Quarto, hardcover, near fine in blue pictorial boards. No dj. Pop ups in 3 dimensions in vivid color. pictures illustrate this adaption of Howard Pyle's classic. Here is the glory and grandeur of the days when knights in shinning armor vied for power, for kingdoms or for the love of a fair maiden. As you open one page, two knights armed with lances and shields come pounding toward each other on the jousting field. Open another and see heralds spring from the page as they blow their trumpets.

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Title: King Arthur and the Magic Sword
Publisher: Dial, 1990.
Publication Date: 1990
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0803708246
ISBN 13: 9780803708242
Binding: Hardcover
Illustrator: James, John
Condition: Near Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: No Dj
Book Type: Book

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Relates how the young Arthur, guided by the old magician Merlin, proves himself to be the rightful heir to the throne by being the only one able to pull the sword from the steel anvil.

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Kinetic paper engineering more than compensates for the lackluster abridgment of Howard Pyle's classic The Story of King Arthur and His Knights in this eyecatching pop-up book. Six dynamic spreads are further animated by columns that unfold on each verso page to reveal smaller pop-ups inside. Arthur, astride his horse, his pennant aloft, bounds over a snowy field; Guinevere pets her dog; the pageantry of a medieval tournament is amply evoked as two knights joust, their lances and their horses' heads energetically listing to and fro as the reader turns the page. As the text jumps from one bit of Arthuriana to another, from Merlin's setting of the fateful sword into the anvil to Arthur's drawing it forth to prove himself the rightful king of Britain, the pages glow with illustrations in burnished gold and pewter tones. The wealth of images here furnishes a tempting introduction to the richness of the Arthur legend. Ages 7-12.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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