THE DWARFS OF ARTHURIAN ROMANCE AND CELTIC TRADITION (First edition - first impression - in the dustwrapper - scarce)
Language: English
Published by E. J. Brill, Leiden, Netherlands, 1958
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Orlando Booksellers, Lincoln, United KingdomOrlando Booksellers
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Condition: Used - Near fine
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First impression of the true first edition - published in Leiden, The Netherlands by E. J. Brill in 1958. A scarce item and the only academic mystic study of dwarfs within Arthurian and Medieval Romance. Includes the Fairies and Leprechaun in Medieval Irish stories as well as the Dutch dwarfs and French Chretien de Troyes Arthurian romances. ***Near fine in bright-blue cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to the spine, and gilt titles and publisher's device on the front board. The gilt is still nice and bright, having been protected by the dustwrapper. The boards are clean and unmarked. Slight crease to the top corner of the back board - otherwise no bumps or creases. No reading lean to the binding. Spine tight. Page block edges clean. Internally also near fine with no inscriptions or annotations other than a pencil date '6/66' on the front pastedown. Some offsetting to the endpapers. Interestingly, for some reason, the publisher has blacked out the copyright statement on the printer's page. Interior pages clean. No creases or tears. ***In a very good typographically printed dustwrapper, which is unpriced. The dustwrapper is complete without any loss, but there is a large closed tear on the back panel near the spine - with some tape offsetting where there has been tape reinforcement (please see scans). Edges of dustwrapper slightly creased, nicked and rubbed. Some rubbing and marks commensurate with age and handling. No information on the inner flaps which are blank. ***149 pages including an Appendix and detailed Index at the back of the book. Contents: I Introduction, II The Dwarfs of Celtic Tradition, III The Court Dwarf, IV The Appearance of the Romance Dwarfs, V Bilis, King of the Antipodes, VI Pelles, VII The Truculent Dwarf and His Giant Kinsman, VIII Guivret, the Chevalier Petit, and Auberon, IX Morgain la Fee and the Dwarfs, X The Dwarf King in the Dutch Lancelot, XI Teodelain, XII The Turk and Gowin, XIII Milocrates and the Elf King, XIV Evadeam, XV The Spying Dwarf, XVI The Mount of the Dwarf, XVII The strength of the Dwarfs, XVIII Conclusion, Appendix, Index. ***For the last three-quarters of a century many scholars have explored the sources of the Arthurian legend, and with convincing accuracy have traced characters, names, story patterns, even landscape features back to their origins in Celtic history, myth, and folklore. This study proposes to investigate the dwarfs who play significant parts in the Arthurian romances and to show that they too had their origins in Celtic tradition. As early as 1901 the eminent folklorist Sir John Rhys surmised: "The uncanny dwarf of Celtic story would seem to have served, in one way or another, as a model for other dwarfs in the French romances and the literature of other nations who came under the influence of those romances ---" (Quote taken from the author's Introduction). ***A first impression of the first edition, in the original dustwrapper, in very good condition. A very uncommon first edition title, of interest to academics and collectors of Celtic Literature - specifically dwarfs in Arthurian romance literature! A scarce item - published in The Netherlands only.…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- THE DWARFS OF ARTHURIAN ROMANCE AND CELTIC TRADITION (First edition - first impression - in the dustwrapper - scarce)
- Author
- Vernon J. Harward, Jr.
- Publisher
- E. J. Brill, Leiden, Netherlands
- Publication year
- 1958
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Dust jacket
- Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Edition
- First Edition
- Printing
- First Impression
- Seller catalogs
- Esoteric & Religious Beliefs, First Editions, Literature
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