arthur / Sir Thomas Malory

Entry/Object ID

2015.7.341

Description

321 pages. 14 full color plates. Illustrations, title page, and pictorial endpapers designed by N.C. Wyeth. Relates the chivalrous and romantic deeds of King Arthur, Launcelot, Gareth, Tristram, Galahad, and other knights of the Round Table. Contents: Of King Arthur -- Of Sire Launcelot du Lake -- Of Sir Gareth of Orkney -- Of Sir Tristram -- Of Sir Galahad and Sir Percival, and the Quest of the Holy Grail -- Of the Fair Maid of Astolat -- Of the Death of Arthur --

Collection

Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings

Lexicon

Search Terms

Arthurian romances, Adaptations, 1910s

Dimensions

Height

9-1/2 in

Width

7 in

Book Details

Author

Sir Thomas Malory

Editor

Sidney Lanier

Illustrator

N.C. Wyeth

Publisher

Charles Scribner's Sons

Place Published

City

New York

State/Province

New York

Country

United States

Continent

North America

Date Published

1917

Date Printed

1958

Binding

Binding Type

Publishers' Binding- Onlay

Binding Notes

In an unusual and scarce binding of royal blue cloth, rather than the customary black cloth of the original 1917 edition. A large pictorial onlay to the front board displaying knights astride in battle in full body armor. Pictorial endpapers designed by N.C. Wyeth. Top page edges with publisher's yellow top stain.

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

King Arthur