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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.

Some tears to the edges of dj, chip to back flyleaf, coffee? staining mainly on back of dj but also some to spine and front of dj, boards some mild staining at back and bumping, pages bent for first 3 or 4 pages, text block clear and binding good. November 1959 reprinting of 1958 ed. WR

Some soiling to dulled red boards, spine sunned, spine end crushed, corners bumped, edges tanned, a couple of pencil marks on end papers, internally clean, binding tight, lacks dust jacket and book is priced accordingly. Dispatched from the UK same or next working day.

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

677 pp , blue cloth with gilt title to spine. Some water damage to top of rear cover this has stained the cloth and dented the board, final 20 pages a little cockled and marked, bottom corners softened, good solid reading copy, clipped dust wrapper worn torn and tanned with a little loss

:: 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.

THERE ARE NO TARIFFS OR CUSTOMS DUTIES ON BOOKS. Slightly yellowed pages, no noticeable fading, minor spine damage, edges are slightly compressed. This book tells the tale of Lancelot (a young boy when he first meets Arthur) who suffers from internal conflicts about his unworthiness and decides he will become Arthur's greatest knight to prove his worth to himself and others. He believes he is Ill-Made because he is "ape-like and ugly".

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. First American edition bound in blue publisher's cloth boards w/ gold decoration to front cover and gold lettering to spine. Near fine condition. Fantasy writing and third book in the series by the author of "The Sword in the Stone". 20 cm. 291 pp. b/w line illustrations First American edition bound in blue publisher's cloth boards w/ gold decoration to front cover and gold lettering to spine. Nea

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.

Chipping to edges of jacket wilh loss at corners and spine ends. Still attractive; book itself just about fine. The third in White's series that became The Once and Future King. Unclipped jacket. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Fiction; Inventory No: 048905.

[Modern Literature] FIRST OMNIBUS EDITION, first impression. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[8] 677 [3]. Elegantly hand bound in navy half calf, with raised bands, gilt titles to spine, and matching cloth over boards. A little toning to edges, otherwise a crisp, clean copy in an attractive recent leather binding. The complete Arthurian Epic, including the fourth and final part, 'The Candle in the Wind', which was first published in the omnibus edition.

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.

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.

very good in a good jacket. first printing of the sequel to the sword in the stone. book is in very good condition, one bumped corner, pages have very light foxing. jakcet is in good condition, price is present, spine is faded, small nicks and tears

First complete edition, four novels in one. [viii], 677 pp. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine in unclipped dust jacket. Jacket darkened and a little marked, with only rather slight edge-wear. Slight bumping to extremities of book, a little evidence of water-staining at top edge, but save previous owner's name in ink, internally clean. The first complete edition of T. H. White's Arthurian epic, containing all four novels. The Sword and he Stone (with two new chapters); The Witch in the Wood (rewritten); The Ill-Made Knight and the not before published The Candle in the Wind. A very nice copy which is difficult to find in presentable condition like this. 8vo.

First UK edition, preceded by the US edition of the previous year. The third instalment of White's Arthurian tetralogy focuses on the adventures of Sir Launcelot and takes its title from his identification as "Le Chevalier Malfet" during the Grail Quest in Malory's Morte D'Arthur. Octavo. Original red cloth, spine lettered in gilt. With dust jacket. Spine a little cocked, ends bumped and lightly sunned, damp stain to foot, edges foxed; jacket unclipped, spine sunned and restored at foot, extremities rubbed and a little creased with occasional shallow chips, tape reinforcements to verso: a very good copy in like jacket.

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.