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The nearsighted knight. / By Mary Francis Shura. Illustrated by Adrienne Adams.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Tehon Collection PZ8.S3452 Ne
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Shura, Mary Francis, 1923-1991.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Knights and knighthood--Fiction.
- Knights and knighthood.
- Myopia.
- Knights and knighthood--Juvenile fiction.
- Myopia--Juvenile fiction.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Fairy tales.
- Juvenile works.
- Penn Provenance:
- Tehon, Atha (former owner) (Tehon Collection copies 1 & 2)
- Physical Description:
- 12 unnumbered pages, 111 pages, 5 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Alfred A. Knopf : [Distributed by Random House, Inc.], [1964]
- Summary:
- A delightful fantasy about the Kingdom of Lamish where a roly-poly witch, a not-so-dreadful dragon, and a near sighted knight help solve the Kingdom's problems.
- Contents:
- Evening falls
- The knight before glasses
- The unwilling hero
- The friend in the forest
- Poof
- The thin column of smoke
- The second try
- Two to get ready
- One day of magic.
- Notes:
- "This is a Borzoi Book, published by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc."
- Designed by Atha Tehon.
- "This book was set on the Linotype in Janson, a recutting made direct from the type cast from matrices made by Anton Janson."--A Note on the Type.
- Local Notes:
- Tehon Collection copies 1 & 2 presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Susan Tehon.
- Tehon Collection copies 1 & 2: dust jackets retained.
- OCLC:
- 1400590
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