The Boy’s King Arthur - Sir Thomas Malory’s History of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table

Item:

Young Adult Book

Title:

The Boy’s King Arthur - Sir Thomas Malory’s History of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table

Author:

Thomas Malory. Edited with an introduction by Sidney Lanier.

Illustrator:

Alfred Kappes

Printer:

Rand, Avery & Co. - Printer Charles Scribner’s Sons - Publisher

Place of Printing:

Boston

Date of Printing:

1881

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Author and Commentators

Thomas Malory (ca. 1400-ca. 1470). English writer, who wrote Le Morte d'Arthur.

Sidney Clopton Lanier (1842-1881). American poet and author.

Alfred Kappes (1850-1894). American artist.

The Book

The book contains an introduction (i-xxiii), summary of contents (xxv-xlv), list of illustrations (xlvil), the story (1-403), and four pages of advertisement for other publications. It is illustrated. Has a decorated front cover showing a knight’s helmet and two crossed battle axes.

Contents

• INTRODUCTION
• CONTENTS
• LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
• BOOK I. OF KING ARTHUR
• BOOK II. OF SIR LAUNCELOT DU LAKE
• BOOK III. OF SIR GARETH OF ORKNEY
• BOOK IV. OF SIR TRISTRAM
• BOOK V. OF SIR GALAHAD AND SIR PERCIVAL, AND THE QUEST OF THE HOLY GRAIL
• BOOK VI. OF THE FAIR MAID OF ASTOLAT
• BOOK VII. OF THE DEATH OF ARTHUR

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