The Story of King Arthur and His Knights by Howard Pyle, Dover

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The Story of King Arthur and His Knights is a 1903 children’s novel by the American illustrator and writer Howard Pyle. The book contains a compilation of various stories, adapted by Pyle, regarding the legendary King Arthur of Britain and select Knights of the Round Table. Pyle's novel begins with Arthur in his youth and continues through numerous tales of bravery, romance, hardship, battle, and knighthood.

First published by Scribner’s, this is the cover of a 1965 paperback edition by Dover Books. The blackletter typeface is Goudy Text. This 1928 Textura interpretation by Frederic W. Goudy was also chosen for another edition of the same book, published by Grosset & Dunlap the same year. A later printing features the same typography and cover art, albeit in different colors.