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1911 Heroic Legends the Stories of St. George and the Dragon, Robin Hood, Richard and Blondel, and Other Legends
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Description
Colour Plates, First Edition, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding, Uncommon, With Dustwrapper
An uncommon.
In the very scarce unclipped dust wrapper.
'Presentation Copy' stamp to the title page.
A charming retelling of popular legends for children, here retold by Agnes Grozier Herbertson, a Norwegian writer and poet.
Tales include 'The Two Brothers', 'The Charcoal-Burner', 'How the Minstrel Saved the King', 'How Oliver Fought For France and the Faith', 'The Knight of the Ill-Shapen Coat', and more, with a total of thirteen tales in this anthology.
Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, and fifteen colour plates, by Helen Stratton.
A new edition.
Collated, complete.
Condition
In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, smart. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. A few light marks to the cloth. Spots to the fore edge. Prize label to the front paste down. Small patch of surface loss to the front endpaper. Dust wrapper is a little edge worn, with a small closed tears, with a larger tear to the head of the front wrap. Spine is age-toned. Some light spots to the wraps. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with scattered spots.
Very Good Indeed
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