Ivanhoe A Romance -- Beautifully Illustrated

Books : Classic : Sir Walter Scott : Illustrated : Chivalry : Knight : Medieval

 

"Ivanhoe A Romance" was written by Sir Walter Scott, Bart., and illustrated by Milo Winter. This edition is from the Windermere Series and is copyrighted 1918. It was published by Rand McNally & Co.

Throughout the book, the reader is treated to a feast of adventure, romance, betrayal, drama, and human passion. The book is the story of unrequited love, the wit of Wamba the jester, the fierce loyalty of Gurth the swine herder, the bull-headedness of Cedric the Saxon, Prince John’s cowardice, King Richard’s gallantry and heroism: all these and more make for a compelling reading, leaving one breathless and intoxicated with the age of chivalry.

This vintage book Includes eight full page color plates by Milo Winter. It has royal blue cloth covers with heavy gilt cover lettering and a paste down color cover illustration, It has illustrated endpapers and a color frontisplate. It is 637 pages in length which includes an index to story points.This book is in good condition, with rubbed corners and spine ends and a rubbed place on the cover (see photos).

Item ID: BK1003