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Available
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Publication
Prentice Hall Press (1968), Edition: First Edition, 160 pages
Description
The alphabetically arranged entries range in length from one sentence to several paragraphs and cover such topics as people, events, plans, accoutrements, clothing, and weapons, at times incorporating quotations from literature and early chronicles.
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LibraryThing member PollyMoore3
A book to treasure chiefly because of Pauline Baynes' illustrations. She is best known for illustrating Tolkien and C S Lewis.
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Awards
Yoto Carnegie Medal for Illustration (Winner — 1968)
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Original language
English
Physical description
160 p.; 9.13 inches
ISBN
0582153719 / 9780582153714
Local notes
Alphabetical tour of the medieval knight and his world, from "Abatements of honour" to "Zutphen, Battle of".
Mainly purchased for the lovely Baynes illustrations in period style.
Mainly purchased for the lovely Baynes illustrations in period style.