JAUFRY THE KNIGHT AND THE FAIR BRUNISSENDE. Newly Revised from the Original Provencal by Vernon Ives
by (Atherton, John). Ives, Vernon
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good
- Seller
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Cadyville, New York, United States
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About This Item
(New York): Holiday House, 1935.. 1935.. Very good. - Squarish octavo, gray & red cloth titled in black with vignette stamped in black on front cover, in dw. The covers are lightly bumped & there is a small hole in the cloth of the spine; the dw is lightly soiled & chipped & somewhat darkened with several small pieces out of the dw spine. [x] & 124 pp. Full-page B&W illustrations & B&W head-pieces by John Atherton. The contents are near fine. <p>First edition.<p>"The adventures of Sir Jaufry of Normandy were being sung by the troubadours of southern France three centuries before Malory wrote his Morte d'Arthur. Consequently, this story forms one of our earliest pictures of English knighthood....'Jaufry the Knight' was written by an unknown twelfth-century troubadour." - From the dw copy.<p>Scarce, especially so with the dust jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24235
- Title
- JAUFRY THE KNIGHT AND THE FAIR BRUNISSENDE. Newly Revised from the Original Provencal by Vernon Ives
- Author
- (Atherton, John). Ives, Vernon
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- (New York): Holiday House, 1935.
- Date Published
- 1935.
- Keywords
- ARTHURIAN; KNIGHT; CHIVALRY; MIDDLE AGES; MEDIEVAL; TWELFTH CENTURY; 12TH CENTURY; ROMANCE; FRENCH; NORMANDY; KING ARTHUR; CHILDREN'S; ILLUSTRATED; VERNON IVES; ILLUSTRATOR; JOHN ATHERTON; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.
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- Arthurian Legends;
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Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
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Cadyville, New York
About Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (incorporated 1989) is a general antiquarian book store which buys and sells collections and individual items of significance. Booksellers Ric Zank and Daniel Meunier each bring to the business over 18 years of experience in seeking out and offering for sale unusual, uncommon and rare books, autographs, and ephemera in all fields. Our office is open 7 days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and frequently later. An answering machine will take your message after hours and when we are out of the office.
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