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Boys' King Arthur
The legend of King Arthur
and the matter of Britain still speaks to us.
Stay a While...
T he Boy's King Arthur was originally published in 1880. My copy is published in 1922 by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, a delightful hardcover edition.

This is Mr. Lannier's version, illustrated by N. C. Wyeth, an American illustrator, father of American artist Andrew Wyeth.

These Wyeth images are very rich in romance and are very well done. The fourteen images, plus a front-piece of Arthur, who looks like he could use a few inches more of his head, and blond, plus book cover art, inside cover as well as the cover itself, comprise these graphics.

I scanned these images at 400 dpi in jpg format. Some scans have artifacts from the prints in the book.

I hope this taste gets you to find a copy of this really choice book in some nice antiquarian book store. I may see you there...
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N. C. Wyeth Book Cover Book cover art
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N. C. Wyeth Front Piece Front piece art,
of Arthur
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N. C. Wyeth 01 As so the child was
delivered unto Merlin,
and he bare it forth
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N. C. Wyeth 02 And when they came to the
sword that the hand held,
King Arthur took it up
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N. C. Wyeth 03 I am Sir Lancelot du Lake,
King Ban's son of Benwick,
and knight of the Round Table
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N. C. Wyeth 04 And lived by fruit and
such as he might get
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N. C. Wyeth 05 It hung upon a thorn,
and there he blew
three deadly notes
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N. C. Wyeth 06 The Lady Lyoness...
had the dwarf in examination
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N. C. Wyeth 07 "Oh, gentle knight,"
said la Belle Isolde,
"full woe am I
of thy departing"
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N. C. Wyeth 08 They fought with
him on foot
for more than three hours,
both before him
and behind him
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N. C. Wyeth 09 King Mark slew
the noble knight Sir Tristram
as he sat harping
before his lady
la Belle Isolde
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N. C. Wyeth 10 When Sir Perceval
came to the brim,
and saw the water
so boisterous,
he doubted
to overpass it
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N. C. Wyeth 11 Sir Mador's spear brake
all to pieces,
but the other's
spear held
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N. C. Wyeth 12 He rode his way
with the queen
unto Joyous Guard
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N. C. Wyeth 13 The king . . .
ran towards Sir Mordred,
crying,
"Traitor, now is thy
death day come"
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N. C. Wyeth 14 The Sir Lancelot
saw her visage,
but he wept greatly,
but sighed
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N. C. Wyeth Inside Cover Art from
the inside,
front and back, covers
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