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Hanson, Charles Henry.
Stories of the Days of King Arthur.
Publisher: Nelson and Sons, London;
Date of Publication: 1898
Stock Code: 9498
Octavo, pp., vi, [3], 10-271, [1]. With engraved frontispiece and seven steel-engraved plates by Gustave Dore. Prize binding by Relfe Brothers of scarlet full polished calf with gilt Queen Elizabeth Grammar School armorial centrepiece and gilt foliate rolls to boards; five raised spine bands with gilt ornaments to spine compartments; blue and red marbled fore-edges and endpapers. Very minor wear to spine-tips and corners, a printed prize label, completed in ink, dated 1899 to front paste-down. A square, bright, clean copy free of inscriptions or annotations.. A vibrant superbly bound copy with sublime illustrations by Gustav Dore. £40.00