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The Ill-Made Knight: Available Copies

The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

1st edition hardback in original cloth Very Good octavo 296pp., No dust jacket o/w a nice tight copy in dulled dark red cloth

First Edition.8vo. general toning Black and white decorations by the author throughout the text.Red cloth faded to the top of the spine. signs of removal of a bookplate on free front endpaper.slight browning to foreedges.The dust wrapper has some creases and nicks,the spine is faded and lacks a piece from the spine.[See Image].which corresponds with the fading to the spine. This s the third in the series written by T.H.White, beginning with The Sword In The Stone & The Witch In The Wood.

:: Third book in the series The Once and Future King :: Bound in publisher's lapis blue cloth, front board bears gold illustration of a knight in armor, sword drawn, astride a galloping horse. Title, author, and publisher lettered in gold on spine. Top edge of text block red, deckled fore-edge. Petite charming printed illustrations by the author at the beginning and end of each chapter. Octavo (8 3/16 x 5 3/4 inches; 207 x 147 millimeters). 291 pages. Condition: Good+. Front free endpaper has personalized pink Christmas gift inscription from prior owner's sister. General shelf-wear present, rubbing at the corners and cloth is split at crown of spine. Spine has discoloration likely from moisture. Pages are age toned.

5 5/8 x 8 1/8" 291 pages. previous owner's name on first page. one inch area at front cover leading edge is slightly "roughened"

NY: G P Putnam's Sons, 1940. 1st American with same date on title and copyrt pgs and no additional printings mentioned. Hardcover 8vo 291 pgs. Small b/w illustrations. Good with no dust jacket. Royal blue cloth with gilt on front cover. Top edge dyed red. Spine sunned and gilt is worn. Covers rubbed and have some fading. Wear to corners and spine ends. Vintage bookplate on front endpaper. Small stamp from 'Hathaway House Bookshop Wellesley' at bottom of same pg. Contents clean and binding sound. (King Arthur, Fantasy, Fiction) Inquire if you need further information.

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1940. 1st edition. 8vo hardcover. Blue cloth with gilt spine lettering and illustration. Top edge dyed red. 291pp. Illustrations. Near Good book. No dust jacket. Front board dampstained. Spine slanted. Bookplate on front endpage. Pages slightly dampstained. In polypropylene bag. (Arthurian Romances, Knights, Fiction) Inquire if you need further information.

Xvi, 616 Pp. Hardcover In Slipcase. First Printing, 2003. Illustrated Cloth, Light Blue Endpapers. Fine (Very Very Slight Foxing To Edges Of Page Block) In Fine Slipcase. First Published Together In 1958, The Text Here Has Minor Emendations.

Dust jacket is worn, creased and torn in several places, fixed by brown tape, unfortunately, on the reverse, but glassine cover holds the jacket in a presentable condition, at least. Not price clipped, original price 8s 6d. Top edge is grey with dirt or dust, fore edge is mottled, akin to foxing, very little of this affecting inner leaves. Slate red cloth boards in good condition, minimal rubbing but outer corners very lightly bumped, turning in slightly. Spine slightly cocked, causing outer edges of boards to be misaligned by about 3 millimeters. Top and lower edges of spine slightly discoloured, more so on lower right corner of spine. Internally, leaves reasonably clean, no inscriptions or annotation. Binding is tight, no cracks in hinges nor any loosening of leaves. Seller images provided. For further helpful synopsis and reviews try clicking on 'bookseller image'. Selling books since 1999, all proceeds help fund LOROS Charity Hospice

G. P. Putnam 1940 First Edition SD Good/ Title - The Ill-Made Knight. NO DUST JACKET. Blue plasticised cloth with faded gold design and lettering, solid structure, previous owner's bk-plated inside cover with penned signature, light foxing inside cover and first few pages and last few pages. Some corner wear to cloth, inside page edges deckled, a few pages also foxed here and there. 291 pages.

First American Edition, First Printing. A Fine copy in dark blue cloth stamped in gilt, cherry red topstain, in a Very Good red, black gold and white dustwrapper, price-clipped, with fading to spine panel, a small chip to rear lower spinefold, and trivial wear to points. 291pp. Familiar account of the Lancelot legend. Scarce in jacket. Q15987

With Decorations by the Author. NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1940. 12mo, viii 291pp. Blue cloth pictorially stamped in gilt. Many b&w decorations. Spine ends a bit rubbed, corners slightly so, former owner's name and number written at base of blank front endpapers, else a clean, tight copy in the original color pictorial d.w. (front and spine panel chipped and torn at edges, spine panel sunned, rear panel lightly soiled). First edition, first printing, issued the year before the British edition. The tale of Lancelot and his ill-fated affair with Guinevere, told with humor and humanity in White's distinctive manner. This was the third of White's Arthurian novels and the last to receive separate publication. This title, as well as The Sword in the Stone and The Witch in the Wood, were revised and edited for publication in The Once and Future King (1958) along with White's final Arthurian work, "The Candle in the Wind" (which never received separate publication). A fifth Arthurian work, The Book of Merlyn was discovered among White's papers and published posthumously in 1977. Schlobin 1115; (Tymn p.174); Waggoner 943.

8vo. Original decorated blue cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold, top edges stained red, fore-edges untrimmed. Small illustrations in the text by the author, endpapers of the first volume illustrated by Robert Lawson. Near fine copies with only traces of wear and age. None of the dustwrappers are price-clipped. The spines are lightly sunned, much less than usual. The have a little wear along the edges. The "Ill-Made Knight" lacks a small piece at the rear fold and the 'With in the Wood' lacks a small piece at the front fold. Otherwise, they are in near fine condition. The first three parts of "The Once and Future King". Fantasy Literature, p. 174. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 4A-266. Cawthorn and Moorcock, Fantasy: The 100 Best Books 54. Pringle, Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels 20. Schlobin, The Literature of Fantasy 1116. Survey of Modern Fantasy Literature III, pp. 1149-57. In 333. Bleiler (1978), p. 208. Reginald 15254. This is the only edition of the second title; it was replaced entirely in the reprint.