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(Description)

Author: Written and illustrated by Howard Pyle.
Title: THE STORY OF Sir LANCELOT and his COMPANIONS.
Publisher: New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1907. First Edition.
Language: Text in English.
Size: 9.5 " X 7.5 ".
Pages: xviii-340 pages.
Binding: Attractive and very good original decorated full cloth binding (hinges fine, overall slightly worn and scuffed - as shown, spine slightly darkened - as shown) under a protective mylar cover. 
Content: Very good content (bright, tight and clean, ex-libris of a previous owner on the first endpaper - as shown, blank endpaper professionally replaced by a previous owner - as shown). 
Illustrations: Complete with the 48 beautiful illustrations by Howard Pyle.

The book: Rare and attractive first edition of Pyle's Arthurian tales, THE STORY OF Sir LANCELOT and his COMPANIONS.

The author: Howard Pyle (March 5, 1853 – November 9, 1911) was an American illustrator and author, primarily of books for young people. He was a native of Wilmington, Delaware, and he spent the last year of his life in Florence, Italy.