{"title":"Medievalism","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"american-arthuriana-a-connecticut-yankee-in-king-arthur-s-court-1889","title":"American Arthuriana: Mark Twain - A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court (1889)","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTWAIN, Mark.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court. \u003c\/i\u003eNew York: Charles L. Webster. 1889.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eFIRST AMERICAN EDITION (220 x 180 mm) pp. 575, [ii publisher ads]. Floral endpapers. Gift inscription from 1947 on front fly leaf. First edition, mix state issue but early: lacks half title on recto of frontispiece, lacks the s-shaped ornament between The and King on p. 59, has broken text on p. 72. Very minor wear to end-bands, minor scuffing to foredge, but otherwise NEAR FINE condition.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eIn part inspired by a dream, and in part inspired by reading the 15\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e century Le Morte d’Arthur, as many have done before him Mark Twain adapted the legends of King Arthur to reflect and comment on his own society.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eLike the misty origins of the tales of King Arthur, the first issue of the first edition of \u003ci\u003eA Connecticut Yankee\u003c\/i\u003e is somewhat mysterious. 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Each page ornamented with chromolithographic medieval style border in red and blue holly and berries. Text in gold. Cover in faux cloth boards with green overlay pastedown decorated with gems and Christ. Some chipping to spine, bumping to spine, small hole to fly leaf, foxing to fly leaves. Overall GOOD condition. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eAlfred Tennyson’s interpretations of medieval British tales of King Arthur situate him as the darling of the 19\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e century medievalism— a style of visual and verbal art seeking to adapt the Middle Ages for the modern. This little gift book, though not inherently medieval, is given a beautiful Gothic-style border, which is lauded in the short advertisement of the Gem Series in 1901.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e“Dainty, half-white binding, floral covers in colours. 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