1929 Sir Lancelot of the Lake by Lucy Allen Paton First Edition

Description: Click here to see our other books! Sir Lancelot of the Lake Lucy Allen Paton [trans] 1929 George Routledge : London 9" by 5.5" xx, 420pp. [4] SUMMARY The first edition of this scarce illustrated romantic prose about Sir Lancelot from the thirteenth century, translated with an introduction by Lucy Allen Paton. First Edition,Illustrated,Original Binding,Publishers' Original Binding,With Dustwrapper Overall Condition: Very Good Indeed This book weighs 0.75 KG when packed UK Postage: £ 3.99 US Postage: £ 19.99 EU Postage: £ 15.99 European Postage: £ 16.99 Asia Postage: £ 21.99 Worldwide Postage: £ 25.99 DESCRIPTION The first edition. An American edition was published the same year by Harcourt.Scarce. In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper. With a frontispiece and 45 plates. Collated complete.This work was translated to English by Lucy Allen Paton from the original thirteenth century French prose, with an additional introduction and notes by Paton. The work follows the romantic story of the legendary Sir Lancelot, with beautiful illustrations throughout. CONDITION In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally very smart with light bumping and rubbing to the extremities and slight handling marks. Offsetting and light spotting to the endpapers with the rear hinge tender. The wrap is generally smart with light creasing, marks, sunning to the spine, the odd minor closed tear and chip and slight loss to the head of the spine. Tape reinforcements to the verso with a minor tidemark to the spine. Internally firmly bound with generally clean and bright pages with light spotting to the front and rear. Overall Condition: Very Good Indeed Good GLOSSARY OF TERMS Overall Condition (Dustwrapper condition rating is shown after that for the book itself, where a dustwrapper is present) Fine - Very well preserved copy showing very little wear Very Good Indeed - Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy Very Good - Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy Good - Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will be described in the condition report under 'condition' Good Only - Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair Fair - As with good only above but with other faults leaving a compromised copy even after repair Poor - Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete. We only sell books in this condition where their rarity or value makes them attractive none the less. Major defects will be described. GUARANTEE We offer a full money back guarantee on our descriptions. Please ask for details and conditions. We prefer PAYPAL. If you pay via PAYPAL we will post the item off the same or the next working day with the postage you have selected. Please note we cannot accept USD cheques

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