King Herla's Quest and other medieval stories from Walter Map.
New York: Vanguard Press, (1956) 2nd printing; rust cloth, in jacket with all around drawing of king and knights advancing through rough terrain, 8vo; 127 pp. Juvenile hardback.
The King and the Merman, The Cowherd's Son, Cnut and Edmund, King Appolonides, The House in the Valley, (title) Louis and Theobald, The Leper's Miracle. Not direct translations... "But in the best sense I have tried to keep these stories historically true to the Middle Ages - historically true to the open-eyed wonder that people knew then."
CONDITION: Very Good in Very Good jacket; no names or other marks, clean, straight, tight, probably unread: very nice except for an unattractive 1.5" spot on the back of the jacket which can be seen, lightly, on the bottom board. Item #20585
Price: $18.00