Item #21243 An Arthurian Narrative Sonnet Cycle. James J. Owens.
An Arthurian Narrative Sonnet Cycle

An Arthurian Narrative Sonnet Cycle

Oak Grove, MN: MIchael E. Coughlin, 2019. Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine. Item #21243

12mo. 32pp. Black cloth spine, red cloth boards, printed label on the upper board, deep red endpapers.


Finely printed by Michael E. Coughlin on a Kluge platen press on Mohawsk Superfine Eggshell paper. The typeface is Garamond, and the drop caps are Trueheart. Frontispiece plate of the Glastonbury cross. In new condition.


One of 90 numbered copies (from a total edition of 100) signed by the author and the printer.


Thirteen scenes covering the Age of Arthur in sonnet form. The narrative begins with the boy Merlin, King Vortigern and the dragons, then continues through Uther & Ygraine, the Swords, Lancelot & Guinevere, Mordred and finally the unearthing of Arthur's casket at Glastonbury.

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Price: $50.00

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