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Heroes & Kings

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Heroes & Kings

by Williams, Charles

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London: Sylvan Press, 1930. Limited edition. Very good. With Wood Engravings by Norman Janes.. Folio. Unpaginated. Finely printed on Barcham Green hand-made paper.
Bound in coarsely woven red cloth blocked in gilt with a design by the illustrator on both the upper an lower boards. Top edge gilt.


Contains twelve of William's poems followed by all seven of his Arthurian poetry: Tristam's Song to Iseult; Palomides' Song of Iseult; Lamoracke's Song to Blanchefleur; A Song of Palomides; Taliessin's Song of a Princess of Bysantion; The Song of the Riding of Galahad.


One of 250 copies from a total edition of 300, signed by both Williams and Janes. This is copy No. 93.


Light soil else a very good copy. Surprisingly scarce.

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Bookseller
Thorn Books US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
20180
Title
Heroes & Kings
Author
Williams, Charles
Illustrator
With Wood Engravings by Norman Janes.
Book Condition
Used - Very good
Quantity Available
1
Edition
Limited edition
Binding
Hardcover
Publisher
Sylvan Press
Place of Publication
London
Date Published
1930
Bookseller catalogs
Arthurian;

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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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Top Edge Gilt
Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
Folio
A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
Gilt
The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
Cloth
"Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...

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